Avestus subsidiary said to have paid between €36m and €38m for 125-acre site

Situated on the northwestern edge of the historic Pale, about 20km equidistant between Dundalk and Drogheda, Ardee is a town that still retains fortifications from that period.

The upmarket Clontarf development Castle Vernon sits behind the houses fronting on to Dollymount Avenue, the street that links the seafront promenade with the 500-ac St Anne’s Park.

In 1898, Arthur Edward Guinness, aka Lord Ardilaun, acquired Baymount Castle, an 18th-century mansion next to the St Anne’s estate in Clontarf,

Ashfield Place, on Templeogue’s main street, has been built on the site of the former Ashfield College

Irish housebuilder Richmond Homes has successfully raised €200 million of fresh capital to advance its ambitious new home development plans here

Richmond Homes, the residential development arm of Avestus Capital Partners in Ireland, has emerged as the buyer of a prime 0.35 hectare ( 0.86 acres) site in Ballsbridge

Richmond Homes acquired this 1 acre site at the junction of Eglinton Road and Donnybrook Road, Dublin 4 in November 2017

This week sees the first launch in a decade of new homes in the hipster haven of Dublin 7, writes Liadan Hynes