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THE AVERAGE ASKING price of a home in Leopardstown is now just a shade over €500,000, according to the latest data from Daft.ie.
Analysis across all properties advertised in the area in the second quarter of 2018 puts the average list price at €500,715.
This is slightly higher than some of its neighbours in Dublin 18, including Carrickmines (average €449k) and Cabinteely/Cornelscourt (average €482k).
Meanwhile just across the racecourse in Foxrock, the average asking price of a property skyrockets to an eyewatering €930,124.
Prices in Leopardstown have been increasing in recent years more or less in line with the city as a whole – rising by 62 per cent since the recession, against a Dublin-wide average of 60.4 per cent.
They dipped to their lowest level in 2012, when the average was €309,148. This is less than half the equivalent figure at the height of the Celtic Tiger, when prices hit an average of €664,912 in 2006.
Wel done Michael. Good news.
Michael must not be well…not well at all.
Ryanair asked what changes their customers would like to see, they listened & are now implementing these. Well done
Quiet flights is unbelievably good news
Right, who are we going to love to hate now that he’s become an Irish saint ;)
Ah there are plenty of candidates out there Figo. We have a fair few to pick from!
What the …… What’s going on …. Have I slipped into a parallel universe do you think? Maybe he really is unwell . Can’t think or any other reason …..
quiet flights with lights dimmed. thats a big one for me.
Quiet flights will be tops. The handbag thing will be a pain in the hole to find a spot for me bag now though. So many ppl take the Piss with that on aerlingus.
Couldn’t all you gushing people just shout across the hall to Michael s office, and it’d cost nothing.
Market forces I would think. People are sick of their constant bullshit. If I could I would never fly with them.
Is it April 1st????
market forces, no. over 80 million reasons why it is not market forces
Figo , May I suggest Garth Brooks?
Matt. It’s a profit growing exercise. The man’s a genius.
Allowing a handbag as a second piece of hand luggage is brilliant news. No more trying to stuff it into an already full case at the gate :)
Presumably we can buy a bit of “duty free” now too. Hurrah.
Never thought if that. Ooh no more having to pass up great bargains. My male up bag will be full again :)
I stopped flying Ryanair for that same reason
I stopped using them because every time I need to fly (Madrid normally ) Aer Lingus were similar price or cheaper .Ryanair is a bit like going out with a pickpocket ,its far to much like hard work ,stopping them finding a way to open your wallet.
You could for the last year via Spanish flights.
You want to get there. You want it cheaply. Ryanair, your only man!
You want to get there??? Well Ryanair will bring you close enough but not quite! Still, ya get what ya pay for.
Depends where you at going Niamh. In krakow it’s almost city centre, in Rome their airport in nearer city centre than the aer lingus one, in Nice or Alghero five minutes from town centres,
Parachutes next .. They will fly close and push you out
Donal, that’s a pretty good suggestion. Why don’t you send it on….you might get a free flight! (Terms and conditions apply – taxes, admin fees, luggage charges and all other possible fees not included of course) lol
At the end of the day, it’s a flying bus! Yeah it’ll make a bigger crater if it crashes, but a bus is a bus! To all the begrudgers of a pretty profitable Irish business, if you can afford to fly Aerlingus…. go for it, just remember that you’re flying on a reasonably old bus. For the rest of us, who usually don’t care about customer services on a bus, €50 return to Spain, yes please.
This sounds to me like Michael O’learys swan song though, I’d say he’ll be off soon.
He’ll bring you there alright, he wanted bringing a group of us from Krakow to Dublin for €550 each.
Flies to Madrid Barajas too….oh and Dublin!
I really think the man is a wee bit of a genius! Especially as we are all going to hail him for making it more pleasant to fly with Ryanair even though he is not doing anything other than bringing Ryanair in line with other air carriers.. Genius! :)
Well done to Ryan air on the changes. Nice to know that at least Michael O’Leary has eventually listened to his passengers. Just hope they do not get rid of the “jingle” on arrival….always good for bit of craic
It does make you smile. Annoying but funny.
A step in the right direction
Journal.ie need to stop posting that irritating mad-looking photo of O’Leary, it gets on my nerves!
No!
We want more deranged O’leary pics!
