Oh.

Property developer Mark Kavanagh’s Georgian mansion, Ballyorney House in Enniskerry. County Wicklow.

Irish Times property editor Frances O’Rourke – in the great tradition of her newspaper – is positively salivating.

In a 850-word droolathon she writes:

The most striking thing about Ballyorney House is not that it’s a beautifully restored house with a rich architectural heritage, filled with extravagant plasterwork ceilings, fireplaces and panelling. Or that there are unbroken views of the Sugar Loaf from the back of the house and its prizewinning gardens. It’s that this 743sq m (8,000sq ft) house manages to feel like a comfortable, even cosy, family home in spite of all its grandeur.

Yes.

Very cosy

Developer’s Enniskerry home for sale for €3.6m (Frances O’Rourke, Irish Times)

Megan Long (11), of St Audeon’s National School, Cook Street, Dublin outside the Society of St Vincent de Paul in Christchurch, Dublin during President McAleese’s final official engagement this morning.

Joseph Glynn outside the same venue.

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

This is from the usually precise Nealon’s Guide to the Dáil.

Can you spot the shocking error?

Lines close at 4pm.

Thanks Pat Sammon

Danny from Withnail And I, Peter Frampton Newstalk’s Ken Early (Off The Ball’s footie analyst) glowing in Talinn, Estonia ahead of tomorrow’s match. Snug.

Ken Early