“So how do you explain that in a country frequently ranked as one of the richest in the world, public squalor dominates our public realm, infrastructure and services?”
@judesherry.bsky.social & my thoughts in todays The Journal
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #PublicLuxury #SpeirGhorm
@judesherry.bsky.social & my thoughts in todays The Journal
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #PublicLuxury #SpeirGhorm
August 6, 2026 at 8:58 AM
“So how do you explain that in a country frequently ranked as one of the richest in the world, public squalor dominates our public realm, infrastructure and services?”
@judesherry.bsky.social & my thoughts in todays The Journal
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #PublicLuxury #SpeirGhorm
@judesherry.bsky.social & my thoughts in todays The Journal
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #PublicLuxury #SpeirGhorm
2026 has arrived & Odlums is still standing & still decaying
And Cork is still waiting for its Events Centre
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #speirgorm
And Cork is still waiting for its Events Centre
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #speirgorm
January 1, 2026 at 7:23 PM
2026 has arrived & Odlums is still standing & still decaying
And Cork is still waiting for its Events Centre
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #speirgorm
And Cork is still waiting for its Events Centre
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #speirgorm
Me & @judesherry.bsky.social are delighted to have Philip Denvir's award winning film "Crossing Over Barrack Street" (words by Jennifer Horgan) which focuses on our #DerelictIreland & ffud.art work being shown at Louth International Film Festival this weekend
#PoliticalArt #RestPlayWork #speirghorm
#PoliticalArt #RestPlayWork #speirghorm
September 24, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Me & @judesherry.bsky.social are delighted to have Philip Denvir's award winning film "Crossing Over Barrack Street" (words by Jennifer Horgan) which focuses on our #DerelictIreland & ffud.art work being shown at Louth International Film Festival this weekend
#PoliticalArt #RestPlayWork #speirghorm
#PoliticalArt #RestPlayWork #speirghorm
Check out @ucc.ie owned dereliction
As seen on @rteprimetime.bsky.social
South Terrace, Cork City #rtept
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
As seen on @rteprimetime.bsky.social
South Terrace, Cork City #rtept
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
June 2, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Check out @ucc.ie owned dereliction
As seen on @rteprimetime.bsky.social
South Terrace, Cork City #rtept
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
As seen on @rteprimetime.bsky.social
South Terrace, Cork City #rtept
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
Sad to say Cork Citys historic buildings are not in safe hands
Take for example these bonded warehouses at the port of Cork
Priceless heritage rotting away
We have to do better
For everyones benefit
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
Take for example these bonded warehouses at the port of Cork
Priceless heritage rotting away
We have to do better
For everyones benefit
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
May 5, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Sad to say Cork Citys historic buildings are not in safe hands
Take for example these bonded warehouses at the port of Cork
Priceless heritage rotting away
We have to do better
For everyones benefit
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
Take for example these bonded warehouses at the port of Cork
Priceless heritage rotting away
We have to do better
For everyones benefit
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
Use it or lose it
And put the needs of the 5,274 children in emergency accommodation over the greed & vandalism of the property hoarders
Simple as
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #SpeirGorm
🎵 Meryl Streek
And put the needs of the 5,274 children in emergency accommodation over the greed & vandalism of the property hoarders
Simple as
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #SpeirGorm
🎵 Meryl Streek
December 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Use it or lose it
And put the needs of the 5,274 children in emergency accommodation over the greed & vandalism of the property hoarders
Simple as
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #SpeirGorm
🎵 Meryl Streek
And put the needs of the 5,274 children in emergency accommodation over the greed & vandalism of the property hoarders
Simple as
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #SpeirGorm
🎵 Meryl Streek
It's time to pedestrianise North Main Street & South Main Street, Cork City's historic core
It would truly transform the city & finally place the original medieval city on map
Well done all involved on Saturday for once again making this ever more compelling case
#RestPlayWork #SpeirGhorm
It would truly transform the city & finally place the original medieval city on map
Well done all involved on Saturday for once again making this ever more compelling case
#RestPlayWork #SpeirGhorm
August 24, 2026 at 12:30 PM
It's time to pedestrianise North Main Street & South Main Street, Cork City's historic core
It would truly transform the city & finally place the original medieval city on map
Well done all involved on Saturday for once again making this ever more compelling case
#RestPlayWork #SpeirGhorm
It would truly transform the city & finally place the original medieval city on map
Well done all involved on Saturday for once again making this ever more compelling case
#RestPlayWork #SpeirGhorm
Well said @judesherry.bsky.social
The new Derelict Property Tax should be implemented immediately
Further delay are just incentivising further hoarding which is extremely damaging to Irish society
We all deserve better
#VacantIreland #RestPlayWork #DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
The new Derelict Property Tax should be implemented immediately
Further delay are just incentivising further hoarding which is extremely damaging to Irish society
We all deserve better
#VacantIreland #RestPlayWork #DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
Today SF wants to amend Derelict Sites Act 1990
Here I discuss scandalous delay to the new Derelict Property Tax at a recent Oireachtas legislative committee hearing where @frankoconnor.bsky.social & I were invited as expert witnesses
#DerelictIreland #Speirgorm
Here I discuss scandalous delay to the new Derelict Property Tax at a recent Oireachtas legislative committee hearing where @frankoconnor.bsky.social & I were invited as expert witnesses
#DerelictIreland #Speirgorm
January 15, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Well said @judesherry.bsky.social
The new Derelict Property Tax should be implemented immediately
Further delay are just incentivising further hoarding which is extremely damaging to Irish society
We all deserve better
#VacantIreland #RestPlayWork #DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
The new Derelict Property Tax should be implemented immediately
Further delay are just incentivising further hoarding which is extremely damaging to Irish society
We all deserve better
#VacantIreland #RestPlayWork #DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
So why isn't the State using Baggot Street Hospital for much needed accommodation?
