A good start

3,500 staff working at the CUH, this three-bed terrace at 13 Tiffany Downs, Bishopstown is a good starter or investment buy at €235,000.

Substantially reduced, the Cork city house is just off the main Bishopstown Road and is a walk to the hospital and shopping centres, says Johnny O’Flynn of Sherry FitzGerald.

And it has a fine, rear garden he adds, with room to increase the overall square footage of the house if required.