Buying and selling homes (conveyancing), landlord and tenant matters, boundaries and rights of way, and commercial leases. In Ireland a sale isn't binding until both sides sign the contract, and your solicitor handles stamp duty and registration with Tailte Éireann.
Read our guide: Buying a Home in Ireland: The Conveyancing Process Step by Step
Solicitors whose own published profile focuses on property work.
Mary Molloy · Principal Solicitor · Kilkenny
2 Rose Inn Street, Kilkenny, R95 W58D
Principal of a Kilkenny city practice founded in 1981, where conveyancing is the largest area of work. The firm also covers wills and estates, family law, litigation and employment law.
Eileen Brooks · Solicitor · Ennis
Clare Road, Ennis, Co. Clare, V95 D36D
Solicitor at Berwick's Ennis office, focusing on residential conveyancing.
Mark Cassidy · Principal · Drogheda
Hill House, St Peter's Hill, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 C951
Set up the practice in Drogheda in 2010. Handles residential and commercial property, employment and family law, and appears at Drogheda District Court and other courts in the Louth, Meath and north Dublin area. Holds the Law Society's Diploma in Property Tax.
Blathnaid Walsh · Solicitor · Tralee
Church Street, Tralee, Co. Kerry
Solicitor with around 20 years' experience, focusing on conveyancing, wills and probate.
Deborah Leonard · Solicitor · Navan
3 Railway Street, Navan, Co. Meath
Works on property and probate matters, banking law and debt collection at a Navan firm founded in 1986.
Karen Walsh · Partner · Cork
17 South Mall, Cork
Founded Walsh and Partners in 2016 and works mainly on property, agricultural and commercial matters, including farm transfers, conveyancing and estate administration. Author of the book Farming and the Law.
Aisling Penrose · Solicitor · Mullingar
1 Chapterhouse, Friars Mill Road, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, N91 RT68
Works on conveyancing, probate and wills, landlord and tenant law and debt collection. Joined the firm as an apprentice in 2012.
Niamh Kavanagh · Conveyancing Solicitor · Carlow
1 Maryborough Street, Graiguecullen, Carlow, R93 P4A9
Conveyancing solicitor at a Carlow firm established in 2007 whose practice also includes employment law, family law, wills and estate planning, and personal injuries.
John O'Carroll · Partner · Athlone
Pearse Street, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, N37 F728
Partner focusing on residential and commercial conveyancing. The firm also has an office in Mountbellew, Co. Galway.
After 'sale agreed' you usually pay a refundable booking deposit to the estate agent. Your solicitor checks the title and contract; you then sign and pay the contract deposit (often 10%), and the sale closes when the balance is paid. Nothing is binding until both sides have signed the contract.
Residential stamp duty is 1% on the first €1 million, 2% on the part from €1 million to €1.5 million, and 6% above €1.5 million. On a new home it's charged on the price excluding VAT. There's no stamp duty relief for first-time buyers, but Help to Buy can help with new homes.
Your solicitor files the stamp duty return and pays the duty to Revenue, then registers your ownership with Tailte Éireann, which now runs the Land Registry and the Registry of Deeds.
Most disputes in private residential tenancies go to the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB), not the courts. Commercial lease and boundary disputes are usually for the courts — the District, Circuit or High Court depending on the value.