Destitute despairing #DerelictIreland

Today we were reminded that politicians make people homeless 😪 ffud art for #DerelictIreland representing the 700 empty properties @judesherry.bsky.social & I found in Cork City #speirgorm

Luckly we removed that eviction ban so! The market will fix this any moment now. #IrishPolitics

And Dunnes carry on regardless, no kick back from the public. It’s sickening.

We need everyone to treat the next election as a referendum on whether we believe this is acceptable. #spéirgorm

Broken social contract Have no doubt this is down to Irish Government policy that not only lets wealthy owners sit on their assets, it actually rewards them for it Hang your heads in shame Micheál Martin, Simon Harris, Fianna Fáil & Fine Gael How can you sleep at night? #DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm

It's 21 years since these 20 apartments in Macroom, Co. Cork were complete They've never been used Shame on owner Dunnes Stores, Cork County Council & the Irish Government for allowing this in a housing emergency This is why we need compulsory rental & custodian squatting #DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm

So much potential there. The bones of a stunning building.

Imagine building a reputation for punching down against the vulnerable Imagine its Irelands Tánaiste & Minister of Finance doing the punching Welcome to the life of Simon Harris #speirgorm

2026 has arrived & Odlums is still standing & still decaying And Cork is still waiting for its Events Centre #DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #speirgorm

This has aged really well over the past 3 years for Micheál Martin #DerelictIreland #speirgorm

Nothing inspires confidence in the people overseeing finance than knowing they forgot about owning multiple properties. It's even better than finding out they apparently don't have a bank account.

How was landlord TD Robert Troy appointed Minister of State for Finance in 2025? The man who had to resign as Minister of State in 2022 for failing to declare his property portfolio as well as other wrongdoings & misdemeanours Now in Finance Sadly no accountability in #DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm

Aside from the fact that what Harris is saying is a flat-out lie, everyone has the right to a home. EVERYONE.

What a horrible man Simon Harris is He really is the pits targeting the vulnerable through his lies & gaslighting A man whose party policies have enabled homeless crisis, vacancy & dereliction epidemic & housing crisis He really has no shame #DerelictIreland #HowIrelandWorks #SpeirGorm

Here is the truth: many of us have never had it so bad #DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm

Seriously, dial 1 for housing, & see what Cork city council say about all of their boarded up homes What will their excuses be? Because there are more than enough homes for everyone if they & other owners refrained from boarding up their properties #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #SpeirGorm

With record homeless nos, renters paying gentrified prices for shite, out of reach housing costs & record no. of empty homes is anyone really surprised that we have 61 TDs including Ministers who are landlords / multi-property owners How are these setting policy? #DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm

Really So are they expecting the new owners to let them empty? Or is it a case the new owners won't be cramming in as many tenants into them as previous? Because the houses are not going anywhere .. unless the houses are also planning to emigrate #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #speirgorm

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1 street in Shandon Cork City 4 empty council homes 230 children in Cork & Kerry without a home €2,242 average monthly rent €18,082 to relet a council home €180k a yr for family in emergency accommodation €220k a yr spent boarding up council homes #DerelictIreland #spéirgorm

1 in 5 TDs are landlords, massively over representing landlords in the dáil compared to the general population. It's a huge conflict of interest that must be abolished.

Greed. #speirgorm

What choice do they or anyone else have? Sadly Government favour property class/landlords over those who need a home @judesherry.bsky.social & I will continue to make case for custodian squatting which along with compulsory sales & rental would transform housing situation #DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm

Ireland, 2025 230 children without a home across Cork & Kerry this Christmas while thousands of homes in both counties lay empty Cork city's vacancy/dereliction epidemic is well documented, however it'd be very hard to find a single village & town not impacted Criminal #DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm

Dial 1 for housing & ask can you get your hands on one of these many boarded up council homes on Dominic Street, Shandon near Cork city centre This is unacceptable Structural violence & vandalism boarding up homes & keeping them from families who have no home 😡 #DerelictIreland #speirgorm

Solidarity is beautiful ❤️ Cork City Ireland now #speirgorm

The Spectacle, boy

Again today 1pm ❤️ Grand Parade Cork City Ireland

Dereliction is a social crime Costing lives, traumatising generations & destroying our urban environments #DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm

Spot the difference 😡 I took the top photo yesterday, Christmas Day 2025, I took the bottom photo 4 yrs ago, Christmas Day 2021 This heritage vandalism is happening on North Main St, the historic core of Cork city centre It is being enabled by the authorities #DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm

Wow "Strong growth and robust pipelines" so don't worry 'bout failed social housing targets Tell that to the 2,484 families in emergency accommodation while empty homes blight the country Some kids are spending their 4th Christmas Shame on successive Governments #DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm

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

These buildings in Dolphins Barn have been derelict for more than 25 years.

Would absolutely love to see our national media pointing at this rather than singling out vulnerable groups of people.

The vandalism of Dublin goes on & on Disgusting that property rights are deemed more important than human rights in Ireland Evidenced with the epidemic of vacancy & dereliction Some children will spend 4th Christmas in emergency accommodation while owners sit on their assets 😡 #SpeirGorm

Too much money to be made from the misery of people of all ages homeless and those who voted for them should be ashamed #housingcrisis #homelessness #derelictireland #speirgorm what are we gonna do.. it can't go on. It has been "normalised"

This is another expensive tribunal in the making. If we follow the money I wouldn’t be shocked to see it go into brown envelopes.

A major reason the govt has no interest in solving the housing disaster is because landlords (their pals and voters) are making inordinate amounts of money of it. Sweden's privatisation of virtually everything is causing similar crises, with the same results.

This is another shocking example of the lack of vision or accountability in Ireland In this case its Dublin, it could be anywhere across the country We need to urgently invest in public luxury so everyone can #RestPlayWork #SpeirGorm

To think that providing homeless accommodation is fast becoming one of Irelands big indigenous service industries Yet we've over 160k empty homes & over 20k derelict homes How have we left successive governments normalise this violence While generations suffer Sickening😡 #DerelictIreland #speirgorm

It's 25 years since the Family Law Court hole in the ground eyesore was created In that time the people of Dublin could have been given a 'meanwhile use' park Imagine something like the Blessington Basin up the road from here Sadly public luxury has no place in #DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm

Again today 1pm ❤️ Grand Parade, Cork City Ireland

Brilliant to see these 2 historic homes being restored in Dublin city centre After all the most sustainable is the existing & our heritage is vital for wellbeing More of this please 🙏 #speirgorm

Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone, It’s with O’Leary in the grave #DerelictIreland

Who wants this as a streetscape? Surely not people in Dublin #speirgorm #derelictireland

Fine Gael happened, almost 15yrs of them. #DerelictIreland

Fianna Fail sold it to the highest bidder, that's what happened to Dublin. Celtic Tiger me hole