Very important question by @unamullally.bsky.social @irishtimes.com
#VacantIreland #RestPlayWork #DerelictIreland #HousingCrisis
Very important question by @unamullally.bsky.social @irishtimes.com
#VacantIreland #RestPlayWork #DerelictIreland #HousingCrisis
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
So why isn't the State using Baggot Street Hospital for much needed accommodation?
Very important question by @unamullally.bsky.social @irishtimes.com
#VacantIreland #RestPlayWork #DerelictIreland #HousingCrisis
Very important question by @unamullally.bsky.social @irishtimes.com
#VacantIreland #RestPlayWork #DerelictIreland #HousingCrisis
I will be on @newstalkfm.bsky.social with @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social today between 2-3pm discussing dereliction levies, new Derelict Property Tax & what has to happen next to end #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland & ensure everyone has a home & place to play & create in Ireland #RestPlayWork
October 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I will be on @newstalkfm.bsky.social with @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social today between 2-3pm discussing dereliction levies, new Derelict Property Tax & what has to happen next to end #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland & ensure everyone has a home & place to play & create in Ireland #RestPlayWork
Talking about the housing crisis, how does a home like this one stay boarded up for 5 years & counting?
Owned by Cork city council, they must really love the neighbours leaving them with this vandalistic aesthetic for so long
Where is accountability in all of this?
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
Owned by Cork city council, they must really love the neighbours leaving them with this vandalistic aesthetic for so long
Where is accountability in all of this?
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Talking about the housing crisis, how does a home like this one stay boarded up for 5 years & counting?
Owned by Cork city council, they must really love the neighbours leaving them with this vandalistic aesthetic for so long
Where is accountability in all of this?
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
Owned by Cork city council, they must really love the neighbours leaving them with this vandalistic aesthetic for so long
Where is accountability in all of this?
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
You can watch us live in the Oireachtas tomorrow 4.15pm -5pm
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #SystemDesign #SystemChange #ActivistPolicy #speirgorm #VacantIreland #Squatting
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #SystemDesign #SystemChange #ActivistPolicy #speirgorm #VacantIreland #Squatting
The #DerelictIreland story continues ..
Tomorrow @judesherry.bsky.social & I are presenting to the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government & Heritage on where we are now & what happens next with vacancy & dereliction
#VacantIreland #RestPlayWork
Watch here👇
www.oireachtas.ie/en/committee...
Tomorrow @judesherry.bsky.social & I are presenting to the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government & Heritage on where we are now & what happens next with vacancy & dereliction
#VacantIreland #RestPlayWork
Watch here👇
www.oireachtas.ie/en/committee...
Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
34th Dáil, 27th Seanad
www.oireachtas.ie
October 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
You can watch us live in the Oireachtas tomorrow 4.15pm -5pm
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #SystemDesign #SystemChange #ActivistPolicy #speirgorm #VacantIreland #Squatting
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #SystemDesign #SystemChange #ActivistPolicy #speirgorm #VacantIreland #Squatting
Almost a third of medical students left Ireland after graduating demonstrating that the model "educate, evict, emigrate" is very much alive & kicking
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
November 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Almost a third of medical students left Ireland after graduating demonstrating that the model "educate, evict, emigrate" is very much alive & kicking
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
This is a broken social contract
Hoarding homes while families struggle on the streets/emergency accommodation is akin to hoarding food in a famine
Shameful
This is down to government policy that puts rights of property owners over those who need a home
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #SpeirGorm
Hoarding homes while families struggle on the streets/emergency accommodation is akin to hoarding food in a famine
Shameful
This is down to government policy that puts rights of property owners over those who need a home
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #SpeirGorm
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This is a broken social contract
Hoarding homes while families struggle on the streets/emergency accommodation is akin to hoarding food in a famine
Shameful
This is down to government policy that puts rights of property owners over those who need a home
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #SpeirGorm
Hoarding homes while families struggle on the streets/emergency accommodation is akin to hoarding food in a famine
Shameful
This is down to government policy that puts rights of property owners over those who need a home
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork #SpeirGorm
To live well in small spaces also requires a high quality of life outside of your home and locality, it requires a social contract for
- universal healthcare
- affordable childcare
- safe active travel
- great public transport
- attractive downsizing homes
- lower energy & food costs
#RestPlayWork
- universal healthcare
- affordable childcare
- safe active travel
- great public transport
- attractive downsizing homes
- lower energy & food costs
#RestPlayWork
July 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
To live well in small spaces also requires a high quality of life outside of your home and locality, it requires a social contract for
- universal healthcare
- affordable childcare
- safe active travel
- great public transport
- attractive downsizing homes
- lower energy & food costs
#RestPlayWork
- universal healthcare
- affordable childcare
- safe active travel
- great public transport
- attractive downsizing homes
- lower energy & food costs
#RestPlayWork
Here are some more decaying historic warehouses at the back of the old builders yard/Kyrls Quay area, on Kyle St
Entire area is blessed with architectural heritage but cursed with poor stewardship, vandalism, a dereliction of duty
Cork & its people deserve better
#RestPlayWork
#speirgorm
Entire area is blessed with architectural heritage but cursed with poor stewardship, vandalism, a dereliction of duty
Cork & its people deserve better
#RestPlayWork
#speirgorm
February 23, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Here are some more decaying historic warehouses at the back of the old builders yard/Kyrls Quay area, on Kyle St
Entire area is blessed with architectural heritage but cursed with poor stewardship, vandalism, a dereliction of duty
Cork & its people deserve better
#RestPlayWork
#speirgorm
Entire area is blessed with architectural heritage but cursed with poor stewardship, vandalism, a dereliction of duty
Cork & its people deserve better
#RestPlayWork
#speirgorm
5,000 children have no home tonight
But what housing emergency?
The metal panels indicate this boarded up home is now owned by Cork City Council
It's been empty for 10 years + in a much sought after part of the city centre
Surely we can & must do much better
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
But what housing emergency?
The metal panels indicate this boarded up home is now owned by Cork City Council
It's been empty for 10 years + in a much sought after part of the city centre
Surely we can & must do much better
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
January 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
5,000 children have no home tonight
But what housing emergency?
The metal panels indicate this boarded up home is now owned by Cork City Council
It's been empty for 10 years + in a much sought after part of the city centre
Surely we can & must do much better
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
But what housing emergency?
The metal panels indicate this boarded up home is now owned by Cork City Council
It's been empty for 10 years + in a much sought after part of the city centre
Surely we can & must do much better
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
Today is National Poetry Day, Ireland
The theme is Home
Me, @judesherry.bsky.social took some poets for walk around Corks historic core, & talk about all things home, heritage & city living
A lovely experience
Thanks @mollytwomey.bsky.social & @poetryireland.bsky.social
#RestPlayWork #SpeirGhorm
The theme is Home
Me, @judesherry.bsky.social took some poets for walk around Corks historic core, & talk about all things home, heritage & city living
A lovely experience
Thanks @mollytwomey.bsky.social & @poetryireland.bsky.social
#RestPlayWork #SpeirGhorm
May 28, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Today is National Poetry Day, Ireland
The theme is Home
Me, @judesherry.bsky.social took some poets for walk around Corks historic core, & talk about all things home, heritage & city living