Thats probably the most normal one of him….I prefer the Pope one!
All the photo’s he has taken of him in the public realm look like that…
eg..
http://bit.ly/1fZBWqx
http://bit.ly/17isOLf
bit.ly/18SkxeP
He is mad
People who check in online and then arrive without their tickets shouldn’t be allowed fly…..they’re obviously deranged and a danger to everyone…
Charging €70 to print out a boarding pass when someone has already checked themselves in online was daylight robbery.
I fly from London to Dublin several times a year, I used to switch between Ryanair and Aer Lingus. I got so fed up listening to the constant announcements on the plan, awful music, boarding like cattle and the constant threat of being hit with extra charges when you turn up at the airport that I haven’t flown Ryanair in the past year. It’s just not worth it. I have also found that Aer Lingus, has, on most occasions being either cheaper or at the most £20 more expensive for the flight. Aer Lingus are also far more flexible on baggage and their check in luggage fees are much lower. I’d rather pay a little extra and have a far less stressful flying experience. I don’t think these changes will bring me back to Ryanair unless there’s a £50+ difference in flight costs.
You should try cityjet – my sister doesn’t fly with anyone else to London anymore. LCY is zone 3 on the DLR and you get a meal and a drink included on the flight
Hi Colin. Same here ! Haven’t flown Ryanair in about 3 yrs. not since I took an aerlingus flight to London to connect to Vegas. The check in staff smiled and said thank you and told me to “have a good day”. You could have knocked me over with a feather. SHOCK!
Michael no cost for polite friendly staff. Maybe start there.
I would love to try Cityjet to London but every time I’ve priced flights, Aer Lingus to Heathrow always works out much, much cheaper. I tend to book pretty far in advance, too…any tips from your sister?!
Optional extras reduced so hopefully basic charges won’t go up.
Ryanair should really sponsor ‘Love, Hate’ judging by the mix of comments on this thread!
Hopefully it wont change the fare nottom line.
Wurst spelling ever!
Since some of the ‘extras’ such as check-in etc aren’t optional, they should really just be included in the fare.
Joey, “wurst”?
This has to be welcomed and can only encourage people like myself to reconsider flying with them again. As a travel agent, I hated booking them for my clients and I haven’t flown with them in 4 years.
Perhaps it will stop the ‘fashionable whinger’ factor. I work in the travel industry too and what I see are grown adults behaving like mentally deficient ducks.
‘I forgot to print my boarding pass and was charged’ – read the T&Cs, they’re not hard to find.
‘My flight left me 50KM from the city centre’ – did it ever occur to you why the ticket was 50% of the price of competitors?
‘I was charged for exceeding my luggage allowance’ – 20KG in Ireland is 20KG in Spain you flat headed moron.
‘I arrived 15 mins before departure time and was not allowed on the flight’ – really? Again, you must be literate if you booked online. Read the instructions.
In other words ‘Grow the f*ck up or shut the f*ck up’ Want to be treated like a posh moron instead of a cost conscious moron then pay for it.
Rant over… phew…. I feel better now.
Jesus. Remind me never to book with you…..
Bloody hell …. I’d be running out the door
That’s all well and good unless you are disabled. Then you are treated like cattle. They won’t let you bring your wheelchair down to the gate even though (with the exception of one other airline in Australia) every other airline I have ever flown with has never had a problem with. They insist that you either make your own way down to the gate minus your wheelchair or they strap you into a plastic wheelchair type gurney that resembles something out of “silence of the lambs” and insist on bringing you right to your seat even if you can make your own way up the steps. These changes are a step in the right direction but I still won’t be flying with them even if it costs me more money. I’d rather have a bit of dignity and comfort thanks.
That’s right Noel, I’m sure it’s fine for adults with good mobility, but for elderly people, disabled people, and families with small children, flying with Ryanair is so difficult and stressful that it’s just not worth the reduced cost. The ‘like it or lump it’ attitude when you’re struggling down 4 flights of stairs with a couple of small kids, an elderly grandparent and a pushchair, because they won’t let you use the lift is really just to much to bear. In this day and age people with reduced mobility or small children should have equal right to access low cost fares without having to put up with a rude and uncaring attitude from Ryanair staff.
