Tommy Barker

Cork

Property Editor at Irish Examiner

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Popular Cork harbour pub Murph’s Bar for sale after owner says it got too popular

2 days ago | irishexaminer.com | Tommy Barker

A Cork harbour pub with 150 years of history and a 50-year link to Murphy’s Brewery is up for sale — just two years after being revived by its current owner — because it got too popular. That’s according to experienced hospitality professional Eugene Sheehan, who is now selling the award-winning Murph’s Bar, located by the water in Monkstown/Raffeen.
Macroom’s Auld Triangle a square deal for €750k

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Tommy Barker

A landmark pub and restaurant, on the main and improved Cork-to-Kerry ‘highway’, has come for sale: Macroom’s renowned Auld Triangle, for €750,0000. The premises have a long history as an inn on the western side of the town, close to an access point to the new bypass on the N22, which has brought enormous traffic relief to the town centre.
Grants will help get Cork city's lovely Dromana back up to speed

3 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Tommy Barker

€375,000 AMV but under higher offer Size 92 sq m (985 sq ft) Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 1 BER F THE Glasheen Road house Dromana should be in fine fettle for its 100th birthday - the end-terraced home was built around 1930, has charm, and some lovely internal features, such as fireplaces, but needs upgrades. However, as it has been empty for several years, it qualifies now for up to €50,000 in vacant property grants, once a schedule of works is rolled out for it.
Hybrid work drives appetite for new housing in East Cork

4 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Tommy Barker

A demographic bulge, net inward migration, returning Irish expats and work from home options for relocators from Dublin, London, the Middle and Far East and North America and elsewhere are (as elsewhere) helping underpin the strength of the East Cork property market.
Bantry architect firm Daly Barry selling its offices

1 month ago | irishexaminer.com | Tommy Barker

The premises of noted West Cork design practice Daly Barry and Associates, Architectural, on the Glengarriff Rd in Bantry town, are for sale with vacant possession as the firm draws back after 30 years of practice. Founded in 1991 by Ted Daly and Martin Barry, Daly Barry moved to this location in 2003 from a site by Bantryās harbour, now occupied by a SuperValu that they designed.
West-Acre for €950,000 could become a fore-ever home

1 month ago | irishexaminer.com | Tommy Barker

€950,000 Size 400 sq m (4,300 sq ft) Bedrooms 5 Bathrooms 4 BER C1 As good as built all over again, and good as new, is West Acre, a very substantial, super-sized family home of 4,300 sq ft, on three acres, in Cork’s Corran, Waterfall. A short haul out to the west from the city and suburbs, it comes complete with a putting green for golf fun and a stable block.
Little Island's EastGate Hall offices for sale for €1.6m

1 month ago | irishexaminer.com | Tommy Barker

A fully let office investment that has a mix of tenants — in Cork’s 1m sq ft mixed-use development EastGate — and promising a return of 8%, is up for sale to investors, likely to have an appeal to a party looking for strong pension income.
Schull fish plant and restaurant a big catch for €1.75m

1 month ago | irishexaminer.com | Tommy Barker

Catch of the day in West Cork holiday hotspot Schull has to be this pierside property, likely now to be an upmarket development play, one with a 37-year history in fish processing, exports, and seasonal quayside dining for locals, sailors, and “blow-ins” like newly arrived second-home owner, actor Paul Mescal.
Glanmire's derelict mill site for sale for €575,000

1 month ago | irishexaminer.com | Tommy Barker

A long, lush, and overgrown slice of Riverstown/Glanmire history has come up for sale in the outline shape of Ballinglanna Mills and old former mill house on 2.5 acres.
Cash in on Cork nostalgia as northside landmark Con’s Shop listed for €750k

1 month ago | irishexaminer.com | Tommy Barker

Fair exchange is no robbery — that’s one line of appeal in the sale of a Cork northside institution with a return of close to 10%. Con’s Shop, with an attached launderette and overhead apartment, is all on offer with a €750,000 AMV. Known for decades as Con the Robber’s, the Gurranabraher shop was run by the late and legendary Con O’Leary, who passed away at the start of 2024, predeceased by his wife Anne who died in 2020.