Legend!
"Homelessness campaigner Martin Leahy has brought the curtain down on his Thursday protest outside Leinster House after 200 weeks.
The Cork musician has sung his song entitled 'Everyone should have a home' at the gates of the national parliament each Thursday lunchtime for the last four years."
https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2026/0326/1565385-dail-singer/
#HousingCrisis #Ireland #mastodaoine #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #Cork #MartinLeahy #HousingForAll #Housing
New apartments, empty shops
The quiet scandal of Ireland’s modern dereliction
Jude Sherry and Dr Frank O’Connor look at how empty ground-floor retail units are becoming the newest blight on our urban centres.
https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/empty-new-buildings-6941117-Feb2026/
#DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #Ireland #HousingCrisis #mastodaoine #housing
465 likes, 10 comments - catuireland on May 24, 2025: "🚨🚨🚨SAVE THE DATE🚨🚨🚨 Saturday July 5th, Dublin city centre - all-island housing demonstration. Will you be there? Tell us why in the comments 👇 Final details to be announced very soon. We invite all to join us on Saturday 5th in Dublin to demand safe secure homes that everyone in our communities deserve. We are sick of our Governments giving landlords and vulture funds a free pass to do as they like while we are seeing our friends and family emigrate; rents rocket to new highs; more and more families forced into emergency accommodation; and public housing being looked over in favour of costly private developments that no worker on an average salary could afford. Workers are being squeezed for every penny we earn, while investment funds see their profits soar. As Ireland's only tenants union we know this housing crisis is a political choice. As a country, we have the resources to end this crisis - but politicians have put profit before public good. Enough is enough. Bígí linn!".
Cork City’s derelict buildings reveal true cost of housing inequality
Dereliction crisis exposes deep-rooted inequality — but a growing movement is showing how community action can drive change
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41616943.html #HousingCrisis #CorkCity #mastodonie #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland
No European city would tolerate the decay and dereliction visible in Dublin.
All of Ireland’s cities and larger towns need positive urban planning. That needs a revolution in government thinking.
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/03/26/no-european-city-would-tolerate-the-decay-and-dereliction-visible-in-dublin/ #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #HousingCrisis #Ireland #mastodaoine #mastodonie
Is it true the number of landlords is falling?
"It is clear the overall number of landlords does not appear to be in decline.
However, the gap between the rental properties available and what is needed in the market remains as large as ever."
https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/0301/1499591-property-landlords-rental/
#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #mastodaoine #housing #Ireland #mastodonie
61 likes, 3 comments - oconnor_frank on September 7, 2024: "People power is beautiful & powerful. When The New York Times covers a campaign you started 4 years ago with a single tweet you are reminded we all have the power to change things, we need to use it. Thanks to everyone who has supported me & Jude @anoisagency @derelictireland in what's been a rollercoaster of a journey to-date. We love that the article starts with one of our dereliction tours of Cork city. We introduced tours from the outset, they've brought a whole new dimension to protest, & have influenced so many people to-date. Thanks to @robstothard for taking such interest in our work & the wider housing emergency in Ireland. And for writing this important piece for the @nytimes. Great to see @cym.cork (who are also @catucork members) included in the piece too. We've worked with both over the last 4 years. Both bring important services & support to Cork. Let's hope this coverage is another step forward in ensuring #everyoneshouldhaveahome in Ireland. #ProtestArt #DerelictIreland #HousingCrisis #VacantIreland #RestPlayWork #RegenerativePlacemaking #Ireland #corkcity #socialactivism #socialcontract #socialjustice #Art #Design #Activism #heritagematters #EvictionBan 🎵 Death to the Landlord by @merylstreek_".
'However, this has been refused by the council due to the buildings passing repeated inspections. This has sparked concerns that the legislation governing the Derelict Sites Register is not fit for purpose'
Haha 2 decades in and the penny is starting to drop?
Because we've no functional #DerelictIreland or #VacantIreland tax you end up with this madness in the middle of a 2 decade long housing crisis.
#IrishPolitics
https://www.businesspost.ie/news/owner-left-43-homes-empty-for-two-years-to-avoid-rent-caps-and-sell-for-higher-price/
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