Does the rise house prices mean we are headed for another property bubble?

With Dublin house prices described as an ‘uncomfortable boom’ and prices in commuter counties starting to rise, Fiachra Ó Cionnaith asks are we really headed for another property bubble?

DEJA vu, anyone?On Thursday, the front pages of national newspapers covered a story most felt had been consigned to the pre-recession era.

Despite still being in the grips of austerity and recession, people were queuing four days early for the chance to buy a home in a new development in Swords, north county Dublin.