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Irish Examiner
a day ago
- Business
- Irish Examiner
City to Country: Dublin's North Strand or Galway's Loughrea - What €650,000 gets you
Neighbours living across the road from 46 Bayview Avenue, North Strand, Dublin 3 will covet its parking space – since these are quite scarce in this part of the city Viewers will appreciate it for more than parking space, since the Georgian mid terrace house has been extensively upgraded by owners who bought it 20 years ago and now has 160 sq metres of living space and a C1 BER, which is good for an 1830s built property. 'It's a charming period home with an attractive façade and stylish interior,'' says Michelle Wilde of Be Lettings auctioneers, noting that the owners added on a large kitchen/diner, insulated and upgraded the windows, fitting sash ones at the front in keeping with the façade. The two sash windows at the front belong to a high-ceilinged sitting room with coving and a fireplace. The extension at the rear houses a large L-shaped kitchen dining living with a good selection of fitted units , two roof lights and patio doors. To the rear there's also a utility and a bathroom while the upstairs has a bathroom and three bedrooms. The property is located within a 25 minute walk from O'Connell Street. Ms Wilde says the property has attracted interest from a diverse range of buyers including one who put in bid of the €650,000 guide price on the first day of viewings. VERDICT: Has charm, character and good space- for people and a car Clonmel, Co Tipperary €645,000 Size 239 sq m Bedrooms 4 Bathrooms 2 BER B1 The views from this detached modern four-bed dormer property at Rathloose near Clonmel are scenic and the gardens are beautifully laid out, feature filled and colourful. 'You are looking out on to the Comeraghs on to well-tended gardens with a large goldfish pond, a small waterfall, mature trees, flower beds as well as redbrick feature walls, patios areas and gravel paths,' says John Fitzgerald of Dougan FitzGerald. Owned and designed by an engineer, the 2002-built house is highly glazed and modern with high ceilinged rooms, generous living space and half acre of gardens. 'In the last year the owners have added on 12 SVP solar panels and upgraded the heating to bring the BER up to a B1,'' reveals Mr FitzGerald quoting a guide of €645,000. At one side of the 239 sq metre house is high ceilinged living room with exposed beams, two sets of patio doors and a large front window. The kitchen/diner at the rear is a long room with French navy handleless units with granite countertops and an island unit. The house also has a formal dining room, a utility, a guest WC and a spacious well equipped home office. An open tread ladder stairs with glass balustrades leads to the upstairs which has a bathroom and four bedrooms ( one en suite)- all with large dormer windows offering views of the surrounds and the gardens. VERDICT: Viewers will be wowed by the well planned, well planted gardens. Tramore, Co. Waterford €575,000 Size 256 sq m ( 2755 sq ft) Bedrooms 5 Bathrooms 3 BER F All the high-ceilinged grandeur you expect from Victorian era properties can be found at 2 Rocklands on Pond Road in Tramore. Built in the 1880s – when Tramore had just been transformed from a fishing village into a fashionable seaside resort, it's a sizable, rather grand five bed semi- –which is part of a group of four similar houses located within a 15 minute walk from the main strand. 'Owned by the same family for several decades – it has well preserved Victorian features and exudes charm and character,'' says auctioneer Michael Griffin who describes its quiet de sac location as being both private and prestigious. Sizable for a property that may have been a Victorian holiday home, it has 256 sq metres of living space – which includes three high ceilinged reception rooms with a multitude of original features including coving, fireplaces, picture rails and doors and includes a front drawing room with a bay window. Some rooms have original shuttered sash windows and some have been replaced with PVC when the house was upgraded over 20 years ago when the owners put in several bathrooms and a kitchen. Although well preserved and maintained, the property has an F BER rating and will require careful modernisation and upgrading. Guiding at €575,000, it has a view of the sea from the upstairs windows at the front. VERDICT: Period houses aren't for everyone – but someone who appreciates the charm of this one will enjoy having the opportunity to restore it to its former glory. Carrabane, Co Galway €640,000 Size 233 sq m (2,506 sq ft) Bedrooms 4 Bathrooms 3 BER B2 Rural but not remotely rustic, this four-bed house at Carrabane near Loughrea in south Galway is a strikingly stylish contemporary property with a huge trapezoid shaped first floor window. 