Rob Cross
@robcross247.bsky.social
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Reposted by Rob Cross
#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.
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.
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
📷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
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
#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.
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.
Reposted by Rob Cross
🏗️ 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 )
we need to talk about de-regulation & safety of future apartment residents
(🧵 below was originally posted on 29 Feb 2020 )
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
🏗️ 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 )
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
📷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
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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
📷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
Reposted by Rob Cross
🙋🏻♀️ If anyone wants to factcheck his “red tape” concerns, I’ve 30+ years in the ecosystem of Irish construction regulation & procurement
A briefing for the Taoiseach ahead of a 'fireside chat' with Stripe warned the company’s co-founder billionaire John Collison was likely to be critical of Ireland’s 'red tape'.
The Taoiseach’s briefing ran to more than 25 pages for the one-on-one meeting jrnl.ie/6883478
The Taoiseach’s briefing ran to more than 25 pages for the one-on-one meeting jrnl.ie/6883478
Stripe billionaire would likely be critical of Ireland's 'red tape', Taoiseach warned ahead of chat
The Taoiseach’s briefing ran to more than twenty-five pages for the pre-arranged one-on-one ‘fireside chat’ between him and John Collison.
jrnl.ie
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
🙋🏻♀️ 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.
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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
#rtenationwide #TheColourOfIreland
#Wexford #Handball #gaa
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I love this photo, taken by Father Francis Browne, showing handball being played at Fern Castle in Wexford. 🏰
#rtenationwide #TheColourOfIreland
#Wexford #Handball #gaa
#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
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
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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
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
#TheColourOfIreland #waterford
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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
#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
#ClimateCrisis #Railways #Ireland #HousingCrisis
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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
#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...
#DerelictIreland #Limerick #Architecture
@archiseek.bsky.social
www.archiseek.com/1989-tourism...
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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...
#DerelictIreland #Limerick #Architecture
@archiseek.bsky.social
www.archiseek.com/1989-tourism...
Reposted by Rob Cross
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Reposted by Rob Cross
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
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
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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
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
Reposted by Rob Cross
“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.
www.corksimon.ie/homeless-wat...
That doesn't include rough sleepers, people living in tents, vehicles, couch homeless etc.
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
“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.
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
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
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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
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
Reposted by Rob Cross
Dereliction is a social crime
Never accept it
ffud art for #DerelictIreland with @judesherry.bsky.social
Never accept it
ffud art for #DerelictIreland with @judesherry.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Dereliction is a social crime
Never accept it
ffud art for #DerelictIreland with @judesherry.bsky.social
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
#TheColourOfIreland #Dublin
November 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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
#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.
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.
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🚨 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.
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.
Reposted by Rob Cross
🧐 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...
🤨 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...
'Contradiction' hampering housing delivery, cttee hears
Irish developers and society as a whole are operating under a "major but rarely discussed contradiction" that is hampering the delivery of homes, an Oireachtas committee has been told.
www.rte.ie
November 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🧐 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...
🤨 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
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
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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
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
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
November 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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
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 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
November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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 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
#TheColourOfIreland
October 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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
#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
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
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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
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...
#DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #Cork #Ireland
Google Street View:
maps.app.goo.gl/nHCmPdYfTZ1m...
October 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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...
#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
#DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #Cork #Ireland
📷Lavitt's Quay, Cork City
October 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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
#DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #Cork #Ireland
📷Lavitt's Quay, Cork City