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Receiver to sell Lynn's house in Howth
Glenlion, the house on 4.75 acres in Howth which Michael Lynn
and his wife Bríd Murphy bought last year, is to be sold at
auction next month.
Fiona Tyrrell reports.
New to Market
Period house at heart of Ballintyre for sale
Dublin 16: €3.5m : Ballintyre Hall, a listed 1820s house at the front of a large upmarket development in D16, needs renovation but has many fine period details says Fiona Tyrrell .Two apartments in Foxrock scheme, one given away for charity
No 44: for sale for €1m : A top-floor penthouse at an exclusive apartment complex in Foxrock has a price tag of €1 million.Couple's Victorian redbrick for €530,000
PITCH US YOUR HOUSE: THE SELLERS : Sonya Lynch, pharmaceutical buyer and Niall Lynch, draughtsperson.
Perfectly positioned for a short stroll in the park
Castleknock from €475,000: Complete with a high-quality fit-out, apartments at Auburn Park are impressively finished and well located, writes Fiona TyrrellTax-break units near Luas
Dublin 8 from €340,000: The last phase of a Section 23 apartment scheme in Dublin 8 comes to the market this week.Tax-relief semis in town centre
Co Waterford from €279,999: Semi-detached houses in the Co Waterford town of Cappoquin come with a good location and tax breaks.Riverside Section 23s in D8
Kilmainham from €400,000: The final units in a Section 23 apartment scheme beside the River Camac in Kilmainham have come to the market.Final call for family houses in scheme with good links
Dublin 24 from €440,000: The final four houses at Ellier Developments' Hunterswood scheme in Dublin 24 are on the market.Retiring to scenic lakeside town
Killaloe from €310,000: Lakes retirement village has just been launched in the picturesque lakeside town of Killaloe, Co Clare. Situated in the grounds of the Lakes nursing home, 150 yards from a church, shops and restaurants, the village comprises 32 two-bedroom apartments.
Irish firm opens Bulgaria office
Frank Fahey, Chairman of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, opened West Properties International's lavish new offices in Sofia, Bulgaria, last week for his constituent Brian Conneely, owner of the company.Cannes developments on show
Buying in France : Two developments in the Cannes area - one opposite the Palais des Festivals where the Cannes film festival is held, the other in Cannes Mandelieu - will be on show this weekend in in Dublin.Six-star luxury in Palacio de Quinta
Quinta do Lago: from €1m : A six-star hotel and apartments are being built in the Denis O'Brien-developed Quinta do Lago resort, right, on Portugal's Algarve, for those who like to avail of private jets, chartered yachts, preferred tee times and a butler when they are on holiday.New apartment schemes in Brussels
Brussels: from €295,000 : Three apartment schemes in the centre of Brussels are for sale through Lisney, all of them within walking distance of Avenue Louise, one of the city's main streets, with a good mix of shops, restaurants and offices.Beach, pools and golf in village
Lagos: from €230,425 : Two and three-bedroom apartments in the Marina Village, left, in Portugal's Algarve, half a kilometre from Lagos Marina and a 10-minute walk from the three-mile long Meia Praia beach, are for sale through Agent Savills HOK.Boom-time Bucharest draws Irish developers
Investing in Eastern Europe : Romania is all set for a property boom, Irish style. Last week a clutch of Irish developers were in Bucharest to tell Romanian politicians, developers and financiers about Ireland's experience. Kevin 0'Connor reports
Extensions that allow you to stay put
Spending on home improvements is on the rise and more people are prepared to employ an architect to get exactly what they want, writes Emma CullinanVirtual architecture is a real winner
YESTERDAY the Cosmos interactive astronomy centre at Blackrock Castle in Cork, where visitors can learn about space by virtually flying there themselves, became the first Irish project to win a THEA (Themed Entertainment Association Award) from the US.
Ailesbury Road house sells for around €7.75 million
Sales Results : Sherry FitzGerald has sold 33 Ailesbury Road, Dublin 4, a five-bed redbrick for in the region of €7.75m.Corpo to say yes to new Clarence Hotel
Around the Block: Don't be surprised if Dublin City Council decides to grant full planning permission for Norman Foster's controversial plan to re-make the Clarence Hotel - by demolishing all but its quayfront facade and those of its immediate neighbours, Dollard House and four late Georgian buildings by the Wide Streets Commissioners.Award turns jovial Jim into a blushing Barrett
JOVIAL Jim Barrett must have been blushing in the Four Seasons Hotel last week over the extravagant lifetime achievement citation he got in this year's Opus Awards.Floating ideas about how the Liffey will look in 25 years
RELOCATING Heuston Station on the edge of the Liffey, turning O'Connell Bridge into a public plaza and creating a large park at Poolbeg were just some of the ideas Imagen architects came up with for its winning scheme on how the Liffey would look in 25 years time.The unbearable likeness of being like us
HOBNOBBING abroad with TDs is always invigorating, especially when they are guests of builders who might be loosely called "developers abroad". And very broad it is, with most of the 15 recent EU accession states having Irish involved in their refurbishment.Apartment scheme selling well in Dublin 16
LISNEY New Homes is reporting that a quarter of the apartments at Cedar Grove in Dublin 16 have sold since its launch in late September - not bad in a sluggish market.New code for agents
TODAY will be a busy one for the National Property Services Regulatory Authority (NPSRA).On the move
DTZ Sherry FitzGerald has appointed Jerome O'Connor as director with specific responsibility for its rapidly growing property management department.
Perching high above Canary Wharf beside the Thames
The last phase of Ballymore's luxury apartments in London's Docklands iare fro sale from €370,000. Edel Morgan reports
Q&A
Property related questions answered
Worth the Investment?
The address: 44 Glasnevin Downs, Dublin 11.
Take five @ around €390,000
Phoenix Estates is asking €390,000 for Rose Cottage, a four-bedroom detached house in Templescoby, near Enniscorthy in Co Wexford We find properties at a similar price in France, Italy, the Caribbean and the USA
16-storey tower for Northside centre site
A landmark 16-storey office tower is part of a proposal for the 37-year-old Northside shopping centre in Coolock, Dublin 11, which would involve demolishing the shopping centre and building a new one in another location as part of a €1 billion proposal to develop a "Northside Town Centre".Locals rise up against helipad and hangar at Dublin mountains
A proposal by a businessman to locate a helipad and hangar on the periphery of the Dublin mountains near the Hellfire Club has been appealed to An Bord Pleanála by one of his neighbours.Bus timetable part of appeal in Baldoyle
A Baldoyle residents group has submitted a bus timetable to An Bord Pleanála to demonstrate why a better transport system should be put in place in the area before a fourth phase of the Stapolin Village development is granted.Watch this Space
Major schemes planned for Portmarnock and Balbriggan: In Portmarnock Shannon Homes is looking for planning permission from Fingal County Council to build 208 houses at Drumnigh Road on a 25-acre site.
