Niall Toner - Home and Style

Three Portobello homes in the middle to upper range of the market

Portobello was one of Dublin’s first ‘suburbs’. It has a rich history and an undeniable cachet. Here are three homes for sale that show its aspirational credentials in full colour If there was a competition to anoint the Notting Hill of Dublin, Portobello would likely be in with a good shout. It is a neighbourhood […]

Extended stone cottage a stroll from Herbert Park for €695k

A turnkey two-bed across the road from Herbert Park shows that in Dublin 4, good things can come in small packages D4 does most things big. It’s a postcode of embassies, sweeping granite steps and red-brick houses with reception rooms that have more space than most people know what to do with. But tucked into […]

You won't find many Dalkey homes priced as low as this Bullock Harbour cottage

A 1970s Bullock Harbour bolthole behind electric gates in Dalkey has communal gardens looking out to sea Bullock Harbour, the little granite-walled inlet between Sandycove and Dalkey, has been sheltering fishing boats since medieval times. These days it’s more likely to be sheltering sea swimmers, kayakers and the odd seal loitering in the hope of […]

Loads of space behind the front door of this double-fronted Bath Avenue home

A double-fronted house off Bath Avenue has been reworked from the wiring up and is ready for its close-up now Vavasour Square is often described as one of Dublin’s better-kept secrets. Secret or not, it always provides a little bit of ‘psychogeographical’ drama when you drive or walk into it, its low-slung Victorian brick villa […]

Five-bed Monkstown red-brick where the Earl of Rosse lived his last years

An end-of-terrace period house at the corner of Eaton Place and Belgrave Road in Monkstown, with views of Dublin Bay; no telescope required Monkstown’s Victorian terraces and squares were built largely in the decades after the railway arrived in 1837. The village became one of Dublin’s earliest commuter suburbs where houses heve tended to stay […]

Two-bed end-of-terrace in Dublin’s ‘digital district’ for €595,000

A renovated end-of-terrace in a small cul-de-sac in Dublin’s ‘digital district’ between Pearse Street and Grand Canal Dock, with a converted attic and a south-facing courtyard. Houses with their own front doors are not that common in the streets around Grand Canal Dock, consisting almost entirely of late 19-th and early 20th-century working-class housing. Most […]

Enjoy Ballintemple's village feel in this two-bed 10 mins from Cork City

A house in the centre of an established Cork suburb with more room inside than the front suggests and a west-facing terrace to the rear. Ballintemple sits on the Blackrock Road between Cork city centre and the River Lee at Blackrock. It has been hauled in by the expanding city over decades but has kept […]

Extended four-bed in Greystones’ Burnaby Mill is just a stroll from the DART

The Burnaby name still seems to count for a lot in Greystones, and this family home near Ireland’s first suburban housing estate has a south-facing garden and is just a walk from the DART. Greystones has grown quickly over the past 30 years, but it has always been something of a hub of suburban development, […]

A chance to get a two-bed in Dalkey at this price is a rare thing

Unlike sightings of celebrities in the neighbourhood, the chance to buy into Dalkey for this price is a rare thing - and in this case you’ll have to bring your own furniture. Dalkey has priced most mere mortals out. The period houses and clifftop villas on Vico Road and Sorrento Terrace sell for multiple millions, and […]

Three mistakes to avoid when planning an extension or self-build

Building expert Jon Corless offers some concrete advice ahead of next month’s Selfbuild Extend & Renovate Connacht Show They’ve built it, and they want you to come. If you’re thinking about creating a new home, adding an extension or taking on a renovation, you’ll find plenty of help and inspiration under one particular roof next […]

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