wilf , i was in shanghi a few years ago at the hotel bar in the bund , met some irish chaps ,got talking they were over there buying property , .anyway one guy said to me if your not a millioneer in ireland you must be asleep !!there were that many e/u grants available they were coining it in , with property deals and the grants available at the time , they were just getting rid of money!!!.
Great if you have connections, probably involving a few loaded envelopes.
That's great for them but what about the other 99.9% of the population?