And finally, every week, our favourite piece of estate agent's guff:

Restored with sense and sensibility - Jane Austen would not be displeased with its character.

. . . . but she might turn in her grave at the price. Sherry FitzGerald expects over £340,000 for Curtlestown House in Enniskerry, a three-bedroom 18th century house on half an acre that has been fully restored. It goes to auction on May 19th.