WOULD you like to boost your energy and confidence? Or maybe you'd like to spark feelings of vitality, romance and ambition? Then decorate your home in this season's hottest hues from Crown Paints' new 2006 Colour Directory . . . designed to give you all the advice and inspiration you need to create rooms that match the way you feel. Pick up a brochure at your nearest Crown decorator centre or call 01-8164400 for a free copy.

Neighbour watch

FIRST-TIME buyers and those thinking of upgrading home and location will be interested in a new professional service offered by www. whoaremyneighbours. com.

Set up with the objective of helping prospective buyers choose the right location, the site aims to provide users with details about their neighbours and new neighbourhood . . . anti social behaviour, court orders, property price trends, public transport, crime rate, safety and environmental issues.

For a fee of 300, the location will be thoroughly screened and a full report made available.

Village lands for auction

SUPERBLY located lands, suitable for prime residential development, of approximately 5.43 hectares (13.4 acres) in Donore village, just off the M1 Motorway, will be sold by public auction at a minimum value of 675,000 per acre on Wednesday 6 July at 3pm in the Boyne Valley Hotel, Dublin Road, Drogheda. These lands are suitable for a new homes scheme offering village living with city accessibility, subject to planning permission. For information contact Gabriel O'Brien, O'Brien Collins Real Estate Agents, 041-987 5444.

Agent wins Cork award

SHEILA O'Flynn, managing director of Sherry FitzGerald Cork, has been voted Cork Business Person of the Month at an awards ceremony in the city's Imperial Hotel.

The award honours her contribution to the development of the estate agency Burton Crowley O'Flynn, which was sold to Sherry FitzGerald for 3.5m in 2000. The firm's high standards and its commitment to the new Docklands vision, demonstrated by the company's move to Lapps Quay, were also acknowledged. Sheila is the "rst estate agent in Cork to win the business award.

The Cork Business Person of the Month Awards is a joint initiative between The Imperial Hotel Cork and Business Corkmagazine in recognition of the achievements of Cork business people.