Improved forecasts at the outset of the year were made real by the best Christmas figures for retailers in five years. 

Dublin will be the second most attractive market in Europe for property investors over the next year, according to a major new study.

IRELAND has a 18-to-24 month window of opportunity to attract international capital to quality assets to be disposed of — after that, revaluation of other competing assets in countries like France, Spain, and Holland will add to the competition for mobile capital.

DUBLIN has fallen to the bottom of a global list as a location for property investment.

Moscow and Istanbul are the hottest property markets in Europe as industry branches out of traditional capitals, according to a survey of 27 cities released today.