Retreat to Richmond

ONE of the best houses in one of the country’s safest towns in the country - Templemore, headquarters for Ireland’s trainee gardaí - is on the market.

Appropriately called The Retreat, the 1820s Georgian residence is on an acre in the Co Tipperary town, with a 70-acre public park with pitch and putt and outdoor swimming pool almost on its doorstep.

Estate agent Damien Ryan of Sherry FitzGerald Ryan Talbot is looking for €575,000-plus for the property, which offers a touch of country living in the town.