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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.

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Developer 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.

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Former Anglo Irish Bank files for US bankruptcy

The move is being made to protect the institution’s US assets.

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Almost 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.

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Column: 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...

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Column: 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.

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Nobel 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.

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Column: 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.

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Damien 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.

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Damien 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…

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Column: 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.

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The 9 at 9: Wednesday

It’s the middle of the week now and here’s everything you need to know before 9am.

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Damien Kiberd: Michael Noonan wants house prices to rise so we can emerge...

There’s a hole in the balance sheets, dear Liza.

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Hong Kong’s ‘Champagne House’ is on sale for $38 million

Property Bubble or what, eh? Geddit? Bubble!

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New 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.

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Damien Kiberd: This government’s housing policy will – literally – put people...

Willful ignorance or not, the crude approach is going to end in misery. Again.

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€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…)

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Does Michael Noonan believe that there is a property bubble?

Not really, it would seem.

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Spain has ghost estates too and jobless families are starting to squat in them

The occupied buildings have been dubbed “The Courtyards of Dignity”.

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Young 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.

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Poll: Are you worried about another property bubble?

There have been warnings another one may be on the way – are you worried?

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Government 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…

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Think Ireland’s property market is bad? This New York parking space costs...

Can I get a tracker mortgage on that?

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Fianna Fáil thinks the Central Bank’s tough new lending rules are ‘simply...

Yep, the party in power during the last property bubble…

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Opinion: 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.

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We made a ‘bad mistake’ not predicting the banking crisis – but so did...

This ESRI professor says regulators could still have stopped the financial catastrophe.

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Why 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.

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All of the news, none of the waiting.

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We 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?

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Bank of Ireland accused of a ‘crusade’ against Brian O’Donnell over Gorse Hill

“I’d love to see the bill for the legal fees.”

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Banking inquiry suspended as Charlie McCreevy clashes with Pearse Doherty

The former finance minister strongly defended Fianna Fáil’s policies.

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5 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.

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Oh Canada! This emigration hotspot just slid into recession

It’s the first time since the financial crisis that the economy has been in decline.

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These 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.

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Think 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…

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Johnny Ronan use of notorious Nazi work slogan ‘beyond comprehension’: Shatter

The Fine Gael TD said the phrase was “synonymous with Nazi inhumanity”.

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Doesn’t look like Bernard McNamara will be giving ANYONE his number

His responses to the banking inquiry could most generously be described as… unhelpful.

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Irish 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.

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The 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.

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The 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.

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