Ireland property prices
Short answer. In 2025 to early 2026, the highest asking prices were in Dublin (about 7,452 EUR per square meter) and the lowest in Kilkenny (about about 3,000 EUR per square meter), a gap of about 148%. These are apartment prices per square meter in euros (indicative, see the note). Source: Numbeo apartment prices and portal estimates (Ireland has no official per square meter figure), with the CSO for the official trend.
Ireland (capital)
Apartment price, city centre (Numbeo). By far the most expensive Irish city. The median home sold for about 500,000 EUR.
Asking price per sqm
EUR7,452 /sqm
up 5.7% over 12 months
Rising See homes in Dublin See the price dataAs of 2026
Western Ireland
Apartment price, city centre (Numbeo). A lively university city on the Atlantic coast.
Asking price per sqm
EUR5,367 /sqm
up 7% over 12 months
Rising See homes in Galway See the price dataAs of 2026
Southern Ireland
Apartment price, city centre (Numbeo). Ireland's second city. A three-bed home asks around 409,000 EUR.
Asking price per sqm
EUR4,270 /sqm
up 7.4% over 12 months
Rising See homes in Cork See the price dataAs of 2026
South East Ireland
Apartment price, city centre (Numbeo). Ireland's oldest city, founded by the Vikings.
Asking price per sqm
EUR3,450 /sqm
up 7.2% over 12 months
Rising See homes in Waterford See the price dataAs of 2026
Western Ireland
Estimated apartment price (Numbeo and portal estimates). A three-bed home asks around 325,000 EUR.
Asking price per sqm
EURabout 3,200 /sqm
up 7.8% over 12 months
Rising See homes in Limerick See the price dataAs of 2025
South East Ireland
Estimated from the typical asking price of a home (no per-meter figure published). A historic medieval city, the fastest riser here.
Asking price per sqm
EURabout 3,000 /sqm
up 9.5% over 12 months
Rising See homes in Kilkenny See the price dataAs of 2025
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| City | Asking (EUR/sqm) | Sold (EUR/sqm) | Change, 12 months | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin | 7,452 | n/a | +5.7% | Rising |
| Galway | 5,367 | n/a | +7% | Rising |
| Cork | 4,270 | n/a | +7.4% | Rising |
| Waterford | 3,450 | n/a | +7.2% | Rising |
| Limerick | about 3,200 | n/a | +7.8% | Rising |
| Kilkenny | about 3,000 | n/a | +9.5% | Rising |
Source: Numbeo apartment prices and portal estimates (Ireland has no official per square meter figure), with the CSO for the official trend. https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/prices/residentialpropertypriceindex/
Ireland's official transaction based House Price Index rose about 7.0% over the year to 2025-Q4, with the index at 203.3 (2015 = 100). This is the official trend behind the asking prices above. Source: Eurostat, House Price Index (prc_hpi_q), fetched 2026-06-09. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/prc_hpi_q/default/table?lang=en
Ireland publishes no official price per square meter (the public sales register has no floor area). The per square meter figures here are apartment prices from Numbeo (crowd sourced) for the larger cities, with estimates for Limerick and Kilkenny, so treat them as indicative. The official price TREND, however, is solid: the CSO Residential Property Price Index, and Ireland is in Eurostat.
Dublin by a wide margin, with city-centre apartments around 7,452 EUR per square meter, then Galway and Cork. Note Ireland has no official per-meter figure, so these are indicative.
Yes. The official CSO index was up 6.5 percent nationally in the year to March 2026, with the cities outside Dublin rising fastest. Kilkenny led the cities shown here at about 9.5 percent.
Ireland's public sales register does not record floor area, so no official price per square meter exists. We show apartment figures from Numbeo and portal estimates, with the official price trend from the CSO.
