Property bubble: Bringing Dublin to the boil

Property bubble or not, Dublin’s other costs are creeping up, forcing workers out of the capital and putting industry at risk, writes Naomi Powell

Naomi Powell
Naomi Powell

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When the online job search firm Indeed decided to expand its Dublin offices in early 2012, it chose a spot just around the corner from its existing digs in the heart of the south Docklands.

The location, amid a strip of shiny office towers that have transformed the former industrial area into a burgeoning technology hub, is easily one of the most desirable in the city.

It is also an area where ...