Tralee, Ireland | Overseas Haven Report

The county town of Tralee is largely by-passed–apart from the week of its international Rose of Tralee festival in late August. Yet, it’s a town that offers much more than one week of street entertainment.

Since property prices have dropped by 50% or more from their asking prices five years ago, the market in Ireland is ripe again for the foreign buyer.

“It won’t be a cheap as chips retirement,” says our Ireland Correspondent Lynn Mulvihill, “but, if you’re good at keeping to a budget–between 1,100 and 1,700 euro–you can certainly enjoy a good lifestyle here.”