Prices of residential property soaring due to pandemic 

Outside Dublin, house prices across the country were up by 5.7%, with apartment prices up by a staggering 14%. File picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

Residential property prices rose by 6.2% in areas outside the capital in the year to May 2020, as a range of pandemic-related factors influenced the market.

Outside Dublin, house prices across the country were up by 5.7%, with apartment prices up by a staggering 14%.