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Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · 5d

Key boxes have become modern-day parasites. Planning compliance rates in Ireland are abysmally low, and regulations are not consistently enforced. No wonder we have record homeless figures every time they're published.
#DerelictIreland #HousingCrisis #Airbnb
Photo: Foster Street in Galway City

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Aug 29

The new record of 5,014 homeless children living in State-provided accommodation is a national disgrace. Ireland's housing system has deteriorated primarily because of ineffective government policies.
#HousingCrisis #Ireland

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Aug 25

31 Too Young To Die.

Seán Collins beside the coffin of his brother, Michael Collins in #Dublin's City Hall where he lay in state for three days following his death at Béal na mBláth in Cork.
The photo was taken on 27th August 1922.
📚#TheColourOfIreland 🇮🇪 #Treaty21 #Éire #Irish

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Aug 24

Beneath lies the original Georgian townhouse entrance (built in c. 1760) with its timber panel door, granite steps, and wrought-iron railings.

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Aug 24

Allowing properties to remain derelict for decades should be considered a crime against the state. Ireland's housing system is in a state of disrepair, primarily due to ineffective Government policies.
📷 78 Dorset Street Upper, Phibsborough, Dublin 1
#DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #Dublin #Ireland

Derelict premises of 78 Dorset Street Upper, Phibsborough, Dublin, D01.

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Aug 9

Leaving properties derelict for decades should be a crime against the state.
It's worth mentioning that by the end of June 2025, another monthly record of 15,915 people—including 4,958 children—were accessing emergency homeless accommodation.
#DerelictIreland
📷Richmond Street, Portobello, Dublin 2

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Aug 8

The neighbouring property was formerly Gig's Place.

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Aug 8

Yes

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Aug 8

An old record exchange shop www.excellentstreetimages.com/dublin-stree...

OLD RECORD SHOP

Many middle aged Dubliners will remember this shop and may have even bought there but I have a feeling that their business was failing well before they closed their doors for the last time in 2003.

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Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Aug 8

No. 43, formerly Gig's Place, is now the Richmond Restaurant—it's great to see these vacant properties coming back to life.
#DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #Dublin #Ireland
richmondrestaurant.ie

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Aug 8

Leaving properties derelict for decades should be a crime against the state.
It's worth mentioning that by the end of June 2025, another monthly record of 15,915 people—including 4,958 children—were accessing emergency homeless accommodation.
#DerelictIreland
📷Richmond Street, Portobello, Dublin 2

Photo of derelict/Vacant property on Richmond Street, Portobello, Dublin 2

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Jul 21

My coloured Robert French c.1900 photo shows tram number 119 travelling along Irishtown Road in the inner suburb of Dublin City. Irishtown (An Baile Gaelach) originated as a settlement in the 1400s when the English expelled the Irish from within the city walls of Dublin.
#TheColourOfIreland

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Jul 14

We should be making livable homes, not 32-square-meter units.
To put this in perspective: a standard tennis court for doubles play is 260 square meters, meaning eight of these minimum-sized studio apartments could fit into a single court.
#HousingCrisis #Ireland

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Jul 11

College Green could have avoided much of its ugly street clutter by using the "third rail" technology, similar to what is used in Bordeaux in France. This technology eliminates the need for poles and power lines. Unfortunately, it wasn't implemented mainly because of cost concerns.
#Streetclutter

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Jul 8

Approaching Connolly Train Station, it's striking to see all the empty fields amid a housing crisis, with over fifteen thousand people accessing emergency accommodation.
#HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Jul 6

Bringing Ireland's Past to Life 🇮🇪⛪️
My restored and coloured Robert French c.1900 photo of Michael's Lane showing, in the background, Synod's Hall of Christ Church Cathedral and the medieval tower of the old St. Michael's Church in the Dublin Liberties.
#TheColourOfIreland #Dublin #Ireland #History

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Jul 6

Then and Now

📅 c1900 and in 2022
📌Michael's Lane (now St. Michael's Close) in the Dublin Liberties behind Synod Hall (Dubinia) in Dublin City.

🧐Google Street View:
maps.app.goo.gl/P5NhA8td9DWZ...
#TheColourOfIreland #Dublin #Ireland #History

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Jul 6

Hidden background details of Michael's Lane in the Dublin Liberties, close to Christ Church Cathedral, circa 1900.
1: Black and White Cat 🐈‍⬛
2: Women's clothes brokers meeting🤝
3: Workman 🚧👷
4: Water Pump 🚰
5: The Washing🧥👖👗
#TheColourOfIreland #Dublin #Ireland #History

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Jul 5

Dublin Liberties children on Michael's Lane in c1900.
#TheColourOfIreland #Dublin #Ireland #History

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Jul 5

Bringing Ireland's Past to Life 🇮🇪👧🧒👚👖👗
My restored and coloured Robert French c.1900 photo of Michael's Lane in the Dublin Liberties close to Christ Church in Dublin City features the local clothes brokers when the lane was a poverty-stricken area.
#TheColourOfIreland #Dublin #Ireland #History

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Jul 4

Then and Now

📅 1895 and in 2024
📌The Malahide Seawater Baths on the Coast Road in Malahide (Mullach Íde) in Fingal, County Dublin.

🧐Google Street View:
maps.app.goo.gl/y5DPauAUVwQC...
#TheColourOfIreland #Dublin #Ireland #History

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Jul 3

My coloured 1895 Robert French photo of The Malahide Seawater Baths in Malahide, County Dublin. Sadly, the baths were demolished in 1984, and an apartment block now stands in their place on the corner of Bath Avenue, immediately beyond the Grand Hotel towards Portmarnock.
#TheColourOfIreland

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Jul 1

Bringing Ireland's Past to Life 🇮🇪⛪️👒🚂🚧
My restored and coloured c.1900 photo from the Eason Photographic Collection of Church Street in the coastal settlement of Malahide (Mullach Íde) in Fingal, County Dublin.
#TheColourOfIreland #Dublin #Ireland

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Jun 29

The transformation of Malahide (Mullach Íde) in Fingal, County Dublin, since 1953 has been remarkable. This growth can largely be attributed to developers who recognised the area's potential in the 1960s, leading to the construction of numerous housing estates.
#TheColourOfIreland #Dublin #Ireland

Rob Cross @robcross247.bsky.social · Jun 28

Bringing Ireland's Past to Life 🇮🇪🛩️📷🚂⛳️
My coloured 1953 aerial photo of Malahide (Mullach Íde) in Fingal, Co. Dublin. The photo features St Sylvester's Catholic Church and the railway line crossing the Broadmeadow estuary on the Broadmeadow viaduct, known locally as "The Arches."
#TheColourOfIreland