A house with land in west Cork for the cost of a good wage

A run-down cottage on Long Island for €49,000 — with sea views. Rose Martin reports

IT’S back to the good old days when you could pick up a house and a bit of land in west Cork for the price of a decent salary.

Marie Cotter of Irish Rural Properties has just sold a brace of houses in Goleen for €63,000 and says prices have plummeted all over the peninsula.