Rob Cross
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An increase of 5,454 homeless people in just two years shows that the government's 'Housing For All' policies have failed and need radical change.
📈Nov 2023:
11,542 people homeless (record high)
📈Nov 2024:
15,199 (another record, +32%)
📈Nov 2025:
16,996 (highest ever, +12%)
#HousingCrisis
📈Nov 2023:
11,542 people homeless (record high)
📈Nov 2024:
15,199 (another record, +32%)
📈Nov 2025:
16,996 (highest ever, +12%)
#HousingCrisis
January 2, 2026 at 7:26 PM
An increase of 5,454 homeless people in just two years shows that the government's 'Housing For All' policies have failed and need radical change.
📈Nov 2023:
11,542 people homeless (record high)
📈Nov 2024:
15,199 (another record, +32%)
📈Nov 2025:
16,996 (highest ever, +12%)
#HousingCrisis
📈Nov 2023:
11,542 people homeless (record high)
📈Nov 2024:
15,199 (another record, +32%)
📈Nov 2025:
16,996 (highest ever, +12%)
#HousingCrisis
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 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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
It's really sad to witness today—as the temperature drops in Limerick, a rough sleeper is using the new One Opera Square commercial office/retail development (currently lying empty) for shelter in the midst of a housing crisis—with 16,766 people relying on emergency accommodation.
#HousingCrisis
#HousingCrisis
December 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It's really sad to witness today—as the temperature drops in Limerick, a rough sleeper is using the new One Opera Square commercial office/retail development (currently lying empty) for shelter in the midst of a housing crisis—with 16,766 people relying on emergency accommodation.
#HousingCrisis
#HousingCrisis
December 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
December 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Photo of the platform of Glasnevin railway station, which operated from 1901 to 1910. The platform was demolished in 1916, but some of the station's red-bricked outbuildings still remain behind the Bernard Shaw pub. 🚂🚃
#TheColourOfIreland #Dublin
#TheColourOfIreland #Dublin
December 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Photo of the platform of Glasnevin railway station, which operated from 1901 to 1910. The platform was demolished in 1916, but some of the station's red-bricked outbuildings still remain behind the Bernard Shaw pub. 🚂🚃
#TheColourOfIreland #Dublin
#TheColourOfIreland #Dublin
History Repeating Itself. 😡
Ireland's eviction notices hit 15,000 in 2025—up 35%. That's 54 families a day losing their homes, mostly through no-fault evictions. Landlords are cashing in on rent-pressure loopholes the government promised to close in 2021.
Enough is enough.
#HousingCrisis #ireland
Ireland's eviction notices hit 15,000 in 2025—up 35%. That's 54 families a day losing their homes, mostly through no-fault evictions. Landlords are cashing in on rent-pressure loopholes the government promised to close in 2021.
Enough is enough.
#HousingCrisis #ireland
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
History Repeating Itself. 😡
Ireland's eviction notices hit 15,000 in 2025—up 35%. That's 54 families a day losing their homes, mostly through no-fault evictions. Landlords are cashing in on rent-pressure loopholes the government promised to close in 2021.
Enough is enough.
#HousingCrisis #ireland
Ireland's eviction notices hit 15,000 in 2025—up 35%. That's 54 families a day losing their homes, mostly through no-fault evictions. Landlords are cashing in on rent-pressure loopholes the government promised to close in 2021.
Enough is enough.
#HousingCrisis #ireland
Ireland is in the midst of a housing crisis, with 16,766 people, including 5,274 children, relying on emergency accommodation and likely to hit 17,000 by Christmas. Yet there are 72,000 vacant dwellings nationally connected to services and ready to go.
#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #Ireland
#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #Ireland
December 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Ireland is in the midst of a housing crisis, with 16,766 people, including 5,274 children, relying on emergency accommodation and likely to hit 17,000 by Christmas. Yet there are 72,000 vacant dwellings nationally connected to services and ready to go.
#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #Ireland
#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #Ireland
Disappearing Parks in Cork City.🌳🪄🙈
@corkcitycouncil
maps.app.goo.gl/9r3YptQ8AVSJ...
#ClimateEmergency #BiodiversityCollapse #Cork
@corkcitycouncil
maps.app.goo.gl/9r3YptQ8AVSJ...
