Frank O'Connor
@frankoconnor
art - design - activism #DerelictIreland ffud.art | anois.org
Love & solidarity ❤️ From me & @judesherry.bsky.social You can support "NO BUILDING OVER BESSBOROUGH" rally on this Sat. 18th, 2.30pm Grand Pde, Cork City We chalked "923 hearts for 923 beautiful souls" piece earlier today on derelict property on Clontarf St next to Bus Station #derelictireland
I see the vandalism of Boole House continues Disgraceful by Cork City council & UCC Not easy to change culture around dereliction when you've all this wheeling & dealing by state bodies, without actually ending the dereliction Some example to set for everyone #DerelictIreland
Seriously how this piece claims to show the real meaning of fast fashion is beyond me .. No mention of over consumption & resource use, carbon footprint, pollution impacts, worker health & exploitation, increased waste & landfill ... But lots of normalising of a toxic industry 😬 #speirghorm
For 6 yrs me & @judesherry.bsky.social have taken people for dereliction tours of Cork for free to challenge Irish culture around this vandalism Tours have been a huge success, thank you all Now we are charging a fee so we can continue #DerelictIreland movement Visit: ffud.art
"As such ‘Use it or Lose It’ polices could be designed to target homes owned by companies, bank and large landlords" Me & @judesherry.bsky.social make the case for compulsory sales & rental & custodian squatting in this weeks housing piece in The Journal #DerelictIreland
Walking, talking & chalking are central to @judesherry.bsky.social & my life together over past decade, most recently #DerelictIreland So if you really want to see Cork city thru' new eyes join our #DerelictCork Walking Tour Book on ffud.art Sat. 18th July 11am - 12.30 €20pp #tourism #protestart
In terms of our Journal piece today on "Use It or Lose It" here's @judesherry.bsky.social making case for compulsory sales, compulsory rental at Oireachtas last year Its hard to say it but hoarding homes in Housing Crisis is just like hoarding food in Famine Everyone should have a home❤️ #speirghorm
Don't pay your Vacant Homes Tax Fine, let's bring in 'Use It Or Lose It' so ... Then you won't have the hassle of trying to avoid the vacant home tax anymore Jude Sherry & my thoughts in todays The Journal on whats needed next to tackle #DerelictIreland www.thejournal.ie/housing-essa...
Have a look at the derelict site in photo Cork City Council spent €599,143 on this last year Yep €599,143 on an empty site that they do not own Yes they do not own it It's our Non Event Centre Seemingly they are all the rage This is seriously #DerelictIreland
This is f*cked up A government that enables this will never solve the housing crisis because its not in their own interest
No surprise This was designed to fail Me & @judesherry.bsky.social called it out in piece for Irish Examiner (Oct '22) We also raised it in the Oireachtas (Oct '25) But all falling on deaf ears 'cos its a manufactured housing crisis Time for 'Use It or Lose It' so we have homes not #DerelictIreland
This is outrageous Who are our politicians serving? Because its not the vulnerable or those in real need Everyone should have a home
Its an ideology issue People need homes + empty homes = People with a home Everyone should have a home in #DerelictIreland
Cork city welcomes the European Commissioners to historic medieval centre, dereliction is in vogue 😉
Evictions are on the rise 😢 Government will be delighted Their policies are working for the landlords (which include many politicians) 😡
Someone has been sitting on this historic property on Fr Matthew Quay, Cork city centre for a very, very long time Everyone else has to suffer consequences Built around 1800, sad to see this level of vandalism, captured so well by the photo, particularly the bleakness & scale #DerelictIreland
11% rise in numbers in emergency accommodation in 12 months when in reality everyone should have a home with all the vacant houses Do not accept this as normal Its not And sadly you can add another 300k hidden homeless This is structural violence #speirghorm #housingcrisis
The photo and the piece on #DerelictIreland in The New York Times in 2024 was done by Robert Stothard, who came on one of our dereliction walking tours in Cork City earlier that year Here is a flavour of the piece:
In 2021 @judesherry.bsky.social & I released this landmark report bunking common myths around dereliction Jude had spent 3 months going through all publicly available data for over 300 derelict properties we identified in Cork city Free access here: indd.adobe.com/view/fbe49c7... #DerelictIreland
And here is the 1st house we shared in 2020 to start the year-long daily thread, featured in The New York Times in 2024 Check out the pose of the pigeon on the roof😀 #DerelictIreland
Me & Jude had to start somewhere It just happened to be here The house that is still not derelict in Cork city The house that's featured all over the media far & wide including being photographed for a piece on #DerelictIreland in The New York Times in '24 But its still not derelict 😉😉 Seriously 😬😬
