Donald Trump victory sees surge in US citizens searching Irish property website

President-elect Donald Trump. Many despondent Americans appear to have been researching potential moves abroad. Picture: AP

The number of US-based visitors to the property website MyHome.ie spiked by 120% in the wake of Donald Trump's US presidential election last week, according to new figures.

In the five days leading up to last Tuesday, November 5, there were 5,003 visits to MyHome.ie from IP addresses located in the US. In the five days after the election, a spokesperson for the site confirmed this figure rose to 11,023.