When will the property bubble burst?

This piece in the FT today clearly identifies a possible property bubble and a reliance on the construction industry, as one of several sources of anxiety about the potential fragility of the Irish economic boom. As it happens, Leviathan is running tonight on that very same subject. David McWilliams hosts a panel consisting of Managing Director of HOK, Paul McNeive; Evening Herald columnist, Dan White; and co-founder of daft.ie. Politics.ie has a debate already motoring on the topic, where one naive soul believes a crash will only affect property owners.

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