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Will Derham
@willderham.bsky.social
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Would-be architect, printer, gym-goer, baker... actual curator & author, among other things. Currently working in a castle. Views are my own.
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judesherry.bsky.social
We urgently need Compulsory Rental Orders so no habitable home lies empty in order to keep rents high, espically new build apartment blocks

Leaving these homes empty just goes to show that the profit margins must be huge to go without any income
#spéirgorm #VacantIreland #DerelictIreland
orla-hegarty.bsky.social Orla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 5d
Housing crisis in a nutshell

“Our adult children would love to move out

There’s a beautiful new apartment block 5 minutes away. Sadly they are all for rent at extortionate prices

What’s more infuriating is many of these apartments are still vacant” (text in alt) www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
Housing and young people Sir, – Shame on our Government is all that I can say, given the state of housing availability in our country. When I look at the properties in my own community, I just get so mad. Our adult children would love to move out. No hope of that in the current climate. There’s a beautiful new apartment block only five minutes up the road. Sadly, they are all for rent at extortionate prices which any single young person, on relatively low wages, just cannot afford. What’s even more infuriating is that many of these apartments are still vacant despite having been available to rent since early summer! Then there’s the old people’s complex, not so far away either, which is all boarded up with not a sign of anything being done to upgrade it to current living standards. I despair when I see and read about the effect the lack of housing has on the mental health of people, particularly our younger people. I love my country but it makes me sad that it has nothing to offer my children, in terms of housing. It’s no wonder so many people are emigrating. – Yours, etc, DEE DELANY, Raheny, Dublin 5.
November 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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mrhenrymorris.substack.com
If they don't call this the Quorn Laws then the country truly is gone.
November 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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ray-cunningham.bsky.social
Martyn Turner cartoon A farmer holds a sign saying No Farmers, No Food, No Future *IFA standing beside a cow wearing a sign saying Save Our Nitrates A man holding a sign saying Better Farmers, Better Food, Better Future with the EU says "I understand you are a bit of an expert in bullshit. The bird in the corner says "And expert CO2 and methane emitters"
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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brendanjharkin.bsky.social
Anyone commenting that they will find this helpful:
I will dig a hole to hell and drag you down with me
jtullock.bsky.social Janice Tullock @jtullock.bsky.social · 10d
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
Screen grab from Dropbox saying Emojis in file names are finally here!
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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scudubydubop.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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orla-hegarty.bsky.social
Dublin Castle looking stunning for the presidential inauguration today, all credit to @opwireland.bsky.social @willderham.bsky.social, curators, tradespeople, maintenance & cleaning staff #Aras25
ellenmcoyne.bsky.social Ellen Coyne @ellenmcoyne.bsky.social · 11d
St Patrick's Hall in Dublin Castle looking immaculate ahead of the inauguration of President elect Catherine Connolly
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
willderham.bsky.social
‘According to Amnesty International, there is an “execution crisis in Iran, which has reached horrific proportions” […] Last year, Amnesty recorded 972 executions, marking the highest number since 2015. More than 800 people have been executed so far in 2025.’ #Iran
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
willderham.bsky.social
This is quite an enjoyable story to start the week with …
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12d
Who is ‘fedora man’? Dapper French teenager in viral Louvre heist photo unmasked
Who is ‘fedora man’? Dapper French teenager in viral Louvre heist photo unmasked
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux was captured looking suave in a picture outside the Paris museum on the day of a crown jewels heist When 15-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux realised an Associated Press photo of him at the Louvre on the day of the crown jewels heist had drawn millions of views, his first instinct was not to rush online and unmask himself. Quite the opposite. A fan of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot who lives with his parents and grandfather in Rambouillet, 30km (19 miles) from Paris, Pedro decided to let the mystery linger. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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frankoconnor.bsky.social
Loving the honesty of the new branding by McDonalds
Loving the honesty of the new branding by McDonalds
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
willderham.bsky.social
These are 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateChaos
chrisnelder.bsky.social Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 13d
Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
November 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
willderham.bsky.social
Short answer, yes - and by a number of our politicians too.
#Housing #HousingCrisis #Homelessness #DerelictIreland #Ireland
orla-hegarty.bsky.social Orla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 17d
“Have we all been gaslit by the construction industry?

