19 thoughts on “Inside Job

  1. bisted

    …good riddance…did loads of work with the Ballymun Regeneration people out of the old Corpo…can’t believe it’s nearly 20 years ago.

  2. sǝɯǝɯ ʇɐ pɐq

    I was in a Ballymun flat once.
    It was way back when they were brand new, 19-something.

    At the time they seemed like something out of the Space-Age.
    -You got in a (spotlessly clean) lift to get to your door.
    -Your heating came up through the floor.
    -Everyone was very friendly.
    -It was ‘The Future’.

    I’ve always wanted to go back and see how things progressed, but never found the time.
    Too late now I suppose.

      1. sǝɯǝɯ ʇɐ pɐq

        Strangely enough, the only person I still know who lived in that flat was a newborn baby at the time, and the primary reason I was dragged along on a visit.
        She lives on my road now, as far from Ballymun as you can get without living near a shop that sells black wellington boots.
        She’s doing well for herself

    1. classter

      I’m shocked they didn’t leave one block in place & refurb it.

      Those towers are an important part of the social, cultural & historical history of Dublin.

        1. sǝɯǝɯ ʇɐ pɐq

          historical history>
          -Don’t be daft. That’s all in the past. Nobody cares about that stuff.

          Bottom line, if it can’t be misappropriated and/or easily adopted it’s a non-mover.
          Nobody needs facts.

    2. linbinius

      Lived there as a kid in the 80’s……The under floor heating WAS exceptional. Couldn’t vouch for the rest though.

    1. sǝɯǝɯ ʇɐ pɐq

      ‘Memories‘, eh?
      You keep using that word, but I don’t think it means what you think it means.

  3. ElZilcho

    The IFI Archive at Lunchtime is currently showing a film dating from about 1970 or so, documenting the building of the flats. The narrative is rather cheery. Worth a look if you have half an hour to spare at lunchtime in town.

  4. rugbylane

    ‘sfunny how the “inside job” headline is presumably understood by most readers? Or maybe not.

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