Frank O'Connor
@frankoconnor.bsky.social
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#DerelictIreland
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Reposted by Frank O'Connor
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.
It's even better than finding out they apparently don't have a bank account.
December 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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.
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
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
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
How are these setting policy?
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
December 31, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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
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
Reposted by Frank O'Connor
Aside from the fact that what Harris is saying is a flat-out lie, everyone has the right to a home.
EVERYONE.
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
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
December 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Aside from the fact that what Harris is saying is a flat-out lie, everyone has the right to a home.
EVERYONE.
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
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
December 31, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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
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
December 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Reposted by Frank O'Connor
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
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
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
& 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
December 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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
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
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
& 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
December 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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
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
How are these setting policy?
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
December 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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
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
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
December 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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
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
Reposted by Frank O'Connor
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December 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Reposted by Frank O'Connor
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
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
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
& 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
December 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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
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
Reposted by Frank O'Connor
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.
December 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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.
December 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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
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
December 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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
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
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
December 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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
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
& 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
December 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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
& 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
December 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Spectacle, boy
December 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Spectacle, boy
Again today 1pm ❤️
Grand Parade Cork City Ireland
Grand Parade Cork City Ireland
December 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Again today 1pm ❤️
Grand Parade Cork City Ireland
Grand Parade Cork City Ireland
Dereliction is a social crime
Costing lives, traumatising generations & destroying our urban environments
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
Costing lives, traumatising generations & destroying our urban environments
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
It's heartbreaking to see today so many boarded-up houses across Limerick City as temperatures drop, rough sleepers seeking shelter outside these derelict and vacant buildings amid a housing crisis 🎄🏚️
📷 Creagh Lane, King's Island, Limerick City.
#HousingCrisis #Limerick
#Christmas #DerelictIreland
📷 Creagh Lane, King's Island, Limerick City.
#HousingCrisis #Limerick
#Christmas #DerelictIreland
December 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Dereliction is a social crime
Costing lives, traumatising generations & destroying our urban environments
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
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
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
December 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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
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
"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
December 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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
"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
Reposted by Frank O'Connor
December 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Reposted by Frank O'Connor
These buildings in Dolphins Barn have been derelict for more than 25 years.
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
These buildings in Dolphins Barn have been derelict for more than 25 years.
Reposted by Frank O'Connor
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
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
December 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Would absolutely love to see our national media pointing at this rather than singling out vulnerable groups of people.