No it is not 1950’s blight on Irish landscape as people left Ireland as poor emigrants but it is now. Thank you Frank O’Connor, Jude Sherry, Anois. This is just some of the photos of the blight now in a country that has a homeless crisis with children in hostels. There are schemes like Repair and Lease to encourage landlords back into the market of rental but it apparently is insufficient. Neglect in our environment and cities only paves the way for social distress. All it takes is a photo, we are calling out “wasted homes” … we can have change surely. The UK chain John Lewis and their latest venture to build back homes into their cities, as Guinness did, in another century, just look to Dublin 8 near Christchurch, St Patrick’s Cathedral. Let’s clean up Ireland by starting with dereliction

Zara King

@ZaraKing

14th June 2022

#BREAKING  “Isn’t it much closer to the poor law system that we thought we were departing!” -Michael D Higgins expresses anger at Ireland’s housing “disaster” In an impassioned speech today he said: “it is our great, great, great failure!“ @VirginMediaNews @PresidentIRL

#BREAKING 🚨

“Isn’t it much closer to the poor law system that we thought we were departing!”

-Michael D Higgins expresses anger at Ireland’s housing “disaster”

In an impassioned speech today he said:

“it is our great, great, great failure!“ @VirginMediaNews @PresidentIRL pic.twitter.com/e97JWJ9o7r

— Zara King (@ZaraKing) June 14, 2022

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Jude Sherry Retweeted

Frank O’Connor

@frank_oconnor

Jun 10

Interesting PR strategy

@dunnesstores

Reducing your customer base Refusing to allow 20 apartments above premises in Macroom be rented out in midst of our housing crisis They are empty for 17 years Yes 17 #VacantIreland #DerelictIreland article

@igaeilge

independent.ie

20 apartments above Macroom Dunnes Stores remain empty – even during a housing shortage

LOCAL councillors have hit out at the refusal of Dunnes Stores to allow twenty modern apartments above its Macroom premises be let out to prospective renters in the middle of a housing crisis.

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If ruin below was Raglan, Heytesbury Lane, Dublin 4, based on the whole concept of the popularity of the Mews homes in Knightsbridge and Kensington, London, we would be talking possible £1.5 to 2 million.

When you build 12 homes in Rochestown, Cork City & then you leave them rot #DerelictIreland pic.twitter.com/l4S2BqGPe7

— Frank O'Connor (@frank_oconnor) June 10, 2022

Jude Sherry Retweeted

Austin Rock

@gusrock

Jun 11

I found it!! On Kildare St Dublin, just opposite The Dail, the Dept of Dereliction! #DerelictIreland,

@anoisagency

@judesherry

@frank_oconnor

and it goes on and on while CityWest provides Tertrarch with millions to house Ukrainians … no problem providing for Ukrainians but there are opportunists who tap the market and prevent market forces keeping the pace of renovations going forward because they benefit from lucrative contracts from Government. We know it happens … just think Butlins Mosney re-morph and who got the profits.