Full coverage: Property

Every political party has pledged to change Ireland’s taxation system for the better. Some want to remove property tax. Some want to double it. What should be done? In his column, Stephen Kinsella looks at the options and recommends a new approach to the taxation of the scarcest of all commodities: land.

Around 80 clients of a liquidated property and livestock auctioneering firm have been fighting for compensation. Now the High Court has ruled that legislation enacted to police the sector after the financial crisis does not entitle them to any.

Prop-tech probably prompts thoughts of things like smart fridges or being able to control all the electrical elements in your house through one device. In reality, it’s a growing industry that focuses on planning, development, asset management and more. This piece aims to provide a comprehensive overview of how Ireland is embracing prop-tech.

We have witnessed a historic political realignment. But it has been driven by a radical realignment of expectation from a generation who feel they are victims of a growing economic divide beyond young and old.

Property is one of the latest areas to undergo disruption with the introduction of new digital solutions from various property technology companies arriving on the market. Robert Hoban is hoping his new prop-tech start-up, Offr, will tackle the time consuming tasks around property transaction.

The "happiest week" of Michael Smurfit's life was spent in his beloved K Club during the Ryder Cup. He explains why he sold it at a loss and what he plans to do with the proceeds.

Changes in last year’s budget meant that Henderson Park faced an unforeseen €65m tax hit on its €1.34bn acquisition of Green Reit. The London firm did not take it lying down.

The housing charity is increasingly working with property developers and investors to provide much-needed supported housing. But Francis Doherty, the man in charge of its housing portfolio, says more landlord incentives are needed to stop tenants losing their home in the first place.

Lennox Lewis introduced the Comer Brothers to President Museveni of Uganda. The result was an ambitious plan to develop a new city outside Kampala. More than a decade on, the scheme has stalled and is now mired in legal action. Just what happened to the Irish development firm in Uganda?

Harcourt Developments has just sold its Las Vegas site for $14m, drawing a line under its failed scheme to build eight residential towers there. The scheme collapsed in litigation in 2008. It was to cost €1.3 billion, yet was just one of many giant schemes in Las Vegas at the time.