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Ireland Investment & Funding Q2 2026
Long Income, Evolving Capital; Emerging Sectors and a New Cohort of Investors
July 16, 2026 7 Minute Read
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- Investment volumes exceeded €1bn in Q2 2026, the strongest Q2 performance since 2022. H1 2026 investment totalled approximately €1.5bn, almost 70% ahead of H1 2025.
- Industrial & logistics dominated Q2, driven by the Horizon portfolio transaction, accounting for over 50% of quarterly volumes.
- The convergence of real estate and infrastructure capital continues to emerge as a theme, with long-income, government-backed and operationally critical assets attracting demand.
- Key transactions included Project Lime (social housing) and two European portfolios with Irish exposure in healthcare and supermarkets, which have also closed this year.
- Residential investment represented 31% of H1 2026 volumes driven by regulatory reform and a new cohort of active buyers including European insurance capital.
- MEAG's €110m acquisition of One Molesworth Street underlined the conviction of institutional capital in core Dublin 2 office fundamentals.
- Office and retail yields tightened despite ongoing interest rate uncertainty, with active deal flow driving compression in prime pricing.