The rise of the single female buyer: ‘Banks don't sell the dream of buying a home alone. But that was my reality’Aged 41, Sunday Independent news editor Anne Sheridan bought her first home in Dublin. Here she charts that journey and the labour of love aheadWomen overtake men as single female house buyers are on the riseAnne Sheridan Today at 06:30Joe’s old walking stick still rests on a shelf in the shed, alongside his pile of gardening magazines, gathering dust. In their own good time, the roses and peonies he carefully tended before he died will bloom again.

Source: Irish Independent March 01, 2026 10:21 UTC