#ClimateEmergency #BiodiversityCollapse #Cork
December 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Disappearing Parks in Cork City.🌳🪄🙈
@corkcitycouncil
maps.app.goo.gl/9r3YptQ8AVSJ...
#ClimateEmergency #BiodiversityCollapse #Cork
@corkcitycouncil
maps.app.goo.gl/9r3YptQ8AVSJ...
#ClimateEmergency #BiodiversityCollapse #Cork
Painting over the beautiful red brickwork.🙈
📌South City Market (George's Street Arcade), junction of Drury Street and Fade Street.
🏗️Built: 1878-81
📐Architect: Lockwood & Mawson I W.H. Byrne
📷1961 Photo by Charles Weaver Cushman.
🧐Streetview: maps.app.goo.gl/ZTEki6ACcoKX...
#Dublin #Architecture
📌South City Market (George's Street Arcade), junction of Drury Street and Fade Street.
🏗️Built: 1878-81
📐Architect: Lockwood & Mawson I W.H. Byrne
📷1961 Photo by Charles Weaver Cushman.
🧐Streetview: maps.app.goo.gl/ZTEki6ACcoKX...
#Dublin #Architecture
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Painting over the beautiful red brickwork.🙈
📌South City Market (George's Street Arcade), junction of Drury Street and Fade Street.
🏗️Built: 1878-81
📐Architect: Lockwood & Mawson I W.H. Byrne
📷1961 Photo by Charles Weaver Cushman.
🧐Streetview: maps.app.goo.gl/ZTEki6ACcoKX...
#Dublin #Architecture
📌South City Market (George's Street Arcade), junction of Drury Street and Fade Street.
🏗️Built: 1878-81
📐Architect: Lockwood & Mawson I W.H. Byrne
📷1961 Photo by Charles Weaver Cushman.
🧐Streetview: maps.app.goo.gl/ZTEki6ACcoKX...
#Dublin #Architecture
Reposted by Rob Cross
Utter state enabled vandalism that these 10 homes are wasted for 15 years
A social crime when so many need a home
The owners, Government, Irish Water & Cork County Council should be held to account for this
Photos from @judesherry.bsky.social & my visit
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
A social crime when so many need a home
The owners, Government, Irish Water & Cork County Council should be held to account for this
Photos from @judesherry.bsky.social & my visit
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
December 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Utter state enabled vandalism that these 10 homes are wasted for 15 years
A social crime when so many need a home
The owners, Government, Irish Water & Cork County Council should be held to account for this
Photos from @judesherry.bsky.social & my visit
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
A social crime when so many need a home
The owners, Government, Irish Water & Cork County Council should be held to account for this
Photos from @judesherry.bsky.social & my visit
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm
In the midst of a housing crisis—with 16,766 people, including 5,274 children, relying on emergency accommodation and likely to hit 17,000 by Christmas- Baggot Street Hospital closed in 1987 and has been vacant for roughly 38 years, yes, 38 years.🙈
#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland
#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland
December 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
In the midst of a housing crisis—with 16,766 people, including 5,274 children, relying on emergency accommodation and likely to hit 17,000 by Christmas- Baggot Street Hospital closed in 1987 and has been vacant for roughly 38 years, yes, 38 years.🙈
#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland
#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland
Only in Ireland!😡
In the midst of a housing crisis—with 16,766 people, including 5,274 children, relying on emergency accommodation—10 almost-completed houses in the small County Cork village of Carrignavar have lain idle for more than 15 years.
#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #Cork
In the midst of a housing crisis—with 16,766 people, including 5,274 children, relying on emergency accommodation—10 almost-completed houses in the small County Cork village of Carrignavar have lain idle for more than 15 years.
#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #Cork
December 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Only in Ireland!😡
In the midst of a housing crisis—with 16,766 people, including 5,274 children, relying on emergency accommodation—10 almost-completed houses in the small County Cork village of Carrignavar have lain idle for more than 15 years.
#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #Cork
In the midst of a housing crisis—with 16,766 people, including 5,274 children, relying on emergency accommodation—10 almost-completed houses in the small County Cork village of Carrignavar have lain idle for more than 15 years.
#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #Cork
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...