'Built by the owners in 2011, it's architect designed and luxurious with 233 sq metres of living space and over half an acre of gardens' reveal Niamh Madden of Sherry FitzGerald Madden who just listed it with a guide of €640,000. Behind the trapezoid shaped front window is an ultra-modern open plan kitchen/dining/living space with high ceilings, polished concrete flooring and sleek handleless white kitchen units. The walls are pristine white, the ceilings are high and the windows, which include a second trapezoid shaped one at the rear, let in a great deal of light. Outside at the rear, there's access to a large glass balustraded balcony offering views across nearby fields and grazing cattle On the upper level the unusual V shaped property also has a bathroom and a bedroom. Downstairs there's a laundry room, a bathroom and three bedrooms including a sizable one which has an en suite and a walk-in wardrobe. The open tread timber, glass and steel staircase – like all the other features - is stylish and contemporary. Fitted with zoned underfloor heating , a heat recovery system, the house has an energy efficient B2 BER. Located in the little village of Carrabane seven miles from Loughrea, it's within half an hour's commuting distance of Galway city ( 32 km). VERDICT: Remarkably modern and different
AsiaOne
2 days ago
- Business
- AsiaOne
Wave of anger could sweep liberals to victory in South Korea election, Asia News
JECHEON, South Korea - When then-President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law decree plunged South Korea into chaos, it plummeted sales at Park Myung-Ja's diner in Jechon and became a turning point for many voters in the town. The 66-year-old chef and restaurant owner is one face of South Korea's North Chungcheong Province, a swing region that has become even more pivotal at a time of deep political polarisation in Asia's fourth-largest economy. "We need to get furthest away from all that martial law drama to get things back to where they were," Park said at her Korean restaurant two hours south of Seoul, adding liberal candidate "Lee Jae-myung looks alright for that". Voters are now looking for the winner of the June 3 snap election to calm the economic and political shocks that have roiled the country since Yoon's Dec 3 martial law decree led to months of economic downturn and sparked nationwide protests. Park's Chungcheong Province is a key battleground for Kim Moon-soo, candidate for the conservative People Power Party campaigning on deregulations for companies, and liberal Democratic Party frontrunner Lee, who's vowing to bring back stability after months of turmoil. In swing regions such as North Chungcheong Province, where Jechon is located, the ruling conservative party risks losing a big chunk of its vote base with many voters blaming the martial law debacle for weaker private consumption and easing export momentum. Park's business crashed after Yoon's declaration with some of her biggest customers who are local council officials cancelling dinner reservations in groups of five to 10. "The first call I got on Dec 4 was from a regular customer who does his year-end dinner here every year. I asked him why he is cancelling it, and he said -- 'don't you watch news?'" Lee, who defied Yoon's martial law decree, had a 10-percentage point lead over Kim in one of the final opinion polls issued on Tuesday (May 27) with 45 per cent of voters trusting him to revive the economy compared to 32 per cent for Kim. Conservatives have criticised Lee for a series of criminal cases he faces over accusations of election law violations, corruption, and other issues, but they have struggled to unify behind a single candidate and to distance themselves from Yoon. On Friday, right-winger Kim said voting for Lee would end up "collapsing our economy", hoping to sway voters in small cities such as Jecheon, an inland town of about 130,000 surrounded by mountainous tourist spots, who are looking for a turning point to revive South Korea's fortunes. But the martial law call continues to weigh heavily on conservative chances. "We definitely had fewer customers, especially from office dinners, after the martial law declaration. It did bite us hard," said Choi, a Chinese restaurant owner in Pangyo, a town south of Seoul. "Lee is someone who will uplift more of us who are not doing so well." Heavy on spectacle Consumer sentiment, which dropped by the most since the outbreak of Covid-19 in December, recovered to pre-martial-law levels of 101.8 in May, on expectations of a