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

Figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) for November show a 4.2 percent increase in house values for 2012 in Dublin.

Wednesday marked the unveiling for the Budget 2013 in Ireland by Finance Minister Michael Noonan. A number of new measures were outlined in the new financial plan for the coming years.

Youghal, a beach town located on the border between Co Cork and Co Waterford, is one of the five regions in Europe where Americans should consider spending their retirement.

Ashford Castle, a five-star Irish hotel made famous in the classic movie "The Quiet Man" went on the market last week for 25 million euros ($32.46 million) - half the price paid for it in 2007 by property developer Gerry Barrett.

Irish property prices are on the way back, driven by a resurgent Dublin market.

IrishCentral Community News is pleased to continue with our bi-weekly financial column, courtesy of Sean O’Sullivan of Arlington Financial. This time around Sean tackles the ins and outs of home ownership.

Around 15,000 people a day are looking at PropertyPriceRegister.ie, the new online register of residential property prices launched last month in Ireland.

The Real Estate Alliance (REA) have announced a series of regional auctions are to take place throughout Ireland over the coming months. The first auction will feature residential, commercial and agricultural properties from across Ireland.

While there is no shortage of high spec homes on the market, few can compete with this house in Cloosh, Kinvara, Co Galway. This six bedroom, six bathroom passive-type home is being sold fully furnished with interior design finish and a year's supply of eco-friendly fuel – all the new owner will have to do is stock the fridge.

In a bold move by the Irish government, Irish banks will be told to forgive substantial amounts of mortgage payments by borrowers.

Although profits were made at the Allsops Space property auction in Dublin this week, experts at Ireland’s Central Bank believe Ireland’s property market will take 22 years to recover from what has been the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

Gerry Gannon, a leading property developer, has lodged a planning application with Dublin City Council for an $84 million Islamic Cultural Centre including a large mosque at Clongriffin in north Dublin.

Irish house prices showed a five percent rise during the month of August. Although this is a sign that the housing market is stabilizing, the average price for a residential property has fallen annually by 11.8 percent.

For anybody expecting to win the lottery this week, an exquisite private island off the coast of Mayo has just dropped to half its proposed price in the hopes of being sold.

An Irish farmer has bought back land he sold at the height of the Celtic Tiger for close to $2 million for just $75,000.

It's the island where John Lennon saw himself and Yoko Ono retiring to with a crazy scrapbook of memories, but nowadays Dorinish Island is home only to sheep and seagulls.

The beleaguered Irish property market may be showing some tentative signs of growth in recent times.