Ian, as a Travel Agent you hated Ryanair cutting your 9% fee for booking a flight to zero :)
@ Tony Le Blanc Its people like you that give travel agents a bad rep in this country. If thats how you regard your customers I really feel sorry for them. Your attitude and contempt for customers is disgraceful. You sound like Michael OLeary did, but now look at the direction he is going??? Your rant is completely unwarranted and unrelated to anything I have said in my comment. I didn’t mention one thing that you have ranted on about. Care to name the agency you work for? I’ll name my business, its called Travel Counsellors, one of the most professional travel companies in Ireland. We value customer service above all else and our success shows that.
@ William Grogan, no airlines pay commission and its been that way for around 10 years.
Ian, I’m well aware of that. That’s why I used the past tense, “hated”. He single handed totally changed your industry. He was hated by the Travel Trade.
Do you remember the £2,500 ticket printer-gone because of O’Leary + the 5% charge for processing the ticket.
So if you’re never going to fly with them sir, what’s your problem ?
Noel – you don’t cite any specific examples. I know of several incidences where Ryanair have been better than any other Irish airlines. Also on another aspect I have traveled on hundreds of flights with Ryanair and a similar number with Aer Lingus. Ryanair have never run out of fuel, never been too late, always boarded and took off efficiently and on journeys of anything up to two and a half hours, always been exactly as stated on their website. Aer Lingus, on the contrary, is typical of the old state run airline, enjoying a dubious reputation from providing freebies to RTE and other media types in the past. Ante Ryanair vitriol so epitomises what’s wrong with British and Irish attitudes to economics and efficiency!
Spot on Chris. The free market creates efficiencies and the state sector backed by monopolistic trade unions destroy efficiency. An efficient state run entity is an oxymoron. It cost two can a half weeks average wages to fly London to Cork in the 70′s with the duopoly of BA and Aer Lingus, now with Ryanair it’s a couple of hours wages.
People have a short memory. To fly in the 70′s * 80′s you had to book a return flight, to get any sort of reasonable fare you had to stay over Saturday night and you had to book months in advance. Of course everyone got a free crappy breakfast and a drink.
Okay here’s an example, in January 2011, I had booked flights to Paris with my then girlfriend with Aer Lingus. Before we left we found out that Aer Lingus flight ont he way back was cancelled due to industrial action so we had to book an alternative flight from Beauvais which is about an hour’s taxi journey from the centre of paris. That was about €100 extra. We got there and I was told I couldn’t bring my own wheelchair down to the gate and i had a choice between walking on my crutches to the terminal which was a good walk especially if you are on crutches or having them cart me onto the plane in a plastic wheelchair like something out of the movie “Silence of the Lambs”. I was nearly waiting for them to put a muzzle on me too! I know rules are rules but I just assumed that they wouldn’t have a problem with me bringing my own wheelchair down to the gate and then getting up on my crutches and walk to my seat but they insisted on bringing me right to my seat. Most airlines board any elderly or disabled first to save THEM time. The way they brought me on ensured that i ended up with a seat at the back of the plane and made it look i was late and i was the one holding up the flight. My “vitriol” as you put it Chris has nothing to do with economics or efficiency. It has more to do with a big of dignity and respect.
I don’t have a problem. I was just making a point.
All seem reasonable. Still not going to fly with them, but all those changes sound very good.
Why wouldn’t you fly with them? Go to aer fungus ‘the small irish airline’ and get ripped off! The man has created a 1000 jobs this week.
Jaysus, get a grip on reality. They do not fly to ANY airports that suit me. FFS. What is with the red thumbs.
Also, their weekend prices aren’t really competitive when you fly with luggage, so not too sure why you so happily criticise Aer Lingus, a brilliant airline that has never, ever caused me any hassle.
Sorry, I should have said. “their weekend prices aren’t really THAT competitive”. As yes, they are probably cheaper, but not that record-breaking cheaper as they always advertise themselves to be.
Honestly, is it that difficult to accept that Ryan Air isn’t a good airline for some people with different requirements?
They have some good fares Mon-Thur if you book in advance. Weekend fares can be expensive and aerlingus sometimes cheaper.
I find ryanair to be slightly cheaper than aer lingus but if you factor in the costs of travel from the airport in the middle of nowhere, it works out about the same anyway, if not more.
