finglas
I lived in Finglas for a while and while there are some lovely houses and lovely people there, I decided to sell. The village can get very rough at night - most of Finglas East is in fact very settled and nice, but the village seems to attract a rough crowd which can be intimidating. I could have held onto my property when I moved but I decided not to because I think that if rents fall/level off then somewhere like Finglas will be the first to go. I think the cityside development is lovely but again you have to factor in living in the village. There is a huge redevelopment planned but nothing has happened in the last few years - all the attention seems to be going to Ballymun, unfortunately. No disrespect to Finglas!! But as an investor, I would't recommend it. I think Phibsboro would be a fabulous buy, with the redevelopment of Mountjoy planned, this areas is going to rocket up.