Michael Murray: Property fever is here again, for better or worse, but you might be better off looking at alternatives to physical ownership

I was out for a walk with a friend recently, discussing the substantial pick-up in the Dublin property market and the rapid return of property investment fever – five years on from the worst crash in half a century. Most Irish people seem addicted to property as an asset class. But is it an addiction to a financial investment or to a physical mass?

I’m afraid that, to me, it looks to be ...