Special property report: Cork's soaring house prices edge close to boom levels

After a decade or more of a housing crisis, prices only look to be going one way

The Central Statistics Office this week said property price inflation had reached double-digits again for the first time in two years.

The Central Statistics Office this week said property price inflation had reached double-digits again for the first time in two years.

It is a sad reality that the public is no longer surprised by such inflation. For so many years now, Ireland has had a housing crisis due to a lack of properties to meet demand which has kept driving prices up to levels now that are on a par with the Celtic Tiger era.