diarmaidcondon.com - About Us - All about independent overseas property consultant, Diarmaid Condon

Diarmaid is a native of Tipperary where he still lives and works. He has been involved in the overseas property industry since 1995, moving from the IT industry despite an honours degree in IT management from DCU. With his wife, Eilis, he observed an opening in the market for a company promoting property overseas and in that year they set up DNE Real Estate to access this potential. In 1996 DNE took on Irish representation for one of the largest Spanish property company's in the UK, IPC Property Consultants. This representation was extremely successful until 2001 when Diarmaid decided that his future lay, not in the sale of property to Irish citizens, but in the provision of information to them which would genuinely aid them in their purchase decisions abroad.

During his time in the agency business he saw an opening for someone to guide those with little or no knowledge of the markets they were about to enter. He felt his talents would be best used offering advice to these clients which would help them complete their purchase in the most efficient manner possible and give them a better chance of achieving the targets set out for their acquisition.

The consultancy business has been in operation since closing the sales company and has been tremendously successful. Diarmaid has consulted on many projects, both large and small, and has also been very prominent as a journalist over this period. Below is a short list of some journalistic and consultative roles in which Diarmaid has been involved over the last number of years.

Diarmaid has been the Irish representative of FOPDAC, the Federation of Overseas Developers, Agents and Consultants, since it launched in Ireland in 1997.

Along with his wife Eilis he set up the successful overseas property portal www.OverseasCafe.com in 2007. Diarmaid is the features editor for the site.

Diarmaid began his journalistic career with the Sunday Business Post in 2000 and has been a regular columnist since, presenting weekly articles on the overseas property market.

The Sunday Business Post Property Section is very highly regarded in the all important AB readership sector and is considered to have the best overseas property coverage of any newspaper in Ireland.

Click here to read the most recent property section.

In 2004 Diarmaid became Overseas Property writer with the Irish Examiner submitting weekly articles. This section of the paper has gone from strength to strength since its inception.

Click here to read the most recent property section. Note: the Examiner doesn't usually include the overseas property section in its online edition.

Diarmaid is a founder, and regular contributor, to the highly successful OverseasCafe.com website. He also contributes to the website's acclaimed blog, which can be found here.

Since the advent of the 'Your and Your Money' magazine and website, a spin off from the widely acclaimed 'Show Me The Money' TV programme, Diarmaid has been a regular contributor. Unfortunately in early 2008 his schedule became somewhat hectic so he has had to curtail his contributions somewhat.

Diarmaid has also been interviewed regularly by Today FM. He has had input into The Sunday Business Show and The Last Word on various occasions.

Diarmaid has been interviewed by Prime Time on their investigation of the Costa del Sol market and Irish buyers who have had problems there. Click below to see the full report. Requires RealPlayer.

Oonagh Smith reports on difficulties faced by inexperienced property buyers in Spain.

Along with Prime Time Diarmaid has been interviewed on a number of other occasions by RTE on topics relating to overseas property. Among the programs on which he has been interviewed are The Pat Kenny Show, Liveline, the Marian Finnucane Show and the News. He has also served as a consultant on a number of overseas property TV shows including "Holiday Home Detectives".

Diarmaid contributes regularly to overseas property related issues on Dublin's Newstalk 106 FM station on shows such as the Right Hook and Down To Business with Emmet Oliver.

Diarmaid has contributed to the Real Estate TV website on the Irish SSIA's and how they are likely to effect the overseas property market in the country.

In January 2006 a new magazine launched to accompany the UTV series of Home Sweet Home. Diarmaid has written the introduction to the overseas property market in the first issue.

House Hunters in the Sun magazine launched in Summer 2005 to take advantage of the huge success of the corresponding TV programme. Diarmaid was a regular contributor to the magazine from November 2005 until the magazine's demise in mid-2007.