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Tuesday 26 September 2023 Dublin: 16°C

# Boom!

This year
2023
# Impressive
McIlroy drives 375-yard 18th for tap-in eagle as he stays in WGC Match Play hunt
Shane Lowry made a disappointing early exit at Austin Country Club, but Séamus Power can still advance.
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Joshua finally vanquishes game Pulev with devastating ninth-round knockout
The Briton floored Pulev four times before the Bulgarian was finally unable to continue.
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Dec 13th 2020, 12:07 AM
# Daft Report
'A cause for huge concern': Rents now 30% higher than Celtic Tiger peak
The Daft.ie report found that rents nationwide have risen by 11.3% in the last year.
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Nov 12th 2018, 6:15 AM
# Not Bad
Sign him up! Marcelo's 8-year-old son dazzles Madrid dressing room in header challenge
‘Dad’s pride. This is family.’
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May 16th 2018, 9:29 AM
'The Celtic Tiger was ridiculous - it was a moment that needed to be dramatised'
We talk to Isobel Mahon, the writer and star of the play Boom?, which looks at boom-time Ireland.
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Mar 25th 2018, 1:00 PM
# DJ
Dustin Johnson smashes a drive almost 500 yards - but it won't count as a record
The world number one took some of his frustration out at the par-five 12th hole in Austin last night.
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Mar 24th 2018, 9:12 AM
# getting boomier
'Deeply troubling': Dublin rent €380 higher a month than at Celtic Tiger peak
The lowest average rents were in Leitrim, at €542; and Donegal, at €599, a Daft.ie Rent Report found.
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Feb 13th 2018, 6:01 AM
# Boom to Bust
Impossible for Premier League spending to be sustainable, warns Spurs boss Levy
“Somebody spending £200m more than they’re earning, eventually it catches up with you.”
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Jul 26th 2017, 8:03 AM
# Watch Out
Dara Ó Briain cracked a photographer with a sliotar while playing hurling at the home of English cricket
An accident, of course.
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Mar 3rd 2017, 5:48 PM
# pause
House price growth 'unexpectedly slowed' in Dublin in December
Experts say new schemes to help buyers are likely to push prices up again.
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Feb 10th 2017, 2:18 PM
# up and up and up
The price of property across the country continues to go one way
The price of houses in the South East has gone up almost 10% in the last three months, alone.
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Dec 16th 2016, 5:42 PM
# Fáilte Ireland
Business up for vast majority of hoteliers across the country
A new survey shows four out of five hotels said that they had experienced increased profitability.
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Sep 18th 2016, 1:21 PM
# zucker punch
Mark Zuckerberg had an excellent response to a question about 'dating the nerd' in school
*applause*
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Jan 4th 2016, 8:26 AM
The 15 greatest photobombers of 2015, ranked in reverse order
The art of photobombing is not dead.
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Dec 20th 2015, 9:30 AM
# Apartment
Houses are becoming less and less affordable... again
But don’t worry, property prices are still well below the boom time peak
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Oct 28th 2015, 12:26 PM
# Cannonball
Not even Roger could handle this monstrous, history-making serve sent down by Sam Groth
It was the second-fastest ever serve recorded at Wimbledon.
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Jul 4th 2015, 4:52 PM
# eating the competition
Jurassic World just had a MASSIVE weekend
The film has gone to number one in the 66 markets it has been released in internationally.
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Jun 15th 2015, 7:50 AM
# getting boomier
Up. Up. Down... Housing construction surged, then slowed to a trickle late last year
We’re in for a “turbulent” year in the home construction sector in 2015, it’s being predicted.
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Mar 2nd 2015, 5:20 PM
# celtic tiger
Manual workers were 140% more likely to die than professionals during the boom
Rich or poor, life expectancy for all groups in Ireland is at an all time high – but the gap between those groups has increased.
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Feb 25th 2015, 12:30 PM
# Property Prices
Buying a house in Dublin? You'll feel the brunt of the new mortgage rules the most
In Dublin, property values are estimated to have risen by 19.5%.
