Chasing sharks, cuddling stingray, riding bareback in the warm sea, the Caribbean islands offer an exhilarating escape

Take Five: a Manhattan studio, views of Lake Como or a two bed-in Bray

Town and Country: An apartment in Tallaght or a farmhouse in Co Cork for €175,000

Take Five: a period home in the Pyrenees, a pied a terre in Edinburgh or a three bed in Mallow?

Take Five: A refurbished three-bed in Poitou-Charentes or a Ballina three-bed

Town and Country: a two-bed with no kitchen in Ringsend or a four-bed in Rahara, Roscommon

Take 5: properties in Valencia, Rome, Koh Samui, the Vendée and Bishopstown

Town & Country: A five-bed near Ennis, or a suburban semi-D in Dublin 13

Take Five: Dordogne retreat, Lazio farmhouse, Algarve villa, Glin four-bed

Town & Country: A 300-year-old near Castlerea or a two-bed in Lucan

Take Five: Properties in Paphos, Limousin, Valencia, Brixton and Douglas

Town & Country: A one-bed apartment in Terenure or a big Swinford four-bed with waterfall

Sea views, an embassy belt flat, a heritage building or a bungalow in Cloghroe

Town & Country: a studio apartment in The Maltings or a former school in Co Monaghan

Side-by-side houses an hour from Bordeaux, a hunting lodge in Basilicata or a three bed terrace in Dundalk

Town and Country: An apartment in Belfield or a house on 1.4 acres with artist’s studio?

Take Five: A chalet in France, a studio apartment in Brooklyn or a two bed apartment on the outskirts of Galway

Town & Country: a two-bed apartment beside Liffey Valley or a thatched cottage near Lough Derg

Take Five: A penthouse with panoramic views of Barcelona or a bungalow in Duleek?

Town & Country: A two-bed top floor apartment in Portmarnock or a former showhouse in Meath

Professional house hunter Breffnie O'Kelly finds homes for people relocating to Dublin. When it came to renovating a home for hers(...)

Take Five: A 19th-century convent, an Istrian villa near the beach, a Tuscan farmhouse with pool or a three bed in Daingean

Town & Country: A Clondalkin four-bed or a Wexford house with castle and water views

It's time for the public to vote in the annual RIAI’s Public Choice Award. This year’s shortlisted homes feature lots of brick, ei(...)

Take Five: Wicklow, Poitou Charentes, Le Marche, Alicante and Mugla

Town & Country: A one-bed apartment in Clontarf or a four-bed with gym in Loughrea

Take Five: A villa in Spain, a stone house on a Greek island or a four-bed in Listowel

Town and Country: A north Dublin one-bed or a Ballybofey four-bed

Take Five: Properties in Keelogues, Fethiye, Crete, Poitou-Charentes and Andalusia

Terraced townhouse in Blanchardstown or Galway period home

Villas in Italy, France and Mexico, or a bungalow in Clonmel

Town & Country: An apartment in Clarehall or an old schoolhouse in Athea?

Take Five: Rosscahill, Brindisi, Valencia, Florida and Pyrénées – take your pick

Town & Country: An apartment in Clondalkin or a three-bed with mountain views in Limerick

Take Five: A four bed in Carrick-on-Shannon or homes with pools in Italy, France and Spain

Town and Country: A Kilmainham apartment or a four-bed in Cashel

This house had plenty of space but felt cluttered, until interior designer Ruth Noble cleared the way

Take Five: A cottage in Renvyle or a five-bedroom mansion in Dordogne

Town and Country: An apartment in Malahide or four-bed with sauna in Leitrim village

Take Five: A bungalow in Kilflynn or a house with sea views on a Greek island

Town and Country: An apartment in Park West or a five-bed house in Portlaoise

Take Five: A terrace house in Boherbue or an oasis in the Majella mountains

Town and Country: An apartment in Tallaght or a house near the sea in Kilkee

Take Five: A four-bedroom house in Bettystown or a resort hotel in Indonesia

Town and Country: A two-bed in Dún Laoghaire or a five-bed on its own land in Tipperary

Two-bed D9 apartment has a sunroom studio with great light and a garden

A bungalow in Lifford, Co Donegal or homes in Egypt, France, Italy and Turkey?

An apartment in north Dublin or a former school in Co Kerry?

