CHQ building in Dublin’s docklands is sold for €10 million
The building was redeveloped by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority in 2005 for €45 million.
View ArticleDeveloper being pursued by Ulster Bank among protest group that halted Allsop...
A group of protesters forced the cancellation of the distressed property sale at Dublin’s Shelbourne Hotel, after gaining access to the auction room.
View ArticleFormer Anglo Irish Bank files for US bankruptcy
The move is being made to protect the institution’s US assets.
View ArticleAlmost 1 in 2 men who took their own lives had worked in construction
The cases were recorded over four years from around the start of the down-turn in September 2008.
View ArticleColumn: The fall of the Celtic Tiger – what next?
The scale of the economic and financial catastrophe that befell Ireland was virtually unprecedented in post-war industrial country history; we need to examine the inadequacies of the Irish policymaking...
View ArticleColumn: The challenges and changes we’ve seen since the bank guarantee
On the anniversary of the bank guarantee, the leaders of four Irish organisations reflect on the 2008 decision – and the subsequent changes they have observed in their sectors over the past five years.
View ArticleNobel Prize winner reponsible for two of most important economic charts in...
Robert Shiller compiles two charts and makes them free for the public – and these charts predicted the dotcom bubble and the property bubble.
View ArticleColumn: House prices are rising again, so should we be concerned about a bubble?
With property prices increasing in some parts of the country – and notably in Dublin – Ronan Lyons discusses whether we’re looking at a housing boom or a housing bubble.
View ArticleDamien Kiberd: A new property bubble – but not as we know it
A glut of cash buyers, homeowners anchored by negative equity and tracker mortgages – in Dublin, the situation for young people trying to buy is alarming.
View ArticleDamien Kiberd: Government policy on housing is a massive muddle
When the economy collapsed the banks got top priority. Building workers and people who need social housing were far down the pecking order. Now they’re telling us a miracle is on the way…
View ArticleColumn: Feeling like an exile in your own country? It’s normal after...
Within the space of a year, it seems to me that the country has changed utterly. This may be due to a case of reverse culture shock, writes Niamh Ní Shúilleabháin.
View ArticleThe 9 at 9: Wednesday
It’s the middle of the week now and here’s everything you need to know before 9am.
View ArticleDamien Kiberd: Michael Noonan wants house prices to rise so we can emerge...
There’s a hole in the balance sheets, dear Liza.
View ArticleHong Kong’s ‘Champagne House’ is on sale for $38 million
Property Bubble or what, eh? Geddit? Bubble!
View ArticleNew funding to boost house construction but Dublin city to see budget slashed
Councillors want answers over why their housing budget is to be cut by 50 per cent over the next two years.
View ArticleDamien Kiberd: This government’s housing policy will – literally – put people...
Willful ignorance or not, the crude approach is going to end in misery. Again.
View Article€12m for a view of Dublin Bay? Sure, why not
Sorrento House is still for sale with a hefty price tag (but not as hefty as the €30m they were looking for in the boom…)
View ArticleDoes Michael Noonan believe that there is a property bubble?
Not really, it would seem.
View ArticleSpain has ghost estates too and jobless families are starting to squat in them
The occupied buildings have been dubbed “The Courtyards of Dignity”.
View ArticleYoung people might have to delay flying the nest due to rising rents
New research suggests that young people were able to leave the family home sooner than ever before after the financial crash.
View ArticlePoll: Are you worried about another property bubble?
There have been warnings another one may be on the way – are you worried?
View ArticleGovernment housing adviser: This is not a crisis, prices have a “natural...
The cost of buying a home in Dublin is up almost 25 per cent on last year, and people have been queuing for houses in Swords this week…
View ArticleThink Ireland’s property market is bad? This New York parking space costs...
Can I get a tracker mortgage on that?
View ArticleFianna Fáil thinks the Central Bank’s tough new lending rules are ‘simply...
Yep, the party in power during the last property bubble…
View ArticleOpinion: Opposition to mortgage caps is worryingly shortsighted – have we...
Irish house prices are increasing at a rate 30 times the eurozone average. If you think this seems like a bubble, it’s because it certainly looks like one.
View ArticleWe made a ‘bad mistake’ not predicting the banking crisis – but so did...
This ESRI professor says regulators could still have stopped the financial catastrophe.
View ArticleWhy this economist made a late-night dash for biscuits in the midst of the...
David McWilliams says he became a defacto advisor to Brian Lenihan before the 2008 bank guarantee.
View ArticleWe asked this expert if people were paying over the odds for property again
The demand for houses is there – but are people spending more than they should?
View ArticleBank of Ireland accused of a ‘crusade’ against Brian O’Donnell over Gorse Hill
“I’d love to see the bill for the legal fees.”
View ArticleBanking inquiry suspended as Charlie McCreevy clashes with Pearse Doherty
The former finance minister strongly defended Fianna Fáil’s policies.
View Article5 charts that show how much Irish jobs have changed in less than one generation
There have been some big changes in the country over the past two decades.
View ArticleOh Canada! This emigration hotspot just slid into recession
It’s the first time since the financial crisis that the economy has been in decline.
View ArticleThese are 5 things that could wreck Ireland’s economy all over again
The OECD has a lot to say about where the country is headed in its latest survey.
View ArticleThink Irish property prices are going nuts? Here’s how they stack up globally
Looks like there are some cheap digs going in Kiev at least…
View ArticleJohnny Ronan use of notorious Nazi work slogan ‘beyond comprehension’: Shatter
The Fine Gael TD said the phrase was “synonymous with Nazi inhumanity”.
View ArticleDoesn’t look like Bernard McNamara will be giving ANYONE his number
His responses to the banking inquiry could most generously be described as… unhelpful.
View ArticleIrish rents have scored a new record – and it’s not a good one
Prices have topped the peaks of even the Celtic Tiger property bubble.
View ArticleThe company that lets you buy property for £50 has an eye on Ireland
Nearly a year after its launch, London-based Property Partner has its sights on international markets.
View ArticleThe price of property across the country continues to go one way
The price of houses in the South East has gone up almost 10% in the last three months, alone.
View Article