Property prices back at Celtic Tiger peak with Kinsale homes third most expensive in country

The average price of a home bought in Kinsale, Co Cork, was €493,457. The average price in Cork City in the last 12 months was €313,900 and it was €305,047 in Cork county.

Property prices in Ireland have reached their highest level since the peak of the Celtic Tiger boom, with double-digit percentage rises in the cost of homes in every part of the country over the last year.

The Central Statistics Office’s latest Property Price Index for June stood at 163.6 points, which is equal to the highest level recorded at the peak of the property boom in April 2007.