Trading up: Cork City, €255,000

There’s something futuristic about the sloping front facade of Garnish, a building at Lancaster Gate, the site of the former Jurys Hotel.

The Garnish (Cork’s own Gherkin?) is all raked-back balconies and swept-back windows, one of several sharply angled buildings designed to allow views of St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, from the Western Road, and points north, in Cork City centre.

Now, a top-floor, one-bed apartment, just shy of 600 sq ft, is for sale with Johnny O’Flynn, of Sherry FitzGerald, who says the quality of the O’Callaghan Properties development is driving interest, both from intending occupants, and investors.