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IT WAS A long few days for politicians up and down the country since votes were cast on Saturday.
But, after two full days of counting, we know now who’ll be making up the 180 TDs in the 33rd Dáil.
Among the new cohort are plenty of new faces – some are experienced politicians, while others are closer to political novices.
So here’s the definitive list of the new TDs who’ll be walking the corridors of Leinster House soon enough:
Jennifer Murnane O’Connor (FF) – Carlow-Kilkenny
On a bad day for Fianna Fáil, Murnane O’Connor was one new candidate elected in Carlow-Kilkenny.
She was elected to the Seanad in 2016, where she was the party’s spokesperson on housing, planning and local government.
This was her third time standing for a Dáil seat.
Malcolm Noonan (GP) – Carlow-Kilkenny
Noonan is the longest-serving Green Party councillor. The 53-year-old, who is a former Mayor of Kilkenny, was elected in Carlow-Kilkenny.
A community and environmental activist, he contested the leadership of the Green Party in 2011.
Matt Carthy (SF) – Cavan-Monaghan
Carthy has been an MEP for the Midlands North-West constituency since 2014.
Starting out as a councillor in Monaghan, Carthy was one of the rare Sinn Féin successes at the European elections in 2016.
Pauline Tully (SF) – Cavan-Monaghan
Elected in Cavan-Monaghan, Tully was a Cavan County Councillor from 1999 to 2012.
On Christmas Eve 2014, she was assaulted by her ex-husband Pearse McCauley. McCauley was a senior member of the IRA and spent 10 and a half years in prison for the manslaughter of Jerry McCabe.
In December 2015 she gave a harrowing account of the assault to the late Marian Finucane on RTÉ.
Tully is a teacher at Breifne College in Cavan.
Michael McNamara (independent) – Clare
A former member of the Labour Party, Michael McNamara was elected in Clare.
A former member of Labour, McNamara will be no doubt familiar with the procedures of the Dáil – he was elected as a Labour TD in 2011 before being expelled from the party in 2015 for voting against the government.
Violet-Anne Wynne (SF) – Clare
With a degree in psychology and a background in the reserve Defence Forces, Wynne was elected in Clare.
She describes herself as a stay-at-home mother, she ran unsuccessfully in the local council elections in 2019.
Cathal Crowe (FF) – Clare
The Fianna Fáil mayor was the first to put the government’s planned commemoration of the RIC on the agenda, by stating that he would boycott the planned RIC commemoration.
Crowe is a well-known local politician in his Clare constituency and topped the poll in his ward in the local elections last year.
James O’Connor (FF) – Cork East
The youngest TD in the Dáil, O’Connor unseated running mate and sitting TD Kevin O’Keefe to win a seat in Cork East. Aged 22, the election makes him one of the youngest TDs ever.
Still, the Trinity College Dublin graduate already has plenty of political experience – he was elected to Cork County Council in May 2019 and has previously worked as a ministerial assistant.
Thomas Gould (SF) – Cork North-Central
A Sinn Féin councillor since 2009, Gould just lost out in the Cork North-Central by-election in November 2019.
A logistics manager by trade, he previously contested the 2016 general election.
Colm Burke (FG) – Cork North-Central
A senator since 2016, Colm Burke was the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on health. A former MEP, he is also a former Lord Mayor of Cork.
Burke unsuccessfully contested a seat in Cork North Central in the by-election in November. By winning a seat in the general election, Burke is becoming a TD for a constituency he first ran for back in 1982.
Christopher O’Sullivan (FF) – Cork South-West
The fourth member of his family to pursue a career in politics, O’Sullivan was elected alongside his girlfriend and Social Democrats candidate Holly Cairns in Cork-South West.
The current Mayor of Cork, he has been a councillor since 2007.
Holly Cairns (Soc Dem) – Cork South-West
The only female TD in Cork, Cairns was elected in Cork South-West. A local councillor since 2019, she is a farmer and a small business owner from Turk Head.
Holder of a master’s in organic horticulture, her election was seen as a major victory for the Social Democrats.
Padráig Mac Lochlainn (SF) – Donegal
A current senator, Mac Lochlainn is a former TD who was elected in 2011. He just lost out on a seat in Donegal in the 2016 election.
An experienced politician, he is a former Mayor of Buncrana with a background in community activism.
He was the first TD from a Traveller background elected to the Dáil.
Cian O’Callaghan (Soc Dem) – Dublin Bay North
With a background in social policy and healthcare economics, O’Callaghan was elected to the Dáil in Dublin Bay North.
The 40-year-old was elected to Fingal County Council in 2009 and is the Social Democrats spokesperson on energy and climate change.
He was Mayor of Fingal from 2012 to 2013, making him the ‘first openly gay mayor‘ in the country.
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Lab) – Dublin Bay North
The former TD, who lost his seat in 2016, regained it in Dublin Bay North.
For the last four years, the former Minister of State for Drugs Strategy has been representing Labour in the Seanad.
Chris Andrews (SF) – Dublin Bay South
A former Fianna Fáil TD, Andrews was elected in Dublin Bay South. His election marks a long-awaited return to the Dáil for the experienced politician, who was first elected as a councillor in Dublin in 1999.
Andrews comes from a Fianna Fáil family, before joining Sinn Féin after he lost his seat in 2011.
Neasa Hourigan (GP) – Dublin Central
A first-time Green Party TD, Hourigan was elected in Dublin Central.
A current councillor in Dublin, she has worked as an architect and a university lecturer. She is the party’s finance spokesperson.
