In addressing the question of what, if any, effect the recent Prime Time documentary report is going to have on West Cork property, it will first of all be a case of waiting to see what develops next.
Joining Senator Shane Ross (in what I would have to admit as an auctioneer are well-founded concerns) were [...]

The West Cork Property market tends to go into a sort-of hibernation at this time of year. From the Sheep’s Head east to Glengarriff and beyond to the Beara Peninsula, property activity turns down to simmering level for the remainder of the year.
Before Santa’s arrival, there’s the even more relevant arrival of the Budget [...]

Traditional Cottage with Sea Views, Brahalish, Durrus, Sheep’s Head
- €480,000

Traditional Cottage with Sea Views, Brahalish, Durrus, Sheep’s Head
- €480,000

As a unit of the West Cork Property scene, Bantry is always an interesting case in point because it displays a number of features that you don’t always find in other towns in the area.
For a start, Bantry’s physical position and layout have a very important impact on the property scene. Many would say [...]

The West Cork Property scene has, for some time, been a very vibrant one. For quite a while, it seems that we’ve been hearing about its impending demise, implosion, collapse… call it what you will. The point is – it hasn’t happened. The reasons why it hasn’t happened are multiple.
First of all, [...]

Everybody likes a system that’s fair and transparent when it comes to taxation and paying for the facilities that we all benefit from.
The waste collection system in West Cork is as fair as can be. It works like this: You pay a standard yearly charge to have your waste collected and to be [...]

West Cork is well known and established by this stage as a culinary corner of note in Ireland.
Bantry itself now boasts a broad range of eating venues to suit any number of palates and preferences. There’s a fine Chinese restaurant and takeaway on High Street, an Indian restaurant on Barrack Street, an Indian takeaway [...]

Although I share the name of the Bantry estates agents, I am not actually related to them – something that I keep having to point out to people, I’m finding. I was in their offices in Bantry just the other day, in fact, when a friend of mine (who’d bought a house in Durrus [...]

Bantry Property at Aughaville, Traditional 3-bed on ca. 0.75 acres with Outbuildings
- €(Open to Offers)