The Big Interview

The Big Interview: Órlaith Molloy of Taylor Wessing - ‘Property is part of the Irish person’s DNA’

The law partner says it will be cash not debt driving any rebound in activity in the Irish commercial property market

Orlaith Molloy, partner with law firm Taylor Wessing, is upbeat about the year ahead for institutional property investors. Picture: Fergal Phillips

The mid-morning sun is shining into the front room of a Georgian house on Fitzwilliam Square as Órlaith Molloy moves a Christmas star out of the way of a lowering blind.

The building housing the new office of Taylor Wessing, where Molloy works as a partner, is steeped in more than 200 years of history.

And as a leading commercial real estate lawyer, Molloy is well-versed in some of the more “tangible” aspects of the ...