Who's Buying Ireland? RTÉ 1, Monday, 09 December 2013, 9.35pm

Lapin

In Who's Buying Ireland?, award-winning financial journalist, Ian Kehoe, hits the documentary road to meet the big international investors: men like Bill McMorrow from U.S. real estate company, Kennedy Wilson, who are now Dublin's largest commercial landlords. Then there's London-based Tim Martin, pub magnate owner of the J.D. Wetherspoon chain, who's keen to snap up some Irish bars.

http://www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/buyingireland.html




Will be interesting to see if this programme uncovers whether or not the country is actually benefiting from all this investment?

Lapin

At least if Spoons come to Ireland,Tim Martin might learn something about speedy service in pubs and bring the concept back to his pubs in Britain.

Tugboats

The irony of the Irish chanting not for sale

Lapin

Was just thinking the same thing.

Its only a few short years ago since the auction venue (RDS) was holding exhibitions for Irish 'investors' looking to buy property abroad.

jjf1974

Lapin wrote: »

At least if Spoons come to Ireland,Tim Martin might learn something about speedy service in pubs and bring the concept back to his pubs in Britain.

I hope he leaves his watery beer behind him in the u.k.

cunnifferous

Not much critical analysis in this.

Lapin

Two Chinese people bidding against each other for a property in Dublin 1.

Yep, A Chinese Restaurant is exactly what that part of town needs. :rolleyes:

Lapin

cunnifferous wrote: »

Not much critical analysis in this.

There was a small bit there at the end.

Good luck to the investors.

We've shown as a nation how we are collectively a bunch of muppets when it comes to property.

I'd rather let these fellas who seem to know what they're up to at it.
And if they make a mint, fair play to them.

maringo

Expect some criticial analysis on Prime Time now.

I_smell_fear

It was a nice advertisement for their investments.

Lapin

Panel discussion on the programme coming up on on Prime Time.


That FÁS item in Tipp should be good too.

Mint Aero

What a brilliant programme! This....this must be the first optimistic piece in like 6 years! Wow just wow, I'm on a high baby :cool: feel like buying everything. We've turned a corner lads, well done to everyone!

Champers on me in a few years when I'm a multi millionaire

Ipso

Lapin wrote: »

Was just thinking the same thing.

Its only a few short years ago since the auction venue (RDS) was holding exhibitions for Irish 'investors' looking to buy property abroad.

Yeah, even the title is effing ridiculous.

Geuze

jjf1974 wrote: »

I hope he leaves his watery beer behind him in the u.k.

JD Wetherspoon is well known for selling a wide selection of good beer, including cask ale.

serfboard

I thought it was an interesting documentary myself.

People buy properties in other countries - not a surprise, but what they were trying to find out is who and why.

It could just as easily have been made by Bulgarian television in the noughties and interviewed a load of paddies

I think it's because we're a low-density populated island that we have this big fascination with what others think of us (I saw the same thing in New Zealand).

If I could paraphrase the premise of the programme it would be "Why are you buying here when the country is fúcked?". The answer these guys (Hasenstab, Ross, McMorrow) gave is that the country is not fúcked - at least not in the medium term, and they're already seeing returns on their investments.

I have to say though that I didn't like the horrible comment along the lines of "The Irish will just have to get used to renting".

ad209

Geuze wrote: »

JD Wetherspoon is well known for selling a wide selection of good beer, including cask ale.

I was in a pub recently, hoping to get a Budvar or similar, and asked if they had any foreign beers, the barman said "No, we've only got Carlsberg, Heineken, Miller, Budweiser, Corona......".

I then asked if they had any Irish craft beers and he said "No".

Wetherspoons do a wide variety of world beers and loads of local ales in the UK. Hopefully they'll do the same here and help our local craft brewers.

Ipso

ad209 wrote: »

I was in a pub recently, hoping to get a Budvar or similar, and asked if they had any foreign beers, the barman said "No, we've only got Carlsberg, Heineken, Miller, Budweiser, Corona......".

I then asked if they had any Irish craft beers and he said "No".

Wetherspoons do a wide variety of world beers and loads of local ales in the UK. Hopefully they'll do the same here and help our local craft brewers.

Sure a pint of plain is yer only man. No need for foreign stuff when Ireland is a beer paradise with five beers in tap (growing micro brewing industry aside).

jocefella

I know this is veering off subject a bit but why were there several apartments sold in the phoenix race course for 8000 Euro's on the 20th of December 2013?were they purchased off the banks by an investment group ?Does anybody know?