#Cork #CorkCityCouncil #Ireland #Spéirghorm

Some local councillors too always pushing Sligo as a relocation destination but ask them about where these people will live, how they will find a doctor or dentist and it's crickets.

Is Cork really ready to enter the 21st century? 5 yrs on since me & @judesherry.bsky.social called out decay & dereliction (of duty) as well as amazing potential of Cork city we share a few thoughts on where city is now This Op-Ed was used to launch @irishexaminer.bsky.social Future Cork series '26

Criminal is right. It’s obscene even in good times, & let’s face it, these are not good times. 15k homeless, all local Govts neglect to impose Dereliction taxes, #VacantIreland & #DerelictIreland are all around us, & our Govt of landlords lead us all a merry dance. The Pied Piper wouldn’t be in it!

This is a massive criticism I have of of Sligo ATU trying to grow at a pace thats out of touch with the housing and transport infrastucture in the area, its deeply unfair especially to young students. But then they openly refer to their students as "human capital" so I shouldnt be surprised.

The housing crisis has been manufactured over years & years of government policies that can f*ck people up in so many different ways This can been seen in how they do not look after their existing housing stock No consideration that these are peoples homes Scandalous & criminal #speirgorm

We will help by giving more people the opportunity to end up in debt while making sure profits continue to rise which will help landlords, property speculators and developers.

Then they'll do shit like this on top of it.

If you're a student there is no where to call home but will that stop Universities recruiting so the money keeps rolling in Perhaps they see it as part of a students education & preparation for life So when they're educated there is no need to evict them as they can simply emigrate #speirgorm

How to increase homelessness This Irish government could write the book Further evidence of where their priorities are, & surprise surprise its not keeping people in their homes

Criminal waste of much needed buildings 👇

Home sweet homeless-ness Welcome to Irish Government policy Yes successive governments led by Fine Gael & Fianna Fáil, many with landlord TDs & landlord ministers created the homeless crisis It doesn't have to be this way We have the empty homes, not the political will ffud.art for #DerelictIreand

Yes, politicians make people homeless through their policies Doing nothing about 65,000 homes empty in a housing emergency is scandalous How many Children walk past empty homes every day as they move between their homeless shelter & school Its criminal behaviour by those in power #speirgorm

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Only 1.5% to 3.7% of the Vacant Homes are actually taxed This is because the Vacant Home Tax introduced in 2023 was designed to fail This is #VacantIreland the gateway to #DerelictIreland

Only 1.5% to 3.7% of the Vacant Homes are actually taxed This is because the Vacant Home Tax introduced in 2023 was designed to fail This is #VacantIreland the gateway to #DerelictIreland

5 years ago me & @judesherry.bsky.social wrote a re-imagine Cork city piece for @irishexaminer.bsky.social which generated alot of attention, & kickstarted many conversations Here are some reflections & thoughts 5 years on to kick off the papers Future Cork Series #RestPlayWork #DerelictIreland

When it comes to housing supply there is a big f*cking elephant in the room Last year CSO found 65,000 homes empty for 2 yrs, using ESB data, yet for same period less than 3,000 paid the vacant homes tax So thats around 62,000 houses waiting for someone to call them home Me at Oireachtas #speirgorm

How to fucking god how can the possibly getting slow? @frankoconnor.bsky.social @judesherry.bsky.social #derelictireland #IrishPolitics

Take care in the city we share 'Cos its falling all around us This is #DerelictCork This is #DerelictIreland Photo of North Main St in 2021 All 5 buildings are still derelict & frequently crumble onto streets #speirgorm

Nightmare on Popham's Road, Farranree, Cork. 😡 #DerelictIreland #Cork maps.app.goo.gl/MeuD37WoEaXB...

Because no one gives a fuck #derelictireland

"There has to be some sort of use it or lose it ... many European countries have robust powers of enforcement to prevent dereliction, particularly of historic buildings ... we need stricter rules and more enforcement" #builtheritage #derelictireland

Again today 1pm ♥️ Grand Parade, Cork City Ireland

Also Alfonso and Rob from Maremoto who are very illuminating on the concept of asset urbanism. It's also important to recognise the movement level work of people like @frankoconnor.bsky.social, and the many people around CATU that are really doing the hard work on these issues.

Boycott Zara Handpainted preowned T-Shirt by ffud

We Are All Palestine Action

Me & @judesherry.bsky.social are overwhelmed by response to this award winning Poetry-Film featuring #DerelictIreland campaign & our ffud streetart Here's closing sequence It's being screened in various festivals across Ireland, UK & Europe Poem: Jennifer Horgan Film: Philip Denvir #SpeirGorm

Did I mention Landlord Minister Michael Healy-Rae voted in favour of the RTB changes & got the short-term lets proposal changed to suit himself & his greedy buddies He really doesn't want everyone to have a home #speirgorm

Evict this landlord government It's shameful & conflict of interest that in Ireland we've landlords not just as elected TDs, not just as members of government but also as ministers deciding housing policy as per last nights RTB We need to put people who need a home first ffud.art #DerelictIreland

Happy Anniversary Corks non-Event Centre 10 years on from 'turning the sod' developer BAMs PR from that day in 2016 is revealing Who'd have thought such an attention seeking stunt led by Fine Gael & grabbed by Labour & Sinn Féin would come to represent so much that is wrong #speirgorm

Remember the date 11:2:2026 . It will haunt generations.

Sadly the new Residential Tenancies Bill confirms what we all already know That Politicians Make People Homeless thru' their policies favouring property owners, investment funds over those who need a home But who's surprised in Government with big Landlords as Ministers calling the shots #speirgorm

Oh sure this is all we need.

You can watch this excellent panel here: #Spéirgorm youtu.be/HzuqUXxH2Ns?...

I think most of us agree the former Tax Office is a wasted eyesore for far too long in Cork city centre Will the new plans happen? Who knows We do know that plans in #DerelictIreland are common place Action, well that is a different story But what a city playground it could be We live with Dóchas

We didn't expect such a trippy background at the @social-democrats.bsky.social annual conference in Cork City at the weekend 😃 @judesherry.bsky.social & I were guests on their Housing Panel & chatted to Rory Hearne & Cllr Lesley Byrne about all things #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #HousingCrisis

Is there anyone really surprised? This site has featured in #DerelictIreland campaign since outset Me & @judesherry.bsky.social have written extensively about issues & how it should be turned into city park thru' meanwhile use scheme, incl. publishing proposal in @irishexaminer.bsky.social in 2021

One thing you can guarantee with a government of @fiannafailparty.bsky.social & Fine Gael is they always look after their own

So who'd have thought what we really need to solve the housing crisis that has been driven by an ideology (that puts property rights over human rights) & manufactured by government policy was another senior civil servant to add to Housing Minister & his 3 junior housing ministers #speirgorm

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Look there is only one dereliction capital & thats Cork city boy #DerelictIreland #speirgorm

#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm

"No one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land Remember that this is what the European Parliament, including the Fine Gael MEP’s, voted for. Horrible. Just horrible.

This is wrong on so many levels Why recruit students onto courses if there's no accommodation? The fact @ucc.ie are also property hoarders makes this way worse In a city where volume of cars is already suffocating its a real struggle to see how this fits their Global Sustainability brand #speirgorm

How the f*ck have we allowed evictions to reach a similar level to 1850s 100 yrs after independence we are back in worst period of our colonial history, when record numbers had to flee Ireland Have no mistake this is down to successive government policy Piece: @unamullally.bsky.social Art: ffud.art

How does this make sense? Can someone tell Tipperary County Council its housing emergency with record homelessness, evictions & sky rocketing rents While most sustainable building is existing one Surely complete houses ASAP & give them to families who urgently need a home #DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm

Note the timeline. What’s the slowest thing on earth? This is glacial pace of progress? #VacantIreland This has shuffled around various desks/departments for all this time. The decision makers/paper shufflers don’t suffer any consequences, but have cushty jobs& homes to go to. #DerelictIreland

Criminal how 303 properties wasted in housing emergency in Sligo Town Me & @judesherry.bsky.social visited last year in solidarity with Sligo Housing Action Group who do brilliant work on housing & who counted 303 in their work We responded with ffud streetart on derelict property #DerelictIreland

Empty shops dominate our towns & cities but it doesn't have to be this way @judesherry.bsky.social & I'd a great response to this piece on "modern dereliction" we wrote for @thejournal.ie This is our lived experience everyday in Cork city centre So much lost potential #DerelictIreland #speirgorm 1/