Frank O'Connor
@frankoconnor.bsky.social
art - design - activism
#DerelictIreland
visit ffud.art & anois.org
#DerelictIreland
visit ffud.art & anois.org
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How to fucking god how can the possibly getting slow? @frankoconnor.bsky.social @judesherry.bsky.social #derelictireland #IrishPolitics
A national slowdown on tackling dereliction continued in January
Ireland's councils only applied to CPO one derelict building last month
A national slowdown on tackling dereliction continued in January.
jrnl.ie
February 15, 2026 at 9:03 PM
How to fucking god how can the possibly getting slow? @frankoconnor.bsky.social @judesherry.bsky.social #derelictireland #IrishPolitics
Take care in the city we share
'Cos its falling all around us
This is #DerelictCork
This is #DerelictIreland
Photo of North Main St in 2021
All 5 buildings are still derelict & frequently crumble onto streets
#speirgorm
'Cos its falling all around us
This is #DerelictCork
This is #DerelictIreland
Photo of North Main St in 2021
All 5 buildings are still derelict & frequently crumble onto streets
#speirgorm
February 15, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Take care in the city we share
'Cos its falling all around us
This is #DerelictCork
This is #DerelictIreland
Photo of North Main St in 2021
All 5 buildings are still derelict & frequently crumble onto streets
#speirgorm
'Cos its falling all around us
This is #DerelictCork
This is #DerelictIreland
Photo of North Main St in 2021
All 5 buildings are still derelict & frequently crumble onto streets
#speirgorm
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February 7, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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Because no one gives a fuck #derelictireland
February 9, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Because no one gives a fuck #derelictireland
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"There has to be some sort of use it or lose it ... many European countries have robust powers of enforcement to prevent dereliction, particularly of historic buildings ... we need stricter rules and more enforcement"
#builtheritage
#derelictireland
#builtheritage
#derelictireland
Vacancy Watch: While neighbours sounded the alarm, a 19th-century villa in Sandymount slid into dereliction. “I think it's so sad that a beautiful little house was destroyed,” says Rosita Sweetman. “It seems we are incredibly bad at managing our housing stock.”
Vacancy Watch: While neighbours sounded the alarm, a 19th-century villa in Sandymount slid into dereliction
“I think it's so sad that a beautiful little house was destroyed,” says Rosita Sweetman. “It seems we are incredibly bad at managing our housing stock.”
www.dublininquirer.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
"There has to be some sort of use it or lose it ... many European countries have robust powers of enforcement to prevent dereliction, particularly of historic buildings ... we need stricter rules and more enforcement"
#builtheritage
#derelictireland
#builtheritage
#derelictireland
Again today 1pm ♥️
Grand Parade, Cork City Ireland
Grand Parade, Cork City Ireland
February 14, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Again today 1pm ♥️
Grand Parade, Cork City Ireland
Grand Parade, Cork City Ireland
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Also Alfonso and Rob from Maremoto who are very illuminating on the concept of asset urbanism. It's also important to recognise the movement level work of people like @frankoconnor.bsky.social, and the many people around CATU that are really doing the hard work on these issues.
February 12, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Also Alfonso and Rob from Maremoto who are very illuminating on the concept of asset urbanism. It's also important to recognise the movement level work of people like @frankoconnor.bsky.social, and the many people around CATU that are really doing the hard work on these issues.
Boycott Zara
Handpainted preowned T-Shirt by ffud
Handpainted preowned T-Shirt by ffud
February 13, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Boycott Zara
Handpainted preowned T-Shirt by ffud
Handpainted preowned T-Shirt by ffud
We Are All Palestine Action
February 13, 2026 at 3:32 PM
We Are All Palestine Action
Me & @judesherry.bsky.social are overwhelmed by response to this award winning Poetry-Film featuring #DerelictIreland campaign & our ffud streetart
Here's closing sequence
It's being screened in various festivals across Ireland, UK & Europe
Poem: Jennifer Horgan
Film: Philip Denvir
#SpeirGorm
Here's closing sequence
It's being screened in various festivals across Ireland, UK & Europe
Poem: Jennifer Horgan
Film: Philip Denvir
#SpeirGorm
February 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Me & @judesherry.bsky.social are overwhelmed by response to this award winning Poetry-Film featuring #DerelictIreland campaign & our ffud streetart
Here's closing sequence
It's being screened in various festivals across Ireland, UK & Europe
Poem: Jennifer Horgan
Film: Philip Denvir
#SpeirGorm
Here's closing sequence
It's being screened in various festivals across Ireland, UK & Europe
Poem: Jennifer Horgan
Film: Philip Denvir
#SpeirGorm
Did I mention Landlord Minister Michael Healy-Rae voted in favour of the RTB changes & got the short-term lets proposal changed to suit himself & his greedy buddies
He really doesn't want everyone to have a home
#speirgorm
He really doesn't want everyone to have a home
#speirgorm
February 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Did I mention Landlord Minister Michael Healy-Rae voted in favour of the RTB changes & got the short-term lets proposal changed to suit himself & his greedy buddies
He really doesn't want everyone to have a home
#speirgorm
He really doesn't want everyone to have a home
#speirgorm
Evict this landlord government
It's shameful & conflict of interest that in Ireland we've landlords not just as elected TDs, not just as members of government but also as ministers deciding housing policy as per last nights RTB
We need to put people who need a home first
ffud.art #DerelictIreland
It's shameful & conflict of interest that in Ireland we've landlords not just as elected TDs, not just as members of government but also as ministers deciding housing policy as per last nights RTB
We need to put people who need a home first
ffud.art #DerelictIreland
February 12, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Evict this landlord government
It's shameful & conflict of interest that in Ireland we've landlords not just as elected TDs, not just as members of government but also as ministers deciding housing policy as per last nights RTB
We need to put people who need a home first
ffud.art #DerelictIreland
It's shameful & conflict of interest that in Ireland we've landlords not just as elected TDs, not just as members of government but also as ministers deciding housing policy as per last nights RTB
We need to put people who need a home first
ffud.art #DerelictIreland
Happy Anniversary Corks non-Event Centre
10 years on from 'turning the sod' developer BAMs PR from that day in 2016 is revealing
Who'd have thought such an attention seeking stunt led by Fine Gael & grabbed by Labour & Sinn Féin would come to represent so much that is wrong
#speirgorm
10 years on from 'turning the sod' developer BAMs PR from that day in 2016 is revealing
Who'd have thought such an attention seeking stunt led by Fine Gael & grabbed by Labour & Sinn Féin would come to represent so much that is wrong
#speirgorm
February 12, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Happy Anniversary Corks non-Event Centre
10 years on from 'turning the sod' developer BAMs PR from that day in 2016 is revealing
Who'd have thought such an attention seeking stunt led by Fine Gael & grabbed by Labour & Sinn Féin would come to represent so much that is wrong
#speirgorm
10 years on from 'turning the sod' developer BAMs PR from that day in 2016 is revealing
Who'd have thought such an attention seeking stunt led by Fine Gael & grabbed by Labour & Sinn Féin would come to represent so much that is wrong
#speirgorm
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Remember the date 11:2:2026 . It will haunt generations.
Sadly the new Residential Tenancies Bill confirms what we all already know
That Politicians Make People Homeless thru' their policies favouring property owners, investment funds over those who need a home
But who's surprised in Government with big Landlords as Ministers calling the shots #speirgorm
That Politicians Make People Homeless thru' their policies favouring property owners, investment funds over those who need a home
But who's surprised in Government with big Landlords as Ministers calling the shots #speirgorm
February 11, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Remember the date 11:2:2026 . It will haunt generations.
Sadly the new Residential Tenancies Bill confirms what we all already know
That Politicians Make People Homeless thru' their policies favouring property owners, investment funds over those who need a home
But who's surprised in Government with big Landlords as Ministers calling the shots #speirgorm
That Politicians Make People Homeless thru' their policies favouring property owners, investment funds over those who need a home
But who's surprised in Government with big Landlords as Ministers calling the shots #speirgorm
February 11, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Sadly the new Residential Tenancies Bill confirms what we all already know
That Politicians Make People Homeless thru' their policies favouring property owners, investment funds over those who need a home
But who's surprised in Government with big Landlords as Ministers calling the shots #speirgorm
That Politicians Make People Homeless thru' their policies favouring property owners, investment funds over those who need a home
But who's surprised in Government with big Landlords as Ministers calling the shots #speirgorm
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Oh sure this is all we need.
So who'd have thought what we really need to solve the housing crisis that has been driven by an ideology (that puts property rights over human rights) & manufactured by government policy was another senior civil servant to add to Housing Minister & his 3 junior housing ministers
#speirgorm
#speirgorm
February 10, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Oh sure this is all we need.
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You can watch this excellent panel here: #Spéirgorm youtu.be/HzuqUXxH2Ns?...
February 10, 2026 at 3:40 PM
You can watch this excellent panel here: #Spéirgorm youtu.be/HzuqUXxH2Ns?...
I think most of us agree the former Tax Office is a wasted eyesore for far too long in Cork city centre
Will the new plans happen?
Who knows
We do know that plans in #DerelictIreland are common place
Action, well that is a different story
But what a city playground it could be
We live with Dóchas
Will the new plans happen?
Who knows
We do know that plans in #DerelictIreland are common place
Action, well that is a different story
But what a city playground it could be
We live with Dóchas
February 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I think most of us agree the former Tax Office is a wasted eyesore for far too long in Cork city centre
Will the new plans happen?
Who knows
We do know that plans in #DerelictIreland are common place
Action, well that is a different story
But what a city playground it could be
We live with Dóchas
Will the new plans happen?
Who knows
We do know that plans in #DerelictIreland are common place
Action, well that is a different story
But what a city playground it could be
We live with Dóchas
We didn't expect such a trippy background at the
@social-democrats.bsky.social annual conference in Cork City at the weekend 😃
@judesherry.bsky.social & I were guests on their Housing Panel & chatted to Rory Hearne & Cllr Lesley Byrne about all things #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #HousingCrisis
@social-democrats.bsky.social annual conference in Cork City at the weekend 😃
@judesherry.bsky.social & I were guests on their Housing Panel & chatted to Rory Hearne & Cllr Lesley Byrne about all things #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #HousingCrisis
February 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
We didn't expect such a trippy background at the
@social-democrats.bsky.social annual conference in Cork City at the weekend 😃
@judesherry.bsky.social & I were guests on their Housing Panel & chatted to Rory Hearne & Cllr Lesley Byrne about all things #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #HousingCrisis
@social-democrats.bsky.social annual conference in Cork City at the weekend 😃
@judesherry.bsky.social & I were guests on their Housing Panel & chatted to Rory Hearne & Cllr Lesley Byrne about all things #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #HousingCrisis
Is there anyone really surprised?
This site has featured in #DerelictIreland campaign since outset
Me & @judesherry.bsky.social have written extensively about issues & how it should be turned into city park thru' meanwhile use scheme, incl. publishing proposal in
@irishexaminer.bsky.social in 2021
This site has featured in #DerelictIreland campaign since outset
Me & @judesherry.bsky.social have written extensively about issues & how it should be turned into city park thru' meanwhile use scheme, incl. publishing proposal in
@irishexaminer.bsky.social in 2021
February 10, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Is there anyone really surprised?
This site has featured in #DerelictIreland campaign since outset
Me & @judesherry.bsky.social have written extensively about issues & how it should be turned into city park thru' meanwhile use scheme, incl. publishing proposal in
@irishexaminer.bsky.social in 2021
This site has featured in #DerelictIreland campaign since outset
Me & @judesherry.bsky.social have written extensively about issues & how it should be turned into city park thru' meanwhile use scheme, incl. publishing proposal in
@irishexaminer.bsky.social in 2021
One thing you can guarantee with a government of @fiannafailparty.bsky.social & Fine Gael is they always look after their own
February 10, 2026 at 2:36 PM
One thing you can guarantee with a government of @fiannafailparty.bsky.social & Fine Gael is they always look after their own
So who'd have thought what we really need to solve the housing crisis that has been driven by an ideology (that puts property rights over human rights) & manufactured by government policy was another senior civil servant to add to Housing Minister & his 3 junior housing ministers
#speirgorm
#speirgorm
February 10, 2026 at 1:46 PM
So who'd have thought what we really need to solve the housing crisis that has been driven by an ideology (that puts property rights over human rights) & manufactured by government policy was another senior civil servant to add to Housing Minister & his 3 junior housing ministers
#speirgorm
#speirgorm
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I am delighted to let you know that I produced the audiobook Displaced in Gaza - 27 Stories from the Gaza Genocide, and thanks to Haymarket and the AFSC, you can listen now for free.
All proceeds from the book sales are going to We Are Not Numbers
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/d...
All proceeds from the book sales are going to We Are Not Numbers
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/d...
February 10, 2026 at 12:18 PM
I am delighted to let you know that I produced the audiobook Displaced in Gaza - 27 Stories from the Gaza Genocide, and thanks to Haymarket and the AFSC, you can listen now for free.
All proceeds from the book sales are going to We Are Not Numbers
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/d...
All proceeds from the book sales are going to We Are Not Numbers
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/d...
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