The property slump in Galway has now extended to agricultural land — it has been revealed that two holdings which came under the hammer did not even attract one bid.
And it has been stated that the ‘heat has gone out’ of agricultural land sales across County Galway over the past six months.
Experts say that potential [...]

Two classes will be held at the National College of Ireland, beginning with the Selling Seminar on September 4th followed by the “Beyond the Basics” course on September 13th.
The Beyond the Basics course instructs sellers on how to start or grow an eBay-based business, with details on how to choose the right listing format, create [...]

A residential farm on 23ac at Jessfield, Ballingarry, Co Tipperary, is up for auction on Wednesday, September 12.
Callan-based auctioneers, Grace Real Estate Alliance, are guiding it at €650,000. The residence and the lands are offered for sale in one lot.
The holding includes an attractive traditional farmhouse, outbuildings and lands. The farm is located on the [...]

he derelict Abbey Cinema in Wicklow town has been sold, local auctioneer, Anne Lait, confirmed this week.
The cinema, which closed over five years ago, was put up for sale by tender which attracted a ‘healthy interested’ from perspective buyers.
The identity of the buyer remains a mystery, with Ms Lait revealing only that it was not [...]

A GAA club has bought 12ac of agricultural land in north Kildare for a record-breaking €1.1m. The sum paid equates to almost €92,000 per acre.
The lands at Rathcoffey, Donadea, Co Kildare were offered for sale by private treaty.
Rathcoffey GAA Club’s existing facilities adjoin its latest acquisition.
The purchase of the land will facilitate its ambitious plans [...]

A PRICE in the region of €1.5m is being quoted for a Co Laois residential farm that is up for auction on September 7.
Formerly a beef farm and greyhound kennels, Larkhill Lodge in Drumagh, Crettyard, Co Laois is conveniently located just one hour from Dublin and 18 miles from Kilkenny.
The 68ac holding is also within [...]

The Broadcasting Complaints Commission today rejected a complaint of impartiality against a RTE programme on the property market earlier this year.
‘Future Shock: Property Crash’, broadcast on RTÉ One last April, examined a range of future possible scenarios regarding the Irish property market.
The programme looked, in context, at the possibility that property prices in Ireland [...]

Earlier this year a Permanent TSB/ESRI poll showed property prices had fallen by 2.1 per cent since the beginning of the year, compared with growth of more than 6 per cent during the same period in 2005.
An IAVI spokeswoman said incentives from developers, such as the installation of wooden floors or tiled bathrooms, were becoming [...]