Diarmaid Condon is Ireland's foremost Independent Overseas Property Consultant and Journalist. He has been in the industry since 1995 and, in that time, has been a strong advocate for improved legal protection in the sector.

Lunch in Tuscany

Take advantage of a free five-course lunch and wine tasting when viewing this spacious sumptuously renovated three bedroom detached mill close to Civitella Marittima in Tuscany.

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Bulgaria – You Can Fight Back

On a flying visit to Dublin this week, Bulgaria Property Action Group said that in 80 to 90 per cent of cases, there is a chance of getting at least some money back on a property deal gone wrong in Bulgaria.

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Malta Reintroduces Residents Scheme

The Maltese government is currently in negotiations to reintroduce its previous Permanent Residents Scheme, whereby property investors can gain EU residency status from purchasing homes on the island nation.

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Overseas Property Owners the New Pariahs

There was a time, not that long ago, when the ownership of overseas property was a topic to be expounded upon at dinner parties and soirées across the country. But no more, now the subject doesn’t qualify for as much as a sentence in most of the nation’s newspapers.

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Wealthy Flock to Property

Prime property remains very important to the world’s wealthiest people with the demand for luxury homes in cities like London and New York recovering strength last year despite the global recession, according to the Wealth Report by Knight Frank and Citi Private Bank.

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Ryanair Reduces Alicante Flights

Ryanair is to cut its operations at its Spanish base in Alicante by up to 80 per cent from October in response to increased charges at the airport. This includes cuts to services from Cork, Derry and Dublin.

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End of an Era

The Irish Examiner has decided that the world outside Munster no longer exists, or at least if it does, it won’t be publishing anything about it. As my editor there so eloquently put it “Sun Sets on Rest of World, Ireland now Isolated”.

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