Thanks for your reply. I have looked at the posts but like everthing else it is just peoples opinions, investments by their nature all have some element of risk and unless you are overcommiting yourself you still have a property at the end of the day.
Everybody has their opinion on foreign destinations but that is not the question you were asking!
I'm not aware of any company in ireland that will provide a mortgage in Cape Verde.
There is a crowd in the uk called Conti Financial services that provide mortgages for a lot of countries so I assume they propbably do cape verde but I you'll be paying at least 5% interest.