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Ireland's most expensive two-bed terrace house 

Almost a million quid for a two-bed terrace? Usually this home type is starter-home territory targeted by first-time buyers and never, ever considered to be a luxury option.

Refit in fashionable Ranelagh offers the finished product in gated estate 

IF you're looking for value in Ranelagh, you're several years too late. The time to buy in this fashionable neighbourhood of Dublin 6 was immediately after the crash, as the owners of...

Four on the market: country homes in Wexford 

A selection of four very impressive country homes which are currently on the market in Wexford.

Extended city bolthole in Harold's Cross close to the Grand Canal 

Drummond Place in Harold's Cross, Dublin 6, is a narrow street of two-storey single-fronted houses in mellow brick. It runs north-east between Mount Drummond Avenue and FitzGerald Street, near...

An arresting location in Clare 

When the fledgling Free State set about building dozens of new garda stations all over the country in the 1920s and '30s, the buildings were made as formal and imposing as possible, perhaps in the hope the populace might be awed into lawfulness.

A Clontarf builder buster by the seaside 

As the early sparks of recovery first spluttered in 2011, savvy buyers with cash realised that they could now afford a luxury period home in postcodes like D2, D3, D4 and D6, which had only just...

Four on the market: three-beds in Dublin 15 

A choice of three-bed properties currently on the market in Dublin 15.

Carson's Ranelagh build 

Back in the middle of the 19th Century, the Anglo Irish ascendancy in Dublin were on the back foot. For generations they had been protected from competition in prime jobs from majority Catholics by the Penal Laws. These had barred Catholics from influential positions and education, and...

Architect's clinic 

Q We have been given some family land to build our new home and would like to employ an architect for the design. We've heard that there are new Building Control Regulations but that it might be possible to opt out of these. What are the implications?

'It's too big for us now' - Radio boss Margaret Nelson selling her holiday home in West Cork 

Margaret Nelson, group station director of music stations Q102 and FM 104, has very clear memories of the summer of 2001, when the holiday house...

Four of a kind... Dublin commuter homes 

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Former RTE producer is selling her Ranelagh home which she bought for 'about €50,000' 

There's a lot of moving and shaking going on along the redbrick terrace of Hollybank Avenue in Ranelagh. Over the last month alone, four...

Little touches, big ideas: Interiors fans can have fun outdoors too 

When it comes to our homes, these days every square inch matters more than ever. With prices rising back up to Celtic Tiger levels, we're making the most of what we've got - both inside and out.

In Pictures: Senior estate agent in south Dublin is selling his own home 

Doctors aren't allowed to treat themselves and a lawyer who represents themselves in court is said to have a fool for a client. But according to Andrew Rhatigan, senior negotiator with the...

Energy efficient Hill House - and successful Airbnb stables conversion - going for €420k 

It's not often you come across a 120-year-old farmhouse that is so energy efficient it puts some new-builds to shame. Hill House in Blacklion, Co...

From home auditoriums to projectors and painted screens: How to bring the big screen dream home 

There's a lot of myth around home cinemas. Myth 1: you need a lot of space to have one. Myth 2: only rich people can afford them. Not true. With a...

The look of the Irish at refurbished and extended semi in Whitehall 

Gaeltacht Park was built in the 1920s and early 30s with the aim of establishing a colony of Irish speakers in the capital.

Dual-aspect apartment in Ringsend where the waters come together 

The Camden Lock apartment buildings at South Dock Road in Ringsend, Dublin 4, were built on a site where once stood a sal-ammoniac factory, producing ammonium chloride. This area was...

A3-rated Westmeath bungalow fitted with solar panels and wind turbine 

You could be excused for thinking you'd taken a wrong turn and arrived in Spain on your way to the village of Mount Temple in Co Westmeath.

Four on the market: three-beds in Dublin 16 

These four properties on the market in Dublin 16 offer three-bed living, with some stand-out features.

Four on the market: in Swords 

A selection of four properties currently on the market in Swords.

Irish snatching back the thatch: seven heritage homes on the market 

The scene is a soft spring, the 1920s, the west of Ireland, and a big, confident returned Yank arrives in Co Galway to buy back his ancestral home, White o' Morn - a tiny thatched cottage,...

When auction rooms run away with the faeries 

George Russell AE (1867-1935) was a man of many parts. He was an artist of course, but he was also a writer and a mystic. On a more pragmatic level, he spent nearly 20 years as the editor of a...

4 of a kind... under €500k in Dublin 1 

39 Charles Street is a handsome three/four-bedroom mid-terraced family home dating from around 1850, built on lands adjacent to the Free Church, then known as 'Wesley Chapel'. It is one of a terrace...

