John Mccartney
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Will remote working mean an end for the corporate HQ?
- Economy
- May 22, 2020, 05:41
Will Covid-19 bring about the end of the office? It’s a question some businesses are considering as they look at ways to return to something like norm(...)

Coronavirus: Has the Government’s lockdown project begun to falter?
- Economy
- April 22, 2020, 05:00
The public’s adherence to the country’s strict lockdown rules, credited with flattening the infection curve, may be fraying at the edges. There is evi(...)

Will it be July or September? Whenever it is, it will be to a much changed world. In China, normality is creeping back. Shops are reopening. Pe(...)

Property market defies undersupply ‘groupthink’
- Economy
- December 19, 2019, 05:40
“What degree of #groupthink is needed to believe that this is consistent with a chronically undersupplied market,” John McCartney, director of researc(...)

Housing policy under fresh scrutiny as home-building stalls in Dublin
- Economy
- November 7, 2019, 14:24
The Government’s housing strategy is under renewed pressure in the wake of a report showing housebuilding in Dublin stalled in the second quarter of t(...)

Seizure of £48 in dog tax among IRA operations in Cavan
- Heritage
- October 15, 2019, 00:00
County: Cavan Incident: Ambush at Swanlinbar Date: December 17th, 1920 Fatalities: 1 Come out, ye Black and Tans, come out and fight me like a man, S(...)

New Dublin homeowners ‘not too worried’ about house price fall
- Economy
- September 13, 2019, 03:00
First-time buyers Nikki Willis (26) and Rob Pallin (27) started talking about buying a house about three years ago, but with property prices skyrocket(...)

Brexit blamed for fall in Dublin property prices
- Economy
- September 13, 2019, 03:00
Property prices in Dublin are now falling for the first time in seven years, according to official figures, which show the average cost of a home in t(...)

New homes supply begins to meet demand as price growth slows
- Homes & Property
- September 6, 2019, 06:00
Property price inflation is slowing. But is this because housing stock is increasing to meet demand, or are there other factors at play? According to(...)

Housing market ‘has stabilised’ with price growth set to stay weak
- Business
- August 14, 2019, 05:45
The State’s housing market has stabilised with price growth in Dublin and other urban areas likely to remain weak for the foreseeable future, a senior(...)