Take Five: A three-bed in Co Cork is the same price as a villa with pool on Koh Samui

Town and Country: A five-bed in Dingle or a cottage in Phibsborough

Take Five: A view of a Turkish lake and mountains or a semi-detached in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim

Town and Country: A three-bed in Drumcondra, Co Dublin or a large 18th century house on the waterfront in Co Cork

Take Five: A four-bed in Maynooth, a five-bed in France or sea views in Turkey

Town and Country: House with 3.5 acres near Abbeyleix, Co Laois, or an apartment in Tallaght, Dublin

Take Five: A two-bedroom bungalow in Kerry or a cave house in Spain?

An apartment in Dublin 11 or a period house in Co Wicklow

Take Five: A four bed in Kerry or a tea and coffee estate in Sri Lanka?

Town and Country: An apartment in Dublin 16 and a house along the Wild Atlantic Way

Take Five: a three-bed in Co Cork or a villa with swimming pool in Turkey

Town and Country: An apartment in Clondalkin, or a house on a peninsula with a castle in Clare

Take Five: A four-bed in Tara, a villa in Spain or sea views in Saint Vincent?

A former rectory on 10 acres near Kilkenny or a crazy paved house in D8

A villa with a pool, a jazzed-up studio apartment and a 1920s Italian house with traditional features

A fixer-upper castle in Cork or an open-plan bungalow close to Clondalkin Village

Take Five: a sea view in Wicklow, a game of golf in Algarve or maybe tennis in Thailand?

Town and country: Beside the sea in Kinvara or near Phoenix Park in Dublin

Barney Kiernan Auctioneers and Valuers is seeking €195,000 for this four-bedroom bungalow on a third of an acre in Breaffy, Castle(...)

Country living four-bedroom home on 0.9 of an acre, or a sparser city landscape could be yours

Take Five: a bungalow in Carrigaline, or a villa on the Greek island of Rhodes

A Dublin apartment and a house on land in Castletownbere cost the same

A three-bedroom house in Co Cork or amazing views in Tuscany

A five-bed by the sea in Miltown Malbay or a four-bed in Artane

A two-bed apartment near Blanchardstown, or a large four-bed in Claremorris, Co Mayo

Sherry FitzGerald Hinchion is seeking €99,000 for this three-bed, partially built house on half an acre at Hornhill, Lissarda, Mac(...)

An apartment in Kilmainham, Dublin, or a five-bed house in Tipperary

The sum will buy you a four-bedroom house with 0.7 acres of land in Castleplunkett

A three bed in Meath Gaeltacht or a two-bed apartment in Tallaght

Take Five: Five properties for the same price

Architect James Pike, who designed some of the best-known blocks of the boom, says Dublin needs to grow up, not out

Take five: A four bed in Offaly or a stone house with views to Ithaka in Greece

O’Mahony Pike architect worked on Mount St Anne’s, Hanover Quay and Adamstown

Town and Country: A period house in Waterford or a duplex near the beach in Rush

DNG Tormey Lee is seeking €350,00 for a three-bed bungalow in Co Meath

It took a daring design linking garden and house to get planning permission

An apartment in Artane, Dublin, or a five-bed in Co Wexford

Sean Furey Auctioneers is seeking €150,000 for a four-bed in Co Donegal

A Dublin 8 apartment or a five-bedroom house in Tipperary

We compare a two-bed bungalow with homes in Varna, Valencia and Dordogne

A four-bedroom house in Donegal or a one-bed in Donabate, Dublin

We compare a Co Louth four-bed bungalow with a selection of foreign choices

Town and Country: A house by the sea or a cottage in Glasnevin near Botanic Gardens

We compare a Co Kilkenny four-bed bungalow with a selection of foreign choices

Engineer who was passionate about Dublin

A Georgian pile in Roscommon or a one-bed in Clarehall, Dublin 17

From a quirky beachfront home in the Caribbean to a one-bed in London to a bungalow in Ashbourne

An apartment in Dublin or a school master’s house in Sligo

We compare a Co Roscommon four-bed bungalow with a range of exotic choices

Corner four-bed in Artane and a five-bed on an acre at the foot of Mount Leinster

From a two-bed requiring renovation in Co Laois to a villa with sea views in Turkey

A two-storey house with countryside views and a three-bed in a cul de sac