I have NEVER got one of those low cost flights. I book months in advance, flexible with days and still never find them.
I much prefer aer lingus anyway, its much more relaxed. I always feel stressed getting on a ryanair flight because its rush rush rush and then trying to find a seat!! Plus that emergency plan in front of my eyes for the entire flight does NOT help with my slight fear of flying!
@Mark Roote: why the hate? (And yes, I do fly Aer Lingus when I have a choice.)
Hahaha, calm down, Emilio! I’ve been told that the cult of O’Leary is strong on here. I completely agree with you. I only fly Ryanair when absolutely needed. I mean they do what they say on the tin as it were, but they’re just not for me.
London? Madrid? Rome? Barcelona? Eindhoven? Berlin? Krakow? Warsaw? Manchester? Liverpool? None of those suit?
not difficult to accept Emilio – but nobody is forcing you to fly ryanair –
they have made a huge difference to the travel industry and affordable air travel can be had from many of their competitors because of them.
I just tried, no charge for using a normal debit card. OMG
The handbag news is great news, I flew with volotea last week from bordeaux to malaga. The hostess at the gate insisted I put my cabin case in to check its size, it just about fitted in except for the wheels on the case ….when I got it back out she said to me, you have to put your handbag in your case too..I told her I needed it on the plane as I had my 2kids with me. Her answer was…you can take it out of the case on the plane !! Needless to say I did, but disturbed a few people at the same time. Ridiculous !!
Great news!! Flights are dirt cheap, flying out to Lanzarote next Thursday for €150pp inc 15kg check in bag. Canny beat it!
Surely they could change the obvious annoying things first, like charging an extra €7 for online check-in when there are no other options available (or at least include it in the original fare price) and when selecting travel insurance not having to select the country “I don’t want travel insurance”
He was spiked. Only explanation.
Look at the picture above he’s clearly on something and the news might have slipped out by accident
Well done Michael ! Maybe now the new found respect you show to your Customers will extend to your Staff ?
All they need to do now is paint a smile on the cabin crew faces, especially Eastern Europeans and teach them how to deal with customers in a pleasant way!! I’ll not be holding my breath!
If you want to be mollycoddled and pampered and pay for the privilege, fly Aer Lingus or BA.
If you want a flying bus go Ryanair!
Iar Mhi Abu!!
if you want to be mollycoddled stay well away from aer Lingus – they are too busy trying to be Ryanair
Why don’t I trust this completely? What catch will they reveal in a few weeks? Will this be done with a big fanfare now to garner goodwill and publicity only for the charges to creep back up to previous levels gradually? I hope not but I just have some difficulty in believing that anything Ryanair do is primarily and solely for the benefit of the passengers…
ahhhh they’re not the government……
Ryanair has always been my airline of choice, yes they are very strict on baggage, yes they charge a fortune if you forget to check in online yes they go around with that stupid box to check the size of you’re bag and yes they have that annoying trumpet and cheering when landing…but we all know these things BEFORE we book, so why complain. However, on the plus side, yes they are always the cheapest, yes they always depart and arrive on time, yes the staff is always very friendly, and most importantly I would never have got the chance to see most of the cities in Europe if it wasn’t for Ryanair. I have travelled with our so called national airline “Aer Lingus”, in the past and always had a bad experience, the latest only in September, going to Venice, when we were delayed over an hour going out and the same coming back, and smart comments from the staff when we boarded…Ryanair all the way..
Can’t argue with that lads!
It’s good to see them make simple improvments like this but I’ll still be wary of flying with them.
Recently I made a mistake when booking a flight for a friend because his given name on his passport is different to the name that he is called on a daily basis. When I went to website to change the detail (less than 24 hours later) there was a charge of €110 to make any personal details change. In the end it was cheaper to book a new flight. No doubt somebody will point out that it was my fault which I admit but given that an online change of details does not involve any member of staff a charge of this magnitude is completely unjustified.
They’ll also need to do work on their staff. My bag was damaged on a flight last night and when I showed it to the Ryanair guy on duty he was obnoxious and told me it was my own fault.
I would make a complaint if I thought somebody would listen, but given that the last time I flew with Rynair I lost a mobile phone and I was given a disconnected number to contact to try and retrieve it, I doubt I’ll bother this time either.
