Meet the west Cork woman who built her own dream home 

Eve Kelliher talks to Esther Foreman to discover what it's really like to create your own residence from start to finish

Esther Foreman in the kitchen of her self-built home in Ardfield. Picture: Dermot Sullivan

The "forever home" has become part of our vocabulary. 

But Esther Foreman has no interest in the concept. “People talk about 'forever homes' all the time, but I really don’t understand what that means. A house evolves."