Róisín Burke on Business

In Miami’s property scene, former F1 star Eddie Irvine is flying off the grid

Eddie Irvine has just sold 126 West San Marino Drive in Miami for $17m Pic: Getty

In the years after he retired from Formula One, Eddie Irvine invested in two Dublin pubs with mixed results, but in the decade since then he has emerged as a shrewd property speculator.

He capitalised on the glut of foreclosures in the US and bought up seafront houses in Miami that needed a bit of love a few years back. He would do them up – they were often 1930s builds that needed ...