This five-bedroom home on the commuter belt has gardens with over 100 different trees and shrubs 

Back in 1963, the parents of one of the owners of Raheen bought a farm known as Raheen House, and subsequently gave a site on the land to each of...

End-of-terrace redbrick in North Strand is a 15 minutes' walk from the IFSC 

The end-of-terrace redbrick house on Annesley Place, 15 minutes' walk from the IFSC, has seen many changes since the vendors purchased it...

The open-plan kitchen in this restored €895k Ranelagh home is sociable and well-designed 

'The best thing about living here," says Cathy McKenna, "is that life is almost completely pedestrian! We walk absolutely everywhere -...

Glenlion Lodge is a sweet little bolthole on the southern side of Howth peninsula with sea views 

Glenlion Lodge at Thormanby Road in Howth, Co Dublin, is a sweet little bolthole on the southern side of the peninsula with wonderful sea views.

Pieces of history at Lios Ciúin in Co Meath with a B2 energy rating 

A team of volunteers - "practical patriots" - began restoring Kilmainham Gaol in 1960. It was a massive undertaking; the roof was gone and there were trees growing up through the floors.

Four on the market: in East Wall 

A choice of four properties currently on the market, offering excellent value in Dublin's East Wall

Four on the market: in Bray, Co Wicklow 

A choice of four properties currently on the market in the popular seaside town of Bray.

Trip the light fantastic in Goatstown's energy-efficient daughter-house 

It was back in 2011 that planning permission was granted to build a new two-storey house in the side garden of 42 Drummartin Park in Goatstown,...

The original owner of this Kerry lakeside home had a bespoke church organ installed as its centrepiece 

What type of holiday home owner would have a custombuilt church organ installed at the centre of his holiday home?

Four homes on the market near UCD 

These four properties all offer close proximity to the UCD campus.

This home on Blackrock's old 'Riviera' has coastal views, private access to a jetty and a bathing area 

In the late 1700s, Blackrock was Dublin's Riviera. It was also the unofficial seat of British rule in Ireland and the nest of a plot to exert a tighter grip on...

This Dublin-based painter's home also serves as a gallery for her art 

For Dublin-based painter and stained glass artist Anne Marie Hayes, home is where the art is.

Killiney show house designed in an art deco style has been placed on the market 

Earlier this month, bookmakers tipped Cork actor Cillian Murphy to become the next James Bond when Daniel Craig hangs up his tuxedo following Bond 25.

Two houses for the price of one on the Sheep's Head peninsula in West Cork 

The highlight of the social calendar in Ahakista is the table quiz that takes place each year in a marquee in the car park of Arundel's pub and...

Four properties on the market with views of water 

Palermo dates from 1848 and is an impressive double-fronted, two-storey-over-basement detached house standing on an acre of beautiful gardens in Killiney.

7 ways to get the highest price on your property in a market where prices are stalling 

It's been an interesting few months for property. After several years of galloping prices, last year saw the market hiccup and many house sales...

Huge interest as buyers home in on Portmarnock 

It is just over two years since Ballymore launched Portmarnock new homes development, St Marnock's Bay. At the time, demand was so pent up that, in advance of the highly anticipated launch, a...

Instant community boosts popularity of Marianella units 

When Marianella in Rathgar first launched in November 2017, it was a flagship product for Cairn Homes. One of their first major launches, the development sold 128 of its 198 apartments...

A city centre abode suitable for a couple needing a base near Googleland 

The vendor of 21 Upper Erne Street in Dublin's city centre has an unusual benchmark for gauging just how far the street has come up in the world.

Four on the market: along the Wild Atlantic Way 

A choice of four different properties situated along the Wild Atlantic Way.

Butterfly effect makes for a pleasing outlook at West Road in East Wall 

There are railway tracks across the street from No61 West Road in East Wall, Dublin 3. Not that you'd know they were there, as the tracks are concealed by a tree-shrouded embankment...

Four on the market: four-beds in Terenure 

These four properties offer four-bed living in the popular area of Terenure.

Four on the market: northside homes with attic conversions 

These four northside properties come with the addition of a converted attic.

Why have one extension when you can have two? Tardis-like Dublin home built for future living 

Since the crash, the lucky few with lots of cash in the bank made hay on the back of the small builder's misfortunes.

Granite Lodge in Wicklow is an original 1860s woodsman's cottage - and has a full acre of gardens attached 

Too many fairytales would have ended badly were it not for the ubiquitous woodsman to save the...

A rare chance to buy 1 of only 6 detached homes in this Malahide enclave 

In medieval times the poor were required to wear the autumnal red brown hue of russet to designate their caste. But later Cromwell made russet a...

Phoenix from the flames: A racey base in Cork with a lodge and stables - and the IRA in its history 

As State-led centenary commemorations take us through the War of Independence, the RTÉ series The Irish Revolution has recently brought the...