I had a few moments to kill this evening on my late return home so I wandered over to the other side of the Liffey to see what Heuston Station looked like from a different angle.  When you heavily defocus, and in the late evening light, it looks almost oriental, like the palace in Octopussy….I [...]

Another shot from the abandoned house in Warrenpoint where my mother-in-law grew up. (It wasn’t abandoned when she lived there!)

This old fella was off towards Block C of the Iveagh Flats today. Built by the Guinness Trust in 1901 as an affordable housing scheme, they sure don’t build em like they used to. You can see more of my wander around Camden Row and New Bride Street on Flickr

The house that my mother in law was born and grew up in is up for sale. A ten room victorian town house on the front at Warrenpoint. It hasn’t been in use since the 60′s and is in need of total renovation. We made an appointment “to view” the property with the estate agent [...]

Last week An Bord Pleanála upheld permission for Tegral to go ahead with a €75m development plan for it’s Athy factories. The plant we see here will have it’s operations moved to a greenfield site near town in a couple of years time.

This awesome property lies abandoned and boarded up in Effra Road, D6. Someone could be living there…me for instance. All the owner needs to do is say “Elliot, I’ve got a spare house. Bit of a fixer-upper, but it’s yours if you want it.”