Sad day for Ryanair. It’s the ruthless efficiency of Ryanair that kept it so lean and profitable!
By ripping people off for anything outside their narrow margins and treating customers like dirt for no apparent reason?
I’m pretty happy to hear most of these-some very small changes will go an awful long way for Ryanair.
Time will tell Lauren. But they made travel possible for a people who could never make it happen before. These extras and niceties are great in one sense, but they’re going to require changes on their side and extra costs. I can’t understand why people who want that little extra just don’t go to Aer Lingus. The fatter Ryanair gets the higher the fares have to go maintain the margin. People are not thinking about from a bigger perspective.
Anyway knowing Michael, this’ll be just another PR fanfare with a lot of hot air :0)
I’ve never been ripped off by Ryan Air, follow a few simple conditions and it does what is says on the tin. Neither have I ever got a cheaper fare from aer lingus, even when you take in all the extras and sometimes longer trip from the airport to final destination. Whatever extra charge Ryanair introduce, aer lingus follows suit a few months later.
@Connor: you do realise that this is just return to what Ryanair offered two-to-six year ago?
Looking at the bigger perspective….Cost is one side of running a business, revenue, customer numbers and margins are another.
If the Ryanair plane is flying half empty because inanae policys have driven away half their customers then your ticket price will rise. Equeally if they fill the front of the plane with expensive business travellers willing to pay for flexability and to travel to an actual airport in their destination city they will subsidize your ticket and the price will fall.
I would like to see a return of ‘baggies’!, I miss my buy one get one free bag of brandy !
They just realised they had pushed passengers as far as they could. Numbers would have dropped without this PR exercise.
Can be sure fares will increase as the bottom line is their main concern.
I wish they had reclining seats. Sitting bolt upright for two hours or more does nothing for my neck vertebra condition. Minor gripe aside, O’Leary has obviously listened to his customers. The mark of a true businessperson is their ability and willingness to adapt.
Speaking as a tall person I’m delighted they don’t have reclining seats.
They used to. The inflexible horror of today is a relatively new design.
This is the result of lowering taxes. Everyone wins.
Well, except James Reilly who still believes in Marxist minimum pricing…. /sorry it’s so ridiculous that I had to mention it../
I can’t really see how there is a direct link in lowering the taxes considering passengers pay for these. This has nothing to do with add on costs.
Amazing! Had an evening Ryanair flight from Murcia last August. 6 year and 15 month old in toe…
Plane full of sleeping babies and they had the cabin lights on the whole journey, only turning them off 10 minutes before landing in Dublin. They also had the loudest intercom announcements every 5 minutes, selling scratch cards and other sorts of Bullsh!t… and by theway… It was the only flight time available and scheduled per for that airport.
they way people here are commenting you would think they fly ryanair every week.most people use them once or twice a year.if you cant follow a few simple rules like print your boarding pass bring the right size bag then find some other mode of transport there is plenty to chose from and stop moaning.the moaning is well and truly played out
I’d rather pay for a cheaper flight than subsidise the people who forgot to print their boarding card. Not sure how they are going to manage the extra baggage as well. Overhead space is at a premium as it is. This could result in more delays as excess baggage goes to hold.
They need to look at the fuel issue and put peoples minds at ease after what happened in Madrid this year. I stopped flying with them because of this. Aer lingus was 20 euors more expensive but none of the hassel.
Your a clown
You can’t spell.
All them spellings are spelt correctly, you might of meant to say I used the grammar in the wrong context.
he actually meant that you have no grasp of English at al… All of those spelling are correct, you might have meant to say that I was grammatically incorrect.
Trying to salvage a pyramid scheme of a business model… the rational is the customers we piss off ever flying with us and tell all their friends won’t matter and can be ignored, we will always be repalced by more cheap ryanair flyers.
Now 4 things have happened.
1.The economy is growing and more people are being moved out of the have to fly ryanair or want to been seen as austere bracket,
2.Pissed off to many people burned through all their potential customer growth base on numbers alone.
3. People have been educated by experience and compitors as to value beyond sticker price and deceptive pricing.
4. The immigration patterns have changed.
The pool of cheap dumb people willing to fly them shrinks every year and they have a business model highly dependant on growth to survive.
