Daft.ie report reveals annual house price in Kerry is €171,000

Sandycove in south Dublin is the most expensive area in the country to buy a home.

A report from property website Daft.ie says homes in the sea-side suburb cost an average of nearly 800 thousand euro.

Ireland’s most expensive street is Herbert Park in Ballsbridge, which has seen five properties change hands for three million euro or more in the last 18 months.

Kinsale is the priciest location in Munster, while Kinvara Co Galway tops the rich list in Connacht, and in Ulster it’s Virginia, Co Cavan.

The average house price in Kerry, according to the index, is €171,000.

Trinity College economist Ronan Lyons, who wrote the report, says rising prices don’t mean the return of the property bubble: