It's sad to see this historical building now being used to store kegs of beer. 😡 #Dublin #DerelictIreland

An increase of 5,454 homeless people in just two years shows that the government's 'Housing For All' policies have failed and need radical change. 📈Nov 2023: 11,542 people homeless (record high) 📈Nov 2024: 15,199 (another record, +32%) 📈Nov 2025: 16,996 (highest ever, +12%) #HousingCrisis

It's heartbreaking to see today so many boarded-up houses across Limerick City as temperatures drop, rough sleepers seeking shelter outside these derelict and vacant buildings amid a housing crisis 🎄🏚️ 📷 Creagh Lane, King's Island, Limerick City. #HousingCrisis #Limerick #Christmas #DerelictIreland

It's really sad to witness today—as the temperature drops in Limerick, a rough sleeper is using the new One Opera Square commercial office/retail development (currently lying empty) for shelter in the midst of a housing crisis—with 16,766 people relying on emergency accommodation. #HousingCrisis

Happy Derelict Dublin🙈 🎄🎅🏚️ 📷 Upper O'Connell Street. #DerelictIreland #Christmas

Dancing Dublin Docklands #Art #Dublin

Don't forget to turn the lights off.💡🎅🎄 #Christmas #Dublin #Broadstone

Photo of the platform of Glasnevin railway station, which operated from 1901 to 1910. The platform was demolished in 1916, but some of the station's red-bricked outbuildings still remain behind the Bernard Shaw pub. 🚂🚃 #TheColourOfIreland #Dublin

Bring back those trams. 🙏 #Dublin #Luas

History Repeating Itself. 😡 Ireland's eviction notices hit 15,000 in 2025—up 35%. That's 54 families a day losing their homes, mostly through no-fault evictions. Landlords are cashing in on rent-pressure loopholes the government promised to close in 2021. Enough is enough. #HousingCrisis #ireland

Ireland is in the midst of a housing crisis, with 16,766 people, including 5,274 children, relying on emergency accommodation and likely to hit 17,000 by Christmas. Yet there are 72,000 vacant dwellings nationally connected to services and ready to go. #HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #Ireland

Disappearing Parks in Cork City.🌳🪄🙈 @corkcitycouncil maps.app.goo.gl/9r3YptQ8AVSJ... #ClimateEmergency #BiodiversityCollapse #Cork

Painting over the beautiful red brickwork.🙈 📌South City Market (George's Street Arcade), junction of Drury Street and Fade Street. 🏗️Built: 1878-81 📐Architect: Lockwood & Mawson I W.H. Byrne 📷1961 Photo by Charles Weaver Cushman. 🧐Streetview: maps.app.goo.gl/ZTEki6ACcoKX... #Dublin #Architecture

Utter state enabled vandalism that these 10 homes are wasted for 15 years A social crime when so many need a home The owners, Government, Irish Water & Cork County Council should be held to account for this Photos from @judesherry.bsky.social & my visit #DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm

In the midst of a housing crisis—with 16,766 people, including 5,274 children, relying on emergency accommodation and likely to hit 17,000 by Christmas- Baggot Street Hospital closed in 1987 and has been vacant for roughly 38 years, yes, 38 years.🙈 #HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland

Only in Ireland!😡 In the midst of a housing crisis—with 16,766 people, including 5,274 children, relying on emergency accommodation—10 almost-completed houses in the small County Cork village of Carrignavar have lain idle for more than 15 years. #HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #Cork

#DerelictIreland Dreary, despondent, destitute Ireland. Neglected, rejected, dejected Ireland. Gouged, scalped, ripped-off Ireland. Public squalor for private profit, enabled and encouraged by a Government of landlords. It really doesn’t have to be like this.

