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Bank of Ireland has persecuted us for five years, Brian O’Donnell tells court Brian O Donnell is seen leaving Gorse Hill in Killiney on Thursday morning. Photograph: Photocall Ireland
  • Crime & Law

‘Nonsense’ for bank to say there was an urgency about getting Gorse Hill, court told

Long-term interest in Ireland: Luke Comer in the kitchen of the new Hersil Wood development in Knocklyon, Dublin 16. Photograph: Cyril Byrne With video Luke Comer on a €400m Irish property spending spree
Looking for. . . a starter home in Lucan for €300,000 Looking for. . . a starter home in Lucan for €300,000

With good transport links to Dublin city, a great village and a range of parks and shopping centres, Lucan has many attractions. Here’s three properties worth a look

The art of staging a home for sale The art of staging a home for sale

The goal is to appeal to as many buyers as possible with bright, clean interiors and in the process achieve the highest price

New to the Market

Room to grow in Raheny for €825,000
  • New to Market
  • Alanna Gallagher
  • March 5, 2015

Four-bed bungalow on Howth Road has views of Bull Island and Dublin Bay

Quiet home on the hill for €1.05m
  • New to Market
  • Bernice Harrison
  • March 5, 2015

South Hill in Dartry is a small estate of mostly semi-detached houses built in the 1950s

A-rated new homes in Naas development
  • New to Market
  • Eriin McGuire
  • March 5, 2015

Landen Park at Oldtown Demesne is a new scheme of four-bedroom houses

Country living in the suburbs for €845,000
  • New to Market
  • Elizabeth Birdthistle
  • March 5, 2015

Semi-detached house with architecturally designed extension in Dublin 18

Picture perfect in Rathfarnham for €850,000
  • New to Market
  • Gemma Tipton
  • March 5, 2015

Four-bedroomed renovated cottage is on a hillside among fields and forests and includes a detached studio in gardens

Another chance to nab this redbrick
  • New to Market
  • Alanna Gallagher
  • March 5, 2015

Back on the market after just eight months, this period house on Beechwood Avenue in Ranelagh is in walk-in condition for €1.25 million

Family-friendly five-bed in Rathmines
  • New to Market
  • Bernice Harrison
  • March 5, 2015

Originally built in the 1880s this semi-detached redbrick has many wonderful period features – and plenty of scope for updating and improvement

3 Leinster Road is a three-bedroom house with unique and original period details. It is for sale through Sherry FitzGerald for €1.3 million Two Leinster Road homes with exotic flourishes
  • New to Market
  • March 5, 2015

Two interesting houses are for sale in Rathmines. Number 3 boasts a secret garden to the side, while number 139 was formerly the home of ‘The Mir’, a professor from India who was mentioned in works by Yeats and Joyce

Style, space and grandeur in rambling Blackrock lodge for €2.7m
  • New to Market
  • Gemma Tipton
  • March 5, 2015

Once owned by the British embassy, this is a great opportunity to buy a very distinctive house

Detached six-bedroom home for €1.25m
  • New to Market
  • Elizabeth Birdthistle
  • March 5, 2015

Light-filled house in Ardilea, Clonskeagh was renovated by owners 10 years ago

Renovated redbrick in heart of Bray for €425,000
  • New to Market
  • Alanna Gallagher
  • March 5, 2015

Three-bedroom property has been modernised and reconfigured

Lavish, lofty home with sea and mountain views in Rathfarnham for €2.3m
  • New to Market
  • Gemma Tipton
  • March 4, 2015

Five-bedroom detached house with contemporary and luxurious finish

Property Clinic

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Your property queries answered

Bargain Hunter

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All the latest in bargain interiors

Take Five

Take Five for €900,000 Take Five for €900,000

Sherry FitzGerald is seeking €900,000 for this four-bedroom bungalow at 9 Shielmartin Park, Sutton, Dublin. We find similarly-priced properties around the world

Sort it

When the worst house is best bet When the worst house is best bet

Years of neglect and dated décor can be a real obstacle to many people buying a house but don’t be seduced by an immaculate walk-in condition either

The Specialist

Audrey Adams: ‘There is a massive sense of satisfaction seeing something being resurrected. I have seen people burst into tears when they see the renovation.’ Photograph: Cyril Byrne The specialist: Audrey Adams, furniture restorer
  • Deirdre McQuillan
  • February 26, 2015

‘I suddenly realised that I was being coerced into a job – then I discovered I loved it’

Tree surgeon Stephen Buchanan working on trees near Maynooth , Co KildarePhotograph: Eric Luke/ The Irish Times The Specialist: Stephen Buchanan, tree surgeon
  • Deirdre McQuillan
  • February 12, 2015

The demand for cutting back branches or chopping down trees is growing in rural areas and cities, but that doesn’t stop tree surgeons from being professional ‘tree-huggers’

“The nature of the work is very physical”, roof thatcher, Kyran O’Grady, Knockrobin, Wicklow. Photograph: Garry O’Neill The Specialist: Kyran O’Grady, master thatcher
  • Deirdre McQuillan
  • January 29, 2015

The Howth native has thatched everything from cottages to pubs and offices

Gardens

Cosmos ‘Double Click Cranberries’ Use summer annuals to add fun to your garden
  • February 15, 2015, 12:00

Transform a simple border or container into something exceptional

Grow: bring the chilli club to your garden
  • February 1, 2015, 11:28

It may be cold outside, but this is the best time to start growing chilli plants from seed

Thomas Rainer: “To me, the only great sin in gardening or garden design is cliché. It is something we always have to fight against.” Photograph: Darren S Higgins Grow: Why garden? US landscape architect Thomas Rainer explores the big gardening questions
  • January 18, 2015, 14:00

When do we garden, how, and why?

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Planning application for mixed-use scheme at site of former Stella Cinema in Mount Merrion Best laid plans for south Dublin
Figures from myhome.ie have revealed that 20,365 of the 42,484 transactions recorded in Ireland in 2014 were by cash buyers. Photograph: Thinkstock Cash buyers still a force to be reckoned with in residential market
Darna, 30 St Kevin’s Park, Dartry sold for €3.5 million at auction: the buyers are a young professional couple trading up within Dublin 6 Strong result kicks off auction season
Glass Bottle site in Ringsend, Dublin, in 2011: it is the largest site on the list at 10 hectares. Photograph : Matt Kavanagh / The Irish Times Dublin city audit finds 282 vacant sites ahead of land-hoarding levy
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Fine Art & Antiques

Detail from a gilt-bronze surtout de table, made for Kilkenny Castle in circa 1805, which appeared at Sotheby’s this week where it sold for £18,750 Auction Results
A Native American costume which sold for €320,000 Native American costume makes €320,000 at Kilkenny auction
Detail from a 19th century painted urn which has a guide of €2,500-€3,500 at Sheppard’s three-day sale which begins on Tuesday Interesting lots in opening spring season sale at Sheppard’s
The Auction Room Art, antiques and collectibles with Michael Parsons
 

Town and Country

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Ann Murphy with her friend Franka on a sledding trip. ‘Secretly you find yourself starting to miss the rain, the ham sandwiches, the Club Orange and everything you once loftily declared provincial. The rules and regulations are driving you mad. And they talk on the phone about flooding, factories closing, water charges... and it all sounds blissful.’ Slowly it dawns that you no longer fit in in Ireland, after 18 years gone
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