Centralising power among a few politicians & lobbyists risks edging towards autocracy. Access to the courts is not an obstacle to progress – it is a safeguard that allows citizens to hold power to account”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
Have we all been gaslit by the construction industry?
‘As a planning consultant, I’ve seen first-hand how public participation strengthens communities’
www.irishtimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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helenbarrett.bsky.social
Mamdani's speech is SO GOOD: respectful, generous, sparkling.
For as long as we can remember, the working people of New York have been told by the wealthy and the well-connected that power does not belong in their hands. Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns: These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power. And yet, over the last 12 months, you have dared to reach for something greater. Now, I know that many have heard our message only through the prism of misinformation. Tens of millions of dollars have been spent to redefine reality and to convince our neighbors that this new age is something that should frighten them. As has so often occurred, the billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30 an hour that their enemies are those earning $20 an hour.
November 5, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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frankoconnor.bsky.social
Another 15 years
No better case for use it or lose it so when it comes to the 180,000+ empty homes across Ireland
#DerelictIreland #VacantIreland
Another 15 years No better case for use it or lose it so when it comes to the 180,000+ empty homes across Ireland #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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clairemullaly.bsky.social
100% this. The housing crisis just benefits too many landlords to put an end to it. Borders counties, and Leitrim in particular is just abandoned home after abandoned home, just waiting to be fixed up and breathed life into.
frankoconnor.bsky.social Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 17d
Another 15 years
No better case for use it or lose it so when it comes to the 180,000+ empty homes across Ireland
#DerelictIreland #VacantIreland
Another 15 years No better case for use it or lose it so when it comes to the 180,000+ empty homes across Ireland #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
willderham.bsky.social
I really enjoyed this …
#History #Heritage #Architecture #WashingtonDC #USA
jgbollard.bsky.social Neil Flanagan 🧱🗃️ @jgbollard.bsky.social · 20d
For 125 years, the preservation of the White House has functioned as an agreement between the influential and the powerful, with no accountability.

When Donald Trump demolished the East Wing, he showed once again how unconstrained the Presidency really is.
White House Architecture Was an Honor System. Trump Noticed.
For 125 years, informal norms constrained what a president could do to one of the nation’s most famous landmarks.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
willderham.bsky.social
Oh. I say …!
alanford56.bsky.social Alan Ford @alanford56.bsky.social · 18d
Ah, nineteenth-century Gothic novels--amazing stuff!
November 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
willderham.bsky.social
“The John Lewis Christmas advert, […] arrives 10 days earlier than last year’s after a general shift towards an earlier Christmas launch in recent years by rivals including Marks & Spencer and the big supermarkets.”

Milking memory for cash and calling it “festive” 😒

(Yes, I am that grinch)
November 4, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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jowolff.bsky.social
Errrrr … how many times God?

God: none actually. Closer to what ICE is doing in American cities.
implausibleblog.bsky.social Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 19d
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"

"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"

"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
willderham.bsky.social
😂😂😂😂
November 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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aidanosullivan.bsky.social
If you’ve broken in, and deliberately set the stairs on fire, you’re trying to prevent people (including little children) from escaping and hoping that the inhabitants burn to death.

Also, this is an attack on a state-sponsored facility. When are we going to call it - it’s terrorism?
news.rte.ie RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 20d
An investigation into an arson attack at an IPAS centre in Drogheda is continuing, after gardaí confirmed a fire had been deliberately started in the building on Friday night.
Investigation continues into arson attack at IPAS centre
An investigation into an arson attack at an IPAS centre in Drogheda is continuing, after gardaí confirmed a fire had been deliberately started in the building on Friday night.
www.rte.ie
November 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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oisinoconnor.bsky.social
This is not what someone does if they are a "concerned local".

And every "protestor" at asylum seeker accommodation is part of the road leading up to something like this being done.
November 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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feljin.ie
Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
willderham.bsky.social
That’s quite the look you’re getting from Mr Haughey 😉
frankmcdonald60.bsky.social Frank McDonald @frankmcdonald60.bsky.social · 20d
If you're in the vicinity of @dculibrary.bsky.social, please pop in to see an exhibition selected from the archive material I've donated. It relates to my first book, The Destruction of Dublin (1985), and the Dublin Crisis Conference I helped to organise in February 1986. A blast from the past!
November 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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gettymuseum.bsky.social
We think these memes are Going Places. 🧳

📖 The Torment of the Proud - Valley of Burning Sulphur (detail) from Visions of the Knight Tondal, 1475, Simon Marmion. Getty Museum, Ms. 30 (87.MN.141), fol. 15v
"My uber driver taking me to taco bell." An angel leads a soul, depicted as a naked man, by the hand across a narrow bridge over a lake of fire.
November 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
willderham.bsky.social
The cover artwork is beautiful 👌🏻
(And the story isn’t half bad either 😉)
#Ireland #Dublin #JamesJoyce #Dubliners #TheDead #Books
thebookshopie.bsky.social TheBookshop.ie @thebookshopie.bsky.social · 20d
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Copies in stock now, ahead of release date next week! A VERY handsome edition of Joyce's The Dead, from @newislandbooks.bsky.social , and introduced by @nualaoconnor.bsky.social . Get one!
November 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM