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Wish you lived here?
Apartments costing up to €30m on a luxury cruise ship will be pitched at Ireland's rich list next week. Michael Parsons reports

Plain house ready to party after makeover
Foxrock: €7m Foxrock village is a hive of building activity these days with many of the gardens on Brighton Road now earmarked for housebuilding. However, with the planners insisting on low density rather than high, the real market in the neighbourhood is for large family houses with enough garden to allow privacy.
House of Scudding Clouds designer has heavenly touches
Dublin 14: €560,000 It's always interesting to see what an interior designer does with her own place - especially a young designer on her first house.
Solar panels add eco-shine to sunny Summerhill in Sandycove
Sandycove: €1.24m A terrace of three newly built houses beside the railway line in Sandycove, Co Dublin is aimed at eco-friendly buyers with over €1 million to spend.
Double penthouse with stunning city views is twice as nice
Dublin 8: €3m With significantly more living space than an average family home and a 360 degree view over Dublin city centre, this stylish penthouse in Dublin 8 is designed for living on a grand scale.
Fashion house uses design to create a light, easy flow
Dublin 8: €850,000 Fashion designer Helen Cody's two-bedroom house on the banks of the canal is a light-filled home with a studio at the end of the garden writes Eoin Lyons

Spacious family houses in scenic village
Birr: from €265,000 Houses go on view this week in a scenic village on the outskirts of Birr, Co Offaly.

Heading for the hills by the Aegean in Bodrum
Buying in Turkey It's well-heeled, good value and popular with Irish buyers: Peter Murtagh visits the Bodrum peninsula, and meets a young Turk behind an upmarket villa development
Apartments from €172,000 in heart of EU quarter in Brussels
Investing in Belgium It's one of the cheaper European capitals to buy in and boasts a very stable market, so at a time when Irish investors are looking for low-risk ventures, it's no surprise that Brussels is now being eyed up.
Serviced suites in The Plaza by Central Park
Buying In NewYork Alfred G Vanderbilt was the first guest to check in and Judy Garland made it her home for a while, but now for a mere €1.2 million you can buy a slice of the Big Apple's most famous hotel.

Birmingham reaches for sky with V Building
As Dublin agonises over high hise, Irish-founded company Dandara has applied to build Birmingham's tallest building, at 50 storeys.
Who's afraid of affordable housing? Not London developers
It's rare to find even a luxury scheme in London without affordable flats, writes Angela Pertusini
Major antiques fair turns up some real treasures
Items of historic and quirky interest are on show at the Fine Art and Antiques fair in London, writes Alanna Gallagher

Lisbon ideas fest concentrates on filling in urban gaps
Ireland is putting on an impressive show at the first Lisbon Architectural Triennale, writes Frank McDonald , Environment Editor
The time is now for Irish firm's home of the future
The "most sustainable mainstream house" in the world has just been built by an Irish company on a research site in England.
Architecture Week in England
Architecture Week is taking place in England - from June 15th-24th - and there are design events happening across the country, with a strong emphasis on green design.

Market View
Negative equity is here - but only for a tiny percentage of the market, says Marc Coleman
Stamp duty relief for divorcing couples is very limited
Talking Property: Both parties in a separation/divorce should be relieved of stamp duty if they need to buy again, says Ann O'Neill
Modest house, glorious summer garden
Carrickmines: €3.5m: Everything is coming up roses in a secluded house on 1.36 acres of gardens, says Property Editor Orna Mulcahy
Bright, airy townhouse in Beggar's Bush
Dublin 4: €675,000: A charming townhouse in the heart of Dublin 4 has a great location and lots of of character. Number 14 Haddington Square, Beggar's Bush, off Haddington Road in Ballsbridge, is for sale by private treaty through Gunne with an asking price of €675,000.
Foxrock four-bed sells for around €3.5m
Sales Results: A look at yesterday's results

Q&A
Has my sister missed the boat in buying abroad? My sister is a novice investor who feels she has missed the boat on foreign properties and wants to get in now. Having seen a ski development in Bulgaria at a property fair here in Ireland - off the plans for completion later this year - she is keen to buy.

WORTH THE INVESTMENT?
Address: A1, Isolde's Tower, Parliament Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.

Take five @ around €1.2 million
Pembroke McDonnell is asking €1.2 million for 12 Myrtle Park, a four-bedroom semi at Royal Terrace East, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. We find properties at a similar price in France, the Caribbean, South Africa and the UK

Victorian estate with organic farm is a wildlife haven
Co Tipperary: €6m Ballybrada House, which sits on 100 acres, is known for its oats and flour. The land includes cottages and a gate-lodge
Eco-house with panoramic views
Dungarvan: €695,000: A 204sq m (2,200sq ft) bungalow on 1.3 acres of gardens not far from Dungarvan, Co Waterford, has panoramic views of countryside and the sea beyond .
Life could be sweet in 1797 Georgian
Clonmel: €1.8m: A refurbished Georgian house near Clonmel in Co Tipperary looks like good value for money when compared with the prices of modest homes in the Dublin suburbs.
Cottage in Connemara 4 by the bay
Co Galway: €800,000: A cottage on the slopes of Errisbeg Mountain just outside Roundstone, Co Galway, will tempt buyers in the market for a rural retreat with a touch of romance. The cottage, dating from the early 1900s, has an enviable position at the end of a boreen overlooking Dog's Bay and Gurteen Bay. Views from the cottage also take in Inishlackin Island and Lettermore Peninsula. It is for sale through Spencer Auctioneers and has a price tag of €800,000.

€200m town centre plan for Portlaoise club grounds
The blueprint for the redevelopment of Portlaoise GAA Club's grounds into a €200 million mixed-use scheme has been lodged with Laois County Council.
Bord rejects scheme at site of Courtown hotels
Plans to demolish two hotels in the seaside resort of Courtown, Co Wexford, to make way for an apartment scheme have been refused by An Bord Pleanála because it would spoil the character of the costal village.
67 homes for D6 site
New plans for an apartment scheme at Dartry House in Dublin 6 are set to be lodged with Dublin City Council.
Watch this Space
Bord says yes to mixed-use scheme at former Cork bakery Cork's Keating Bakery on the Tramore Road is set to be turned into an apartment scheme.
Planning & Development
A selective guide to developments in your area
Diary
IAVI Meeting: national council. June 22nd, 4pm. Radisson SAS Hotel, Limerick.

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