A lovely experience
Thanks @mollytwomey.bsky.social & @poetryireland.bsky.social
#RestPlayWork #SpeirGhorm
The theme is Home
Me, @judesherry.bsky.social took some poets for walk around Corks historic core, & talk about all things home, heritage & city living
A lovely experience
Thanks @mollytwomey.bsky.social & @poetryireland.bsky.social
#RestPlayWork #SpeirGhorm
December 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It is
And so many like them across the country @philipoconnor.bsky.social, scandalous behaviour
#DerelictIreland #VacantIreland ffud.art #RestPlayWork
And so many like them across the country @philipoconnor.bsky.social, scandalous behaviour
#DerelictIreland #VacantIreland ffud.art #RestPlayWork
January 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It is
And so many like them across the country @philipoconnor.bsky.social, scandalous behaviour
#DerelictIreland #VacantIreland ffud.art #RestPlayWork
And so many like them across the country @philipoconnor.bsky.social, scandalous behaviour
#DerelictIreland #VacantIreland ffud.art #RestPlayWork
The daily shame of Corks derelict homes is impossible to ignore
@judesherry.bsky.social & I rewalked Cork citys infamous daily dose of dereliction route in recent months
Our latest piece @irishexaminer.bsky.social discusses what we found & what we needs to happen next
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
@judesherry.bsky.social & I rewalked Cork citys infamous daily dose of dereliction route in recent months
Our latest piece @irishexaminer.bsky.social discusses what we found & what we needs to happen next
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
September 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The daily shame of Corks derelict homes is impossible to ignore
@judesherry.bsky.social & I rewalked Cork citys infamous daily dose of dereliction route in recent months
Our latest piece @irishexaminer.bsky.social discusses what we found & what we needs to happen next
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
@judesherry.bsky.social & I rewalked Cork citys infamous daily dose of dereliction route in recent months
Our latest piece @irishexaminer.bsky.social discusses what we found & what we needs to happen next
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
Great piece on #DerelictIreland movement by Aoife Sheehan for @tipperarylive.bsky.social
Towns such as Clonmel deserve so much better than this state enabled vandalism, that has negatively impacted Clonmels Market Place for so long
As well as so many other places across Ireland #RestPlayWork
Towns such as Clonmel deserve so much better than this state enabled vandalism, that has negatively impacted Clonmels Market Place for so long
As well as so many other places across Ireland #RestPlayWork
June 5, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Great piece on #DerelictIreland movement by Aoife Sheehan for @tipperarylive.bsky.social
Towns such as Clonmel deserve so much better than this state enabled vandalism, that has negatively impacted Clonmels Market Place for so long
As well as so many other places across Ireland #RestPlayWork
Towns such as Clonmel deserve so much better than this state enabled vandalism, that has negatively impacted Clonmels Market Place for so long
As well as so many other places across Ireland #RestPlayWork
There are solutions to dereliction
Of course you also need to tackle vacancy, the gateway to dereliction
@judesherry.bsky.social & I 've pulled together key solutions in one comprehensive free to access report here👇
acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
#DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #RestPlayWork
Of course you also need to tackle vacancy, the gateway to dereliction
@judesherry.bsky.social & I 've pulled together key solutions in one comprehensive free to access report here👇
acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
#DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #RestPlayWork
August 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
There are solutions to dereliction
Of course you also need to tackle vacancy, the gateway to dereliction
@judesherry.bsky.social & I 've pulled together key solutions in one comprehensive free to access report here👇
acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
#DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #RestPlayWork
Of course you also need to tackle vacancy, the gateway to dereliction
@judesherry.bsky.social & I 've pulled together key solutions in one comprehensive free to access report here👇
acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
#DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #RestPlayWork
Here's @judesherry.bsky.social & my latest street art on social crime of #DerelictIreland on derelict property by Cork city centre Bus Station
Some brilliant conversations & blown away by positive feedback from so many
Thank you ♥️
#RestPlayWork #VacantIreland #ProtestArt
#HousingCrisis #Ireland
Some brilliant conversations & blown away by positive feedback from so many
Thank you ♥️
#RestPlayWork #VacantIreland #ProtestArt
#HousingCrisis #Ireland
August 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Tonight me & @judesherry.bsky.social are having a chat with filmmaker Philip Denvir on "forgotten spaces", this years Boyne Music Festival theme
Details 👇
boynemusicfestival.com
Talking 'bout forgotten spaces we came across this unusual compilation earlier
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
Details 👇
boynemusicfestival.com
Talking 'bout forgotten spaces we came across this unusual compilation earlier
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
July 25, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Tonight me & @judesherry.bsky.social are having a chat with filmmaker Philip Denvir on "forgotten spaces", this years Boyne Music Festival theme
Details 👇
boynemusicfestival.com
Talking 'bout forgotten spaces we came across this unusual compilation earlier
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork
Details 👇
boynemusicfestival.com
Talking 'bout forgotten spaces we came across this unusual compilation earlier
#DerelictIreland #RestPlayWork