fresh stimulus package under a new leader. The shock move rattled markets and put the won among the region's worst-performing currencies of the last year, hurt business sentiment even before exporters absorbed the full force of US President Donald Trump's punitive tariff policies. Now, the strains are setting in, as economic tailwinds from the semiconductor boom and reforms in the capital markets in the past few years are fading. Whoever wins the June 3 election will face an economy that contracted in the first quarter, manage negotiations with Washington to avoid high tariffs, and assuage voters such as Park who are seeing their living standards go backwards from elevated grocery bills and weak spending. South Korea's election campaign has been light on policy and heavy on spectacle after twists and turns involving the main candidates. "I wish they had taken housing supply and boosting the domestic market more seriously in their pledges," said 59-year-old Jung Soo-hyeon. "But perhaps because it's a snap election, that kind of in-depth consideration seems to be missing - which is a bit disappointing." Analysts say voters watched economic pledges closely as consumption has been badly hit. A win for Lee could spur "faster economic growth in the short term," Kim Jin-wook of Citi Research said. The Democratic Party "would likely be relatively more keen on providing policy and support for the mid-to-low-income bracket," he added. While both top candidates have pledged to draft a second supplementary budget for the year as soon as the election is over, Lee has also promised vouchers to help local businesses and subsidies for childcare, youth, and the elderly. While Lee has backed away from advocating for universal basic income, some voters including Park, who backed Yoon last time, said they see Lee as most likely to look out for their interests. "Lee's party seems to be willing to give out more to those who are struggling," Park said, emphasising that "change" is important. [[nid:718521]]
Irish Daily Mirror
4 days ago
- Business
- Irish Daily Mirror
Shop confirmed where lucky Irish EuroMillions player wins lifechanging sum
The location where one lucky EuroMillions player bought a lifechanging winning ticket has been revealed. The fortuitous punter scooped their six figure sum in the EuroMillions jackpot draw on Friday May 30. The lucky winner will take home a cool €255,000 after claiming the final Ireland Only Raffle top prize. Usually, winners in the Ireland Only Raffle receive €5,000 but throughout the month of May, the top prize was increased by €250,000 for one lucky player per draw. The winning ticket for Friday's Ireland Only Raffle top prize was sold in Duffy's Service Station, Castlebar, Co. Mayo. The all-important winning raffle number is I-SDZ-53784. Throughout the month, every Tuesday and Friday EuroMillions draw featured a special raffle, awarding one player an additional €250,000 on top of the usual €5,000 raffle prize. Here's a recap of the winners: May 2 - SuperValu Killester, Howth Road, Dublin 3 May 6 - Online, Co. Meath May 9 - Moloney's Daybreak, Carrigkerry, Athea, Co. Limerick May 13 - Gallagher's SuperValu, Wentworth Street, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow May 16 - Mc Hughes Stores, St. Patrick's Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 May 20 - Centra, Old Yellow Walls Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin May 23 - Online, Co. Dublin May 27 - Applegreen, Newfoundwell Road, Greenbatter, Drogheda, Co. Louth May 30 - Duffy's Service Station, Costcutter, Turlough Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo Emma Monaghan, National Lottery spokesperson, said 'While there was no winner of last night's EuroMillions jackpot worth €218,316,095, over 81,000 players in Ireland won prizes in the EuroMillions and EuroMillions plus games. This includes one Raffle Ticket winner: I- SDZ-53784 from Castlebar, Co. Mayo, who scooped a life-enhancing €255,000 in our special EuroMillions Ireland Only Raffle draw!' The National Lottery is urging all players in the Castlebar area to check their tickets carefully and if you're holding the winning ticket, be sure to contact the National Lottery prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@ to arrange the collection of your prize. Nearly 30 cent in every €1 spent on National Lottery games goes back to Good Causes in the areas of sport, youth, health, welfare, education, arts, heritage and the Irish Language. In total, more than €6.5 billion has been raised for Good Causes since the National Lottery was established 37 years ago. In 2024 alone, €239.3 million was raised for local Good Causes in communities across Ireland.
