This summer sees a selection of coastal buys and builds of the country’s boom period up for sale, at a fraction of peak values.

NO man is an island – but the clued-in and fascinating Nadim Sadek has gently re-created one for himself and his family in Mayo’s Clew Bay.

ALMOST a year to the day since it went to market, Belline House in Co Kilkenny has been sold, for close to €4 million.

THERE'S no getting away from Ronan Keating: he is up the charts, in the glossy magazine, on the TV chat shows, he is supposedly buying a Co Mayo island for over €1 million (untrue), and he lives almost over the fence from this Malahide, North Co Dublin home, up for sale with a €2.4 million price guide.