Yeah, I’m with Andrew.
How dare that tosser change his company with the times to meet the needs of his existing customer base, while still offering something at a cheaper price than his competitors.
They are nearly the biggest airline in Europe by passanger numbers Andrew. That fact alone makes ur comment full of sh!t.
Sorry Andrew but those 4 things you mention are twaddle and make you sound like a posh twit.
Ryanair, like or loath them have made air travel much more affordable and their influence is felt world wide.
Fact is Andrew, they have grown substantially and continue to.
Dont see anything about gagging screaming kids!! Nothing worse!! Ahhgg
Excellent. They must have read my posts about the mayhem when boarding with just one bag!
Well done Michael O’Leary for listening to people and taking their suggestions on board (‘scuse the pun!)
With till you see the mayhem when everyone has two …
Just been on Aer Lingus to and from Amsterdam. Most of the passengers had two bags plus airport shopping. The bigger bag went in the overhead bins with the airport shopping and handbags/laptop bags went under the seat. No fuss no stress boarding. Bliss!
How was the weed, Mary?
Well, too late, I hate this airline already! no way I will fly with this airline again.
Go home Michael, you’re locked!
Any chance of getting rid of that horrible jingle they always use after landing???
When do these changes come into effect? When can I bring a handbag on board?!
This will also lead to ‘quiet airports’ because people will have nothing to complain about now! Except the website, what a head wreck – ‘would you like a bag? Scratch card? Clean pair of underpants?
Good man michael.ALL GOOD NEWS.THOUGH SOME PEOPLE ARE NEVER HAPPY.
THUMBS UP,
Lol. Made me laugh
O’Leary listens to orders from shareholders who realise that there are no overheads involved in not being a spanner to your customers.
When will all these changes happen.?
I’ll believe it when I see it
Fantastic well done.
Go on Michael O Leary.
Build a highly profitable company first then bring in the concessions once it’s solid.
Good man.
Call my cynical but I definitely expect to see Ryanair prices go up pretty swiftly in the next while so…
Is this the end of Ryanair? I hope not.
when is ryanair going to fly to bulgaria? i bought an apartment there some years ago but now i can’t afford the air fare to visit the place ,well i hope the apartment is still there …….
He’s starting to remind me of Bill Murray in Scrooged
Yes I agree with you
I am honestly amazed reading this
Mellowing in his old age so he is
Nah Gis, probably ate one of Ryanairs sanswiches, and had a dose!!!!
I don’t care what Ryanair tries! There’s always a hidden agenda. The customer will be scammed out of there money some or other way. For me, I will never set foot inside a Ryanair plane or have anything to do with Ryanair
That’s gonna do wonders for Ryanair, and customers
Wise old proverb ….
You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear ….
Don’t worry. The reduced charges will ‘cost’ you, one way or the other.
It may be hoping for too much, but was some more leg-room and higher head-rests mentioned as part of this revolution? Sincerely, tall person.
Would be great if they would dropped fees for taking MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS on plane board.
- It would be Awesome news for all Musicians .. for just taking for example guitar you need to pay for additional seat another fly ticket or fixed price of €100 ! ! ! ! !
* I think similar fees need to pay people for some portable sport equipment etc.. it is nothing fancy , you just want to take it with you for your journey and boom you need to pay extra high killer fees..!
So reduced if u forgot on line boarding cards from 70 euro to 15 well what good is that now it ruined our holidays as a family 5 of us 350euro extra. Easyjet let you print boardings cards of return also. Ryanair did not give this option so therefore I spoke with there customers service and glad to say I will never fly with them again. Ryanair we don’t care is that the saying?.
When does this come into effect? Straight away?
About time!
humility and customer care are hardly that arrogant gentleman’s strong suits – lets wait and see
This is too weird. Dispatches couldn’t have hurt them that much, could it…?
What a c u n t he is
He is a p r I c k nontheless
From when? Here on the continent, we are still being ‘done’ by paying with normal credit card. And a ‘handbag’ sized bag…. does that include computer bags? or is O’leary not sick at all, but being sexist???? Or maybe he ate one of his sandwiches recently.. wait and see….
When is Ryanair going 2 bring down the price of their baggage
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