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Starter Homes: Renovated terrace is cul de sac cool Affordable homes in Quaker Road, Crosshaven, Ballyphehane and Midleton Mon, 19 Apr, 2021 - 12:44 Trish Dromey Quaker Road, Cork €235,000  This attractively refurbished Edwardian terraced house at 18 Parkowen on Quaker Road is attracting quite a lot of attention.  “On the first day we advertised it we had 30 requests for viewings,’’ says John Barry of Frank V Murphy auctioneers who sold the three-bed property to its curre...

Corks Jimmy Crowley pens special song now we can travel around the county Songwriter Jimmy Crowley writes a weekly column for The Echo every Saturday. This week he shares his new song, The Rebel, after 5km restrictions were lifted in recent days The sun setting over Crosshaven village. Jimmy Crowley NOT all artists are in favour of this Lockdown caper. I meet coves every other day and they slag me off for not taking to the streets with the other cranks and dissenters. A...

The Duke of Edinburghs Links to Irish Sailing Were Many & Varied 12th April 2021 Bloodhound racing in Cowes Week, Duke of Edinburgh on helm. In theory she was the Royal Yacht, in reality she was the Peoples Boat   When the Duke of Edinburgh died aged 99 on Friday, it took a while before the hundreds of public appreciations of his remarkable life began to mention the fact that sailing played a very important role in it. Yet although non-active in the sport for his last dozen or so years, he h...

Sailing in Ireland Looks to April 20th for Some Real Clarity 3rd April 2021 Spreading goodwill and mutual understanding…..the Howth YC Biennial Sporting & Cultural Mission to the Sovereigns Cup series in Kinsale, gathered at their shore base to celebrate another successful regatta. This years OLeary Insurance Group Sovereigns Cup is scheduled at Kinsale YC for 23rd-26th June 2021. Photo courtesy HYC Historical & Philosophical Studies Group How quickly can we hope to return to the carefree s...

RTE viewers horrified by findings of OPW investigation on Prime Time The broadcaster aired a special RTE Investigates episode of the hit show yesterday evening Updated The Office of Public Works (Image: RTE) Get the latest news from across Ireland straight to your inbox every single dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other ...

The agency, which buys, builds, leases and maintains public property, spends hundreds of millions each year. • 1 Apr 2021 RTÉ Investigates Allen Morgan comes across as a typical civil servant – understated, serious and dedicated. But he has been unafraid to ruffle feathers at the Office of Public Works, where he was employed for 37 years before retiring as its Managing Valuer in late 2017.  His bugbear is waste.  "Were paying too much for what were getting… budgeting is not at the fore...

Red hair and blue eyes are the rarest combination in the world, though you wouldn’t have known it in Crosshaven, Co. Cork the weekend of Aug. 21st during the 6th annual Red Head Convention. Crosshaven is a village with beautiful views of the Cork Harbor and is famous for its Royal Cork Yacht Club, and jolly folks came as far as California and as close as around the corner to take part in the festivities. Fun facts were aplenty: red heads are more sensitive to pain (no dentist, please); less t...

Laser Class Renew Sponsorship & Roll Out 2021 Events Calendar 14th March 2021 Marine insurer Craftinsure has renewed its partnership arrangement with the Irish Laser dinghy class Association for 2021. "Ireland has produced some great Laser sailors in recent years, and were proud to have been able to help a little in supporting them," says Craftinsures Rod Daniel. "Hopefully, we will see them in action at events again soon". ILA Treasurer, Nick Walsh said Craftinsure has been a friend to the c...

13th March 2021 George OBrien Kennedy FRINA, (1912-1998). Known to everyone as Brian, and renowned as a dreamer of dreams, he is seen here in his early days of pioneering the Shannon Hire-Boat industry in the 1960s You know how it is. Youre wondering if the slightly odd flavour of the evening cuppa is a hint of the imminence of the C-Monsters indicator of taste-loss. All this, too, just as its increasingly clear that your already-proposed personal date with the jab before the end of March now ...

Royal Cork Yacht Club Finds Popularity of Powerboats is Increasing for Exploring Cork Harbour 12th March 2021 The oldest yacht club in the world has noted an increase of interest amongst members in motorboating. The Royal Cork Yacht Club at Crosshaven held a webinar in response to the interest of members in using motorboats to access areas of Cork Harbour which would not be accessible to keelboats. Seventy members took part and the webinar recording has since been viewed on YouTube by 350 peo...