Ciaran Cuffe tweetz:
Another Dublin squat appears, on Temple Street West in empty Kantor building, along with banner and a nice note!
FIGHT!
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Ciaran Cuffe tweetz:
Another Dublin squat appears, on Temple Street West in empty Kantor building, along with banner and a nice note!
FIGHT!
seems fair enough,.. unused resources should be utilized. more power to them. +1
Yep I have no problem with this- if it isn’t being used there is no problem.
Fair play indeed.
ooh, several breaches of health and safety are about to ensue
probably safer than most modern buildings, in fairness.
Which makes it what… acceptable?
Pfft!
who nicked the jam out of your donut, clamps?
Fine by me, as long as they finish up the drum circle by 9pm.
Good for them.
‘attracting rare creatures’
yeah, you’ll get that alright.
Derelict sites which are consistently ignored by their owners should confiscated and given over to housing associations to develop.
Too many wealthy property owners are letting buildings and sites rot and attract crime while they sip their single malts in their velvet pants.
Yes. Velvet pants.
That’s nothing, I’m partial to wearing ladies smalls myself
*adjusts monocle
Good Lord!!! Gerald, remove these suede pants and get me some velvet ones immediately!!
*pours another malt
Mmm sweaty testicles
…sweaty testicles wrapped in velvet.
Smooth to the touch, but bristle enough to floss off of.
I am wearing black velvet slacks today.
So now, so.
Black or brown shoes tho ?
Seriously now.
If that was proposed by a council or the government, people would go mental.
There would be consternation about putting people in derelict buildings instead of housing.
Ruth Coppinger would liken it to Auchwitcz.
If only …
Should be taxed
So it’s legal to move in anywhere and demand to be allowed stay until a court order is granted?
Usually works for the travellers.
Capital T.
groovy
“testing green technologies” Not sure that mixing skunk and turf briquettes really counts
+300k
Squatters saying its for residents only? gentrification right there.
Derelict buildings should be CPO’d if not developed in a specific period of time. There’s a place near me that’s bee rotting for over 30 years.
Poor bees.
Property tax based on site value would take care of that – we live in hope.
I used to live in hope now I live in Dublin.
They said the building will be residents only, it’s a fairly big space they’re in. It’s not much different from the Grangegorman squatted complex where there was a residents only area, or like the squatted building on Parnell St. where the bottom section is public and upstairs is residents.
Things should happen and I agree that there should be more formal approaches, but there isn’t and NAMA are absolute dirtbags. The squatters around here are actually doing something good turning crap, dodgy places owned by d**kheads into welcoming and hospitable spaces.
There will be raised beds and kids from the flats learning how to use tools and instruments. The horror…
Its probably safer there than in the sh1tbox apartments/houses built during the boom. Good on you guys!
Nice spot in the neighbourhood. Overall I think squatters have been a positive addition to the community in and around Dublin 7. If, at the very least they’re not doing any harm in the area and to the residents around them then I’m happy to see them around. It seems many of them are participating in lots of interesting and worthwhile projects, and it’s obvious enough if you spend enough time around Dublin 1/7 you’ll see some of them are pretty well known/supported characters in the area, ie, they’re most certainly not all ‘blow-ins’.
Keep it up, you have my support and I’ve enjoyed watching yous tapping away at places the last few years.
I wonder what the fire safety situation is like?
You’ve decided that it is yours?
Hmm. Lovely site boys and girls. Lots of carcinogenic chemical leaching and other such poisonous shtuff there considering the activities of the original owners. Sure good intentions will protect y’all. Enjoy.
If there was no landfill or dumping of chemicals on site, 10+ years of non activity will take care of any airborne health impacts from leached chemicals.
Unless there were other activities before the timber merchants I’d say asbestos in the building or arsenic getting into any food (if they grow it there) are likely to be the only potential health impacts from contamination of the site
Ah sure it be grand so. Asbestos and arsenic never did anyone any harm….no wait….
There was a pit/tank on the site many moons ago. Sure the squatters seem like responsible types. I’d be mighty surprised if they haven’t done their risk assessment etc.
With a bit of luck they might dump into that pit and then cover it over again
What’s a bug hotel???
Up north the Housing Executive (provider of public housing) are leafleting addresses asking people to let them know about derelicts. They are even offering 0% loans in order to renovate then rent. Why isn’t Labour in Government demanding similar here?
Middle class crusties who probably know people involved in Seomra Spraoi.
Forever fighting and hating “the suits” and people who don’t think exactly the same way as them.
Life’s too short.
You sound like a nice gentleman
Life’s too short to do things? Weirdo..