Darragh McCullough: Farmers should embrace the new property boom — it’s making them rich

Darragh McCullough

Darragh McCullough

Nobody seems to be saying it, but if land and house prices are at record highs, surely we’re in the midst of another property boom?

The latest figures from the CSO show that Irish residential property prices are now nearly 10pc more expensive than they were at the peak of the property boom back in April 2007.