Canada Standard
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Canada Standard
NFB animator Co Hoedeman dies at age 84
May 27, 2025 - Montreal - National Film Board of Canada (NFB) The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is mourning the passing of distinguished animator and director Co Hoedeman, who died on May 26 in Montreal at the age of 84. Born in Amsterdam on August 1, 1940, Co was a master of stop-motion animation whose 1977 NFB production The Sand Castle received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. "Co Hoedeman was a master animator, whose long career at the NFB was distinguished by innovative filmmaking and powerful humanitarian themes. He cared deeply for the well-being of children and was also a fierce defender of the importance of public filmmaking. The NFB and the Canadian animation community have lost a dear friend and colleague. Fortunately for us, we have his legacy of beloved works, which embody so much of his unique spirit," said Suzanne Guvremont, Government Film Commissioner and NFB Chairperson. Select biography Shortly after directing his early films with the NFB, including his award-winning Oddball (1969), Co travelled to Czechoslovakia in 1970 to study puppet animation and then returned to the NFB to begin a series of stop-motion gems. Tchou-tchou (1972), created with wooden blocks, received the British Academy award (BAFTA) for Best Animated Film. During the 1970s, Co created a series of acclaimed animated films based on Inuit traditional stories, collaborating closely with artists from Nunavut and Nunavik. Following his Oscar win for The Sand Castle , he continued to experiment with a range of techniques and themes. In 1992, he worked with Indigenous inmates at La Macaza Institution to create The Sniffing Bear , a cautionary tale about substance abuse. In 1998, he began work on a beloved children's series about Ludovic, a young teddy bear, available in the NFB collection Four Seasons in the Life of Ludovic . After completing his final film with the NFB, Marianne's Theatre (2004), Co began a busy independent animation career. He collaborated with the NFB on the co-production 55 Socks (2011), a deeply personal project drawing on his childhood memories during a dark period of Dutch history, the Hunger Winter of 1944-45. He would also adapt his Ludovic character into a popular children's TV series. In 2003, the Cinemathque quebecoise and the NFB paid tribute to Co and his importance to Quebec cinema with an exhibition entitled "Exposition Co Hoedeman - Les Jardins de l'enfance." The exhibition was presented the following year at the Musee-Chteau d'Annecy in France. Co was interviewed in 2013 for the NFB online anthology Making Movie History and was the subject of the 1980 NFB documentary Co Hoedeman, Animator . All of his NFB films are available online free of charge at - 30 - Stay Connected Online Screening Room: NFB Facebook | NFB Twitter | NFB Instagram | NFB Blog | NFB YouTube | NFB Vimeo Curator's perspective | Director's notes About the NFB
Western Telegraph
7 days ago
- Business
- Western Telegraph
Holiday development plans for Pembrokeshire zorbing centre
Zorbing is a sports activity rolling downhill inside an orb, usually made of see-through plastic. In an application to Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Lawson and Penny Owen, through agent Hayston Developments & Planning Ltd, seek a partly-retrospective permission for nine self-contained holiday units and a twin-unit shepherd's hut, along with associated works, on land south of Nolton Stables, Nolton, Haverfordwest. A supporting statement says: 'There are two distinct elements to the proposal with the larger being the provision of five pods and four lodges which will be accessed by a farm track which leads south towards a former quarry and thence to the shoreline,' adding: 'The second and smaller element involves contains a virtually flat area with a separate but adjacent access from the local highway on which a 12 space car park is proposed together with the retention of a Shepherd's Hut (a unit of holiday accommodation) and its separate garden and parking area.' The retrospective element refers to a park enforcement officer informing the applicant of a breach in planning control for the shepherd's hut. The statement says the Shepherd's Hut is the most suitable for those with limited mobility as it does not require use of the unpaved track to a pod or lodge. The total development amounts to only a small proportion of the circa 400 acres across four farms all of which are in the ownership of a partnership comprising two brothers (of which Mr Lawson Owen is one) and their respective families. The statement adds: 'The income from the proposed holiday accommodation will form a smaller proportion than that derived from the agricultural activities undertaken across the four farms – an example of farm diversification where the agricultural activities remain the major element. 'In previous years the applicants operated a pony trekking enterprise and a Zorbing activity as part of a farm diversification strategy. 'Unfortunately, Covid required the cessation of both activities and therefore both a loss of income for the Partnership as well local jobs for those in the Nolton community.' It says the applicants have previously operated a 2.3 acre campsite which has been managed as an exempted site under license from the Camping and Caravanning Club for over five years, an outside cinema for up to 28 days per year for a period in excess of five years, and the Zorbing experience, and the applicants are considering modifying an existing building within the Nolton Stables complex as a wedding venue. It concluded: 'It should also be noted that this proposal is in substitution for the operation of a successful pony trekking enterprise and a smaller scale Zorbing activity both of which had to be abandoned because of Covid-19 and the associated requirements to minimise personal contact. 'The applicants have a history of diversification of their farming activities in and around Nolton. It is anticipated that this new enterprise will restore those jobs lost due to Covid and hopefully increase opportunities both in the construction industry and in hospitality.' The application will be considered by park planners at a later date.
