Panoramic views tempt buyers as couple’s car problems lead to sale

THIS is no country for old men — or women.

Gray Stone Cottage in Goleen hits the winter market because its owners, a retired US/German couple, can no longer get a hire car in this country. They are too old, they’ve been told, and won’t be insured. So, they can’t drive a car, which means they can’t get around.

And with the door firmly shut in their faces the couple have found it impossible to navigate the west Cork lifestyle without a motor — they’ve already upped stumps and are leaving their seaside bungalow for the next person.