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Back home to an Ireland utterly changed as 'For Sale' signs blanket the landscape (IrishCentral)

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:20:16 PDT

One year on I emerged from the arrival hall at Dublin airport to the Ireland I had left behindA lot had changed Unemployment figures mirroring the eighties, high levels of emigration, and a government with few solutions, I knew what to expect but I was keen to see it with my own eyesAs I drove into the west I had my eyes peeled for visible changes READ MORE

Irish property market falls slow down (IrishCentral)

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 05:36:26 PDT

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Sidewalks in New York – the legal obligations of property owners (IrishCentral)

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 05:32:18 PDT

Sidewalks in New York can be property owners responsibilityA common misconception in New York is that the City is responsible for maintaining the sidewalks in good condition However, the law is not so clear cut on the issue It is true that in the past, the City was responsible for the streets as well as the sidewalks But that law has changed over the years READ MORE

Irish Americans named among top five landowners in the United States (IrishCentral)

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:12:36 PST

By: MICHELLE K SMITH

Two Irish American men were in the top five landowners in the United States. John Malone was listed as number one and Brad Kelley was listed as number four in the Land Report 100.

New poll finds that 11 percent of people would choose Fine Gael / Labour coalition (IrishCentral)

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:03:45 PST

By: KERRY O'SHEA

A new Millward Brown poll in Sunday’s Independent has found that only 11 percent of people polled would choose a Fine Gael / Labour coalition should a general election be called.

Police called to Tom Cruise’s plush LA home over suspected robbery (IrishCentral)

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 06:45:55 PST

Tom CruisePolice were sent to Tom Cruise’s house following a report about an alleged armed intruder on the propertyThe alarm was raised in a call which is now believed to have been a prank after members of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) arrived at the Beverly Hills estate to find nothing suspicious, according to gossip website TMZTom and his family were not at home and police were greeted by his bemused security officers and chefRecently a 12-year-old boy was arrested in relation to similar incidents which occurred at the homes of Ashton Kutcher and Justin Bieber READ MORE

Court to question Sean Quinn children over assets in bankruptcy hearing (IrishCentral)

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:03:11 PST

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

All five children of fallen Irish billionaire Sean Quinn, who was once Ireland's richest man, and three of their spouses will reportedly face cross-examination about their assets in the Irish High Court this week.

News from around the 32 counties of Ireland (IrishCentral)

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 05:01:23 PST

By: BRENDAN CHARLES

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Property developer missing for eight months found wandering Leitrim road (IrishCentral)

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:37:12 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Irish police are mystified after a property developer missing for eight months was found wandering the road in Leitrim in a distressed state.

Today's Irish news roundup (IrishCentral)

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:44:56 PST

By: JANE WALSHE

Irish house price fall in 2012 was second fastest in Europe but small signs of recovery (IrishCentral)

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 05:24:26 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Irish house prices fell in value at the second-fastest rate in Europe last year – and five times faster than the European Union average.

"Quiet Man" pub sale attracts interest from across the globe as four key bidders emerge (IrishCentral)

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:25:24 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

A bidding war has erupted for The Quiet Man bar in County Mayo – with one prospective bar emerging from as far away as Florida.

Irish banks get go-ahead to repossess homes and buy-to-let properties (IrishCentral)

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 04:22:24 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

The Irish government is about to give the green light to banks to repossess the homes of distressed mortgage holders.

Five-house ‘ghost estate’ in Cavan sells for $275,000 at property auction (IrishCentral)

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 07:21:32 PST

By: IRISHCENTRAL STAFF WRITERS

"Ghost estates" is the name given to housing developments abandoned before completion by developers, a visible and nationwide casualty of collapse of the Celtic Tiger economy.

Here come the bad house debts - Irish family with mortgage debts left in nightmare situations (IrishCentral)

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:17:15 PDT

Christine Lagarde and Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny in Dublin last weekIn the last few weeks we have been listening to lots of positive noises being made about Ireland For the first six months of this year Ireland holds the EU presidency, so there are important people visiting here all the time for important EU meetings and they tend to say nice things about us when they're here Recently it was European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso who hailed our economic recovery, saying the country is "turning the corner" and well on the road to recovery READ MORE

The Irish property tax problem - everyone wants to own some and no one wants to be taxed on it (IrishCentral)

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:02:53 PDT

Ireland's controversial property tax has the nation in a frenzyEvery country has its quirks God knows America has the odd one or two Well, Ireland is no differentOne Irish quirk seems to be property: it's an obsession READ MORE

Irish mum may lose her €1m home she tried to sell on YouTube – VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:47:10 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

A single Irish mother who tried to sell her Georgian mansion on YouTube may now lose her home which was once valued at €1.6million.

Baltimore billionaire snaps up plum Irish country estate for $6.3 million (IrishCentral)

Mon, 13 May 2013 04:56:51 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

Charles Noell, a billionaire businessman from Maryland splashed out on the famed Irish country estate named Ardbraccan, a remarkable Palladian mansion in County Meath partly designed by Richard Castle, the classical-style architect who also created the more famous Leinster House.