🏗️ Ireland’s fire safety standards for apartments we need to talk about de-regulation & safety of future apartment residents (🧵 below was originally posted on 29 Feb 2020 )

Leaving properties vacant and derelict for decades should not be tolerated, especially during a housing emergency. 📷94 Mount Street Lower, Dublin City In my visualisation, red blocks represent some of the Derelict and Vacant Sites in Dublin City. #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #Dublin #Ireland

🙋🏻‍♀️ If anyone wants to factcheck his “red tape” concerns, I’ve 30+ years in the ecosystem of Irish construction regulation & procurement

The Royal Insurance built in 1869 on Dame Street was demolished when the area was cleared for the construction of Sam Stephenson's Central Bank.

I love this photo, taken by Father Francis Browne, showing handball being played at Fern Castle in Wexford. 🏰 #rtenationwide #TheColourOfIreland #Wexford #Handball #gaa

Bringing Ireland's History to Life. 🇮🇪🖐️🥎 My restored and colourised 30th May 1931 A. H. Poole photo of a Handball match taking place in the old Good Counsel College handball court off Chapel Lane in New Ross, Co. Wexford. #rtenationwide #Wexford #GAA #Handball

Once describe it as “the jolliest little railway in the world” the Waterford to Tramore line opened in September 1853. After more than 100 years of service, the last trains ran on 31 December 1960 and the line closed on 1 January 1961. 🚂🚃🏖️ #TheColourOfIreland #waterford

Ireland is its own worst enemy. At its peak in 1920, Ireland had 3,500 route miles of rail—but much of this extensive network was dismantled during the 20th century. #ClimateCrisis #Railways #Ireland #HousingCrisis

It's great to see refurbishments underway at the former Tourism Office in Limerick City. Designed by local architects Murray O'Laoire Architects, the building won the RIAI Gold Medal in 1989–1991.👏🥇 #DerelictIreland #Limerick #Architecture @archiseek.bsky.social www.archiseek.com/1989-tourism...

Homes not offices Or #DerelictIreland ffud streetart, South Tce, Cork City

These are owned by UCC & featured in our 'This is Derelict Ireland' report Intially bought by DairyGold who got a 13.3% return on their investment (aka speculation) UCC bought this site in 2019 for €17.25m & now don't have money to do anything but won't sell them either #DerelictIreland #Speirgorm

“958 men, women and children were depending on emergency accommodation in the Southwest (Cork and Kerry) during the week of 22-28 September 2025 – up 24% in twelve months.” www.corksimon.ie/homeless-wat... That doesn't include rough sleepers, people living in tents, vehicles, couch homeless etc.

Only in Ireland🙈 19 South Terrace in Cork City, owned by UCC has been on the Derelict Sites Register since 2001. Its market value is €180,000. After nearly 25 years on the Derelict Site Register, the accumulated levy and interest now totals approximately €861,840. #DerelictIreland #HousingCrisis

Dereliction is a social crime Never accept it ffud art for #DerelictIreland with @judesherry.bsky.social

Rice's Pub on St. Stephen's Green & Dandelion Market on South King Street were demolished in 1986 to make way for the St. Stephen's Green Shopping Centre. The Slazenger family had assembled the site over 15 years, beginning in 1966. #TheColourOfIreland #Dublin

🚨 One in every 22 homes in Ireland is either vacant or derelict. GeoDirectory Residential Buildings Report Q2 2025: 🏚️80,328* VACANT homes 🏚️19,821* DERELICT dwellings #DerelictIreland #HousingCrisis In my visualisation, red blocks represent some of the Derelict and Vacant Sites in Dublin City.

🧐 Glenveagh CEO to politicians: “zoned, serviced land "almost non-existent" 🤨 Glenveagh Annual Report: €556m landbank of 20,000 sites, 57% with Planning Permission.. sufficient for 12yrs at Glenveagh’s 2024 build rate (1,650 homes) www.annualreports.com/HostedData/A... www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...

