Dead certs in a dead end — dead on

A DEAD-end doesn’t really sound like an appealing place in which to live — but the approximate French translation, cul de sac, has a certain residential desirability ring to it.

A cul de sac setting translates in silken estate agency-speak to leafy enclave, with no passing traffic.

Estate agent Tim Sullivan in Cork city has two Blackrock suburban semis newly up for sale, each in cul de sac locations, though the ‘leafy’ description doesn’t fully apply to either.