Coastal Living: Celebrating the eternal appeal of life by the sea

The numbers of city buyers moving to the coast continues to soar, boosted by the trends of remote and hybrid working in the years since Covid

Ballylickey's Carrigdhoun Quay — a do-er up —   with water frontage and on the N71 has had a price drop to €400,000 from €475,000 with planning for a replacement build,  via Hodnett Forde.

We had the property crash and recovery; we had Brexit; we had covid, we have the climate crisis; we have global and transatlantic trade and political uncertainty, and now we have tariffs threatening the Irish economy and employment.

And still we do love to be beside the seaside … When the sun shines here, we Irish run to water, like over-heated lemmings, so much so that in recent weeks Gardai have had to close off beaches such was the demand in familiar hot-spots and accessible settings.