Once our heritage is gone, it's gone forever. Curragower House in Limerick was demolished in 2021 and currently lies vacant. My graphic shows the house in this 1860 painting by C. Mills. #DerelictIreland #HousingCrisis #Limerick

Only in Ireland🙈 The former Curragower House, which had been vacant for 19 years before being demolished in 2021. The site has remained vacant since. This is happening in the middle of a housing emergency, with homelessness reaching a record 16,353 people #DerelictIreland #HousingCrisis

Dirty Old Town🙈🦆 This is Blessington Street Basin, a hidden gem in Dublin's Northside that is currently contaminated with harmful algal blooms and litter. The site is a former drinking water reservoir in northern central Dublin that operated from 1810 until the 1970s, serving the north city. #Dublin

This 1956 aerial shows the construction of Con Colbert Road at Islandbridge. The image captures the road alongside the Irish National War Memorial Park and the now filled-in mill pond (which I've highlighted) that once powered the mill wheel of the Hibernian Mills in Kilmainham. #TheColourOfIreland

Only in Ireland 🙈 103 completed apartments at Old Naas Road, Bluebell, Dublin, have stood empty for two and a half years. This is happening in the middle of a housing emergency, with homelessness reaching a record 16,353 people now accessing emergency homeless accommodation. #HousingCrisis #Dublin

Allowing properties—especially those of architectural heritage—to remain derelict or vacant for decades should be considered a crime against the state. #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #Cork #Ireland Google Street View: maps.app.goo.gl/nHCmPdYfTZ1m...

Allowing properties—especially those of architectural heritage—to remain derelict or vacant for decades should be considered a crime against the state. #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #Cork #Ireland 📷Lavitt's Quay, Cork City

Reckless urban planning—urban sprawl, poor public transport, land hoarding, and out-of-town shopping complexes—has damaged Waterford City. The River Suir is one of the city's main assets, yet vacant sites (red) and surface car parking (blue) line its banks. #DerelictIreland #HousingCrisis #Waterford

🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🎃👻🧙‍♀️ Halloween in Limerick tonight– SAMHAIN 2025 🧙‍♀️👻🎃🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 🔥 Lumen Street Theatre – Fire & Shadows Parade.👏 #Limerick #Halloween2025

Charles 'Chuck' Feeney Entrepreneur - Humanitarian - Philanthropist 1931-2023 ‘I had one idea that never changed in my mind, you should use your wealth to help people’ His philanthropy donated over €2 billion to Irish causes. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

Cork City's Derelict Utopia in 2025🏚️ 📷Closed Utopia Adult Shop, Oliver Plunkett Street Leaving properties derelict for decades should be a crime against the state. Ireland faces a housing emergency, with homelessness reaching a record 16,353 people. #DerelictIreland #Cork #Ireland #HousingCrisis

Bringing Ireland's History to Life 🇮🇪⛪️🛶 My colourised and restored c.1890 Robert French photo of Wexford Harbour, featuring the steeples of the Church of the Assumption, designed by architects Pugin & Ashlin in 1864. #TheColourOfIreland #Wexford

“Councils investigate 1,600 Airbnb-style lets suspected of planning breaches Airbnb lists more than 1,000 homes in Dublin city” —for context, in all of 2024 Dublin City new dwellings built: north inner city 440 south east inner city 95 south west inner city 279 www.independent.ie/irish-news/r...

Bringing Ireland's History to Life 🇮🇪🐂🐕 My colourised c1900 A.H. Poole photo of 'the Bullpost' during the Ballybricken Cattle Fair in Waterford where once the cruel practice of Bull-Baiting took place. Thankfully Bull-Baiting was finally outlawed in 1835.🙏 #TheColourOfIreland #rtept #Primetime

Good article in IT today highlighting blind spot in government housing policy when it comes to existing g buildings and urban vacancy @irishtimes.com

It would be wonderful to restore the beautiful water fountain on the former Rates Office/Newcomen Bank on Cork Hill in Dublin City. Imagine the millions of plastic bottles we could eliminate if this fountain became a water bottle refill station. #Dublin