IRFU pays €1m for two-bed home beside Aviva Stadium as it continues to expand Dublin 4 property empire
House-buying spree is ‘squeezing out’ young families from the area, say residents
The IRFU has been building a portfolio of houses around the Aviva Stadium with No 11 Havelock Square becoming its most recent purchase in October Mark Tighe and Ruaidhri O’ConnorToday at 06:30The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) has continued its property buying spree, with its €1m purchase of a two-bedroom house in the square behind the smallest stand in the Aviva Stadium.The Sunday Independent has learned that in October the IRFU bought No 11 Havelock Square. The house was put up for sale at €895,000 — meaning the IRFU’s winning bid was almost 12pc over the original asking price.