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Jan 27th 2015, 7:15 AM
# obsessed much?
Klaus Regling has said the Irish were 'obsessed' with property
The ECB man told the banking inquiry it is hard to overstate the part our ‘cultural attitude’ played in the crisis.
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Jan 21st 2015, 5:08 PM
# Boom!
Rory McIlroy has only gone and bagged first professional hole-in-one in Abu Dhabi
The world number one holed on the 15th during this morning’s second round.
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Jan 16th 2015, 11:59 AM
# boomshakalaka
This dunk from the 19-year-old 'Greek Freak' lit up the NBA last night
From there, son.
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Jan 7th 2015, 3:58 PM
# sure why not?
The world could be booming again by the end of 2015
This is according to UK think tank the Centre for Economic and Business Research (Cebr)
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Jan 1st 2015, 8:00 AM
# Lucky for some
Oooomph! 13 huge hits that shook our bones in rugby this year
“Are you ready to give up, or are you thirsty for more?”
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Dec 29th 2014, 3:00 PM
# Sucking diesel
This has been a pretty massive year for car sales
Figures for new vehicles licenced have hit a five year high.
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Dec 17th 2014, 10:16 AM
We need to rethink the laws of physics after seeing Paul O'Connell driven backwards by Cudmore
The Canadian had a little help, but it was still a monstrous hit.
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Dec 15th 2014, 4:35 PM
# CSO
Property prices in Dublin are 25% higher than this time last year...
… but that still puts them 37.8% lower than their 2007 peak.
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Nov 26th 2014, 2:25 PM
# Build it up
Pressure is on to get building, but those in construction need to learn new skills
The Irish Green Building Council says Ireland is going through a “revolution in standards and regulation”.
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Oct 15th 2014, 7:15 AM
# property supplements
What role did the media have in the financial crisis? The banking inquiry wants to find out
Terms of reference for the investigation into the collapse of the Irish banking system were finalised today.
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Sep 24th 2014, 4:54 PM
# Boom!
6.5 hours, 19 innings into a baseball game, Albert Pujols hit this walk-off home run
The LA Angels and Boston Red Sox played an epic last night.
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Aug 10th 2014, 5:02 PM
# Property Prices
Daft report: More houses coming onto market, Dublin prices up by 21 per cent
There were also price rises in Cork and Galway, but decreases in Limerick and Waterford cities.
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Jul 1st 2014, 6:33 AM
# gaffs
Asking prices up nationally for first time since peak of property boom
While the property market in the rest of the country is now on the move, there is still a huge gap between Dublin prices and those outside the capital.
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Jun 30th 2014, 10:43 AM
# Boom!
Wide receiver catches two footballs while doing a backflip
Logan Hutton, take a bow.
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Jun 28th 2014, 12:54 PM
# comedy of errors
Jermaine Jones floored by referee and Good-night John Boye for Ghana
Four-month FIFA ban for the ref?
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Jun 26th 2014, 6:04 PM
# pop
Bubble? What bubble? Here's why Noonan isn't worried by rising property prices
The finance minister noted that prices are still 47 per cent lower than their 2007 peak.
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Apr 9th 2014, 9:23 AM
# i'll burst ye
The ultimate coke-mentos eruption involves nutella and a condom
He might be a bit hoarse after this.
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Mar 30th 2014, 4:34 PM
# roar
Estate agents report "mini-boom" as price increases spread outside Dublin
A survey by the Real Estate Alliance reveals an average rise in prices across the country of 6 per cent.
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Mar 25th 2014, 5:27 PM
# Boom!
This is quite a belter from Gareth Bale
Bale’s 12th goal of the season helped Real Madrid back to the top of La Liga (for now).
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Feb 22nd 2014, 5:13 PM
# Boom!
VIDEO: Is this the best dunk of the NBA season so far?
The answer is yes by the way.
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Jan 19th 2014, 10:12 AM
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