Seven places in Cork city and county to buy art gifts for Christmas
Art can be an ideal present or personal treat. Heres a selection of a few of the galleries in the Rebel county
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Five fab finds for your living space, from sofas to artwork
Eve Kelliher spots sleek seating with the French connection and an island of amazing art off the Cork coast
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Will Kwasi's Stamp Duty cut stave off a house price crash?
The Government has doubled the threshold at which you start paying stamp duty from £125,000 to £250,000. It will save a typical household £2,500.
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Call of the coast: Homes by the sea have never been more popular
When the temperature touched 40c in the recent heatwave, who didnt fantasise about escaping to a coastal bolthole far from the crowds?
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Meet Cork's island poets who wrote some of their best lines via WhatsApp
East meets west as these Sherkin Island writers aim to use the Japanese haiku to build a community hub
Sherkin Island Roaringwater Bay Pat Rodgers William Shakespeare Patsy Atkinson Valerie Osullivan Pat Rodgers
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West Cork's beauty in 17 syllables | Cork Independent
A group of West Cork poets have transformed their lively lockdown WhatsApp chat into a collection of poems.
Sherkin Island Tina Reed Jo Ashby Bernadette Burns Community Hall On Sherkin Island Sherkin Island Haiku Group
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Wish List: Eight cool finds for you and your living space
Esther N McCarthy spots island artists, jungle wallpaper, and vegan cookies this week
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Leap before you look! Buying blind becomes a new normal for homeowners
However, this is by no means a local phenomenon. An estimated 53,700 households have moved from the city to the countryside in the past year according to Hamptons International and it is going on nationwide. Id say one-in-ten buyers bid blind now, says Jo Ashby, of John Bray estate agents who sell property in north Cornwall. Many know the area from holidaying here, but theyll bid for a house without having viewed it. In Pembrokeshire, where prices do not compare to the south-west peninsular, th...
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