Full coverage: Property

The sale of the YMCA cricket grounds in Sandymount raises difficult questions that offer few easy answers. The club says it will hurt the fabric of the community, while the landlord, YMCA Ireland, argue the proceeds will be used to aid disadvantaged areas.

An informal suggestion from a leading stockbroker to a minister made it into a formal disclosure: If tax-transparent investment structures were so successful to channel capital into property, why not roll them out to green energy? There is more to it than meets the eye.

The sale of an entire housing estate in Co Kildare did not happen by accident. It occurred because of policy choices that the Irish state made over the past eight years – choices that have changed the nature of home ownership and distorted the housing market.

Stalwarts of the Irish middle class like teachers and psychologists can't compete against Chinese, Russian or UK funds hunting for yield. So mandating that a percentage of actual owners live in their actual houses seems the only way to turn an internationally traded asset into a home.

Following the resignation of a former housing minister, Dublin Bay South voters will set the stage for a housing election – pitting wealth against income.

Over 1,000 Irish investors were lured to a tax incentive scheme targeting historic properties in Germany, but the product's promoter is under investigation there. Brokers are now asking the Gardaí to find their clients' money.

Yet another case over rents has been lodged with the High Court. The latest battle involves the German financial giant Deutsche Bank and one of Britain’s richest men.

Irish brass-plate companies have become a central plank in the structures used by vulture funds to swoop in on Mediterranean distressed debt. An investigation into Cerberus reveals how this extends to dealings in tens of thousands of foreclosed properties.

Brothers Michael and Danny Healy-Rae, the millionaire independent Kerry TDs, regularly make headlines with their contracting companies and investment properties. But how do they run their business – and how well?

Already the dominating player in Ireland’s fast-growing data centre industry, the US digital giant has acquired another large property from a well-known agri-business family next to an electricity connection for its power-hungry business.