George Orwell warned us about more than just Big Brother
Countryside overrun by housing developments, commercialism and greed – the 1984 author is one to re-read.
View ArticleCHQ 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”.
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