A 20 year old man died after he collided with his brother and lost control of his scrambler bike on waste ground in Dublin city centre.

The number of households in negative equity is falling rapidly and could fall to zero as early as late 2017, such is the unexpected pace in house price rises, says the country’s leading think-tank.

There is a huge direct bearing between house prices and Ireland’s real economy compared with other countries, a report by the Economic and Social Research Institute says.

Innovation and income fraction in the financial markets helped expand the supply of mortgages for most of the last decade.

Two people have been killed already this bank holiday weekend.