Visions

12/01/2026

At Cushman & Wakefield, we’re committed to navigating the dynamic economic and political landscape, helping to shape a future that strengthens both the built environment and our communities. VISIONS offers Cushman & Wakefield’s latest perspectives and insights on key market trends and dynamics to drive your future real estate decision making in the year ahead. We focus on understanding where growth is emerging, how competitive tensions are evolving, the impact AI is having on our industry, and what it takes to build the real estate of tomorrow.

The underlying theme that comes out through all of these is one of the continued Realignment of our real estate.

Authors

Thomas Carthy

Head of Ireland
Dublin 2, Ireland

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Patrick Hogan

Director, Head of Living & Specialist Sector Capital Markets
Dublin 2, Ireland

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Tom McCabe

Director, Head of Research & Insights
Dublin, Ireland

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Ronan Corbett

Director, Head of Offices
Dublin 2, Ireland

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Karl Stewart

Director, Head of Retail
Dublin, Ireland

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Patricia Staunton

Director, Head of Regions
Galway, Ireland

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Kevin Donohue

Director, Head of Investment
Dublin 2, Ireland

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Brendan Smyth

Director, Head of Logistics
Dublin 2, Ireland

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Alex Trimble

Senior Research Analyst
Dublin, Ireland

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Visions

At Cushman & Wakefield, we’re committed to navigating the dynamic economic and political landscape, helping to shape a future that strengthens both the built environment and our communities.

12/01/2026

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2025 Retail Parks Report

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Karl Stewart • 10/12/2025

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Irish Student Accommodation Review

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Tom McCabe • 23/01/2025

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Article • Economy

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Earlier today the government published its revised medium forecasts for the Irish economy and despite a modest GDP downgrade for 2024, the overall economic outlook remains a solid one. Below we’ve outlined our key messages together with these latest forecasts.

Tom McCabe • 24/04/2024

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Article • Economy

Irish Economy – Little Change to ’24 Outlook, Rate Cuts Edging Closer to Reality

As part of our ‘Outlook 2024’ event in January, we outlined our house view that the Irish economy could continue to perform solidly in 2024 with lower inflation and lower interest rates features to particularly look to as we moved through the year.

Based on Q1’s economic events and data we continue to hold that view.

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Research

Complete Asset Optimisation Guide

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Insights • Economy

Recession or boom – Which is it for the Irish economy?

Let’s dig into some of the more important recent releases and what they mean for Ireland’s near-term economic outlook.

Tom McCabe • 07/12/2023

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Offices, Obsolescence & Opportunities

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Irish Hotel Market Report – July 2023

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Tom McCabe • 11/07/2023

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