...with an agent in Donnybrook

Agent: Christies Estates

Number of properties on the books: 22

People are looking for: good family homes or apartments to rent out

Fastest sale: a two-bed apartment in Donnybrook Castle. Sold within 48 hours at €450,000

Most expensive property: 14 Marlborough Road, a five-bedroom period house, quoting €1.4 million

Cheapest property: €285,000 for a studio apartment at 36 Marlborough Road

What won't shift? A two-bedroom apartment close to the village. €600,000 asking price too high

Average monthly rent for a two-bedroom property: €1,200

Daytime Donnybrook: bowling, Gaelic games and soccer, putting, croquet, tennis and a children's playground in Herbert Park. Also scouts, bridge clubs and Riverview fitness centre. Great choir at Donnybrook Church. Lunch in Donnybrook Fair, the local pubs or the Burlington Hotel

After dark: eat out at Ernie's, Yo Thai, Khan's, Casa Pasta or Furama. Or try the Burlington, Sachs and the Montrose hotels. Famous pubs include Kiely's, Madigan's, McCloskey's, Long's, Madden's. Live music at Sachs. Dancing at Annabels in the Burlington

Issues: Traffic and parking and proposed high rise tower block

in conversation with Kate McMorrow