Gary Gannon (Soc Dem) – Dublin Central
A councillor in Dublin since 2014, Gannon was elected in Dublin Central. He lost out on a seat in the constituency by only a few seats in 2016, while he also contested the European elections for the Social Democrats in 2019.
He has a degree in history and political science.
Duncan Smith (Lab) – Dublin Fingal
Duncan Smith was elected in Dublin Fingal. A councillor, he contested the Dublin Fingal by-election in November, putting in a strong performance.
He first ran in the 2014 local elections for Labour.
Emer Higgins (FG) – Dublin Mid-West
The 34-year-old was elected in Dublin Mid-West. She is the Chief of Staff for Paypal and unsuccessfully contested the November 2019 by-election in the constituency.
A board member of UCD, she has been a councillor for nine years.
Paul McAuliffe (FF) – Dublin North-West
The current Lord Mayor of Dublin, McAuliffe was elected in Dublin North-West.
A city councillor for over 10 years, he contested the local elections for the Progressive Democrats in 2004.
Neale Richmond (FG) – Dublin Rathdown
36-year-old Neale Richmond was elected to the Seanad in 2016. The Fine Gael spokesperson on EU Affairs and the Chairman of the Brexit Committee, he is also a former political advisor.
During the Brexit negotiations, Richmond became a frequent contributor and government representative in Irish and UK media.
He was elected to a seat in Dublin Rathdown.
Patrick Costello (GP) – Dublin South-Central
Costello, who won a seat in Dublin South Central, was first elected as a councillor in the 2014 local elections.
The Green Party spokesperson on transport, he is a child protection social worker and formerly worked in homeless and addiction services.
Francis Noel Duffy (GP) – Dublin South-West
A councillor on South Dublin County Council, Duffy won a seat in Dublin South West.
The husband of Green TD Catherine Martin, he also ran in the 2016 general election.
He is a lecturer for the School of Architecture in TU Dublin and a former deputy mayor.
Paul Donnelly (SF) – Dublin West
A first-time TD, Donnelly has been a councillor since 2014. He attracted attention during the count for being elected on the first count in Leo Varadkar’s constituency, while the taoiseach had to wait until the fifth count.
He first contested a by-election for Sinn Féin in 1998.
Roderic O’Gorman (GP) – Dublin West
First elected to Fingal County Council in 2014 and re-elected in 2019, O’Gorman was elected in Dublin West.
He is a law lecturer in Dublin City University. The 38-year-old is the chairperson of the Fingal Joint Policing Committee and serves on a number of local school boards of management.
Ossian Smyth (GP) – Dún Laoghaire
Green Party candidate Ossian Smyth was first elected to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council in 2014. The gaeilgeoir was made chairperson of the council in 2018.
Smyth was also a technical project manager at St Vincent’s Hospital and has volunteered as a mentor at a local coderdojo. Prior to the election, he was the party’s digital policy spokesperson.
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (FG) -Dún Laoghaire
A relative newcomer in elected office, Carroll MacNeill won a seat on Dún Laoghaire Rathdown council on her first attempt in 2019.
The former solicitor and barrister, however, will be no stranger to Leinster House. She has been a senior advisor to different government departments and a former legal advisor to Enda Kenny.
Multiple media appearances in recent days show she’s a confident operator and she takes the sole seat for Fine Gael in Dún Laoghaire as Mary Mitchell O’Connor lost her seat and Maria Bailey didn’t run this time.
Cormac Devlin (FF) – Dún Laoghaire
The Fianna Fáil man was first elected to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Council in 2004 and has been re-elected to the council in every local election since.
He has won a seat in the Dáil at the second attempt, after losing out in 2016. That same year, he was elected chairperson of the council.
Devlin is involved in local organisations such as Cuala GAA in Dalkey, Beaufort Day Care Centre and Sallynoggin College of Further Education.
Mairead Farrell (SF) – Galway West
Sinn Féin took a seat in Galway West with Mairead Farrell, a 30-year-old NUIG graduate who joined the party in 2008.
She sat on the Sinn Féin Republican Youth’s National Committee for five years and has previously served on Galway City Council.
Pa Daly (SF) – Kerry
Taking the reins for Sinn Féin in Kerry from long-time TD Martin Ferris, Pa Daly was elected on the first count in the constituency on Sunday.
He served on the local council, as well as being a solicitor based in Tralee. He’s also been involved with the Na Gaeil GAA and Tralee Dynamos.
Norma Foley (FF) – Kerry
Winning the last seat in Kerry at the expense of party colleague John Brassil, Fianna Fáil’s Norma Foley is a former school teacher who got involved in local politics over 15 years ago.
She was elected to Kerry County Council in 2004, has been mayor of Tralee on three occasions and served as the Mayor of Kerry in 2018-19.
Réada Cronin (SF) – Kildare North
Sinn Féin’s Réada Cronin has won a seat in the Dáil at the second attempt, after failing to get in in 2016.
She had previously served as a councillor on Kildare County Council from 2014 to 2019.
Patricia Ryan (SF) – Kildare South
Sinn Féin’s Patricia Ryan earned notoriety on the campaign for being on holiday for a period of it.
She was elected to Kildare County County in the 2019 local elections and had previously been unsuccessful in the 2016 general election.
Cathal Berry (independent) – Kildare South
Cathal Berry is a medical doctor who’s been elected to the Dáil for the first time of asking. He’s a former deputy commander within the Defence Forces and urged the minister of defence to resign after he himself had resigned after 23 years service last year.
Berry says he’s “not a career politician” and said his priorities include healthcare, housing, the environment, education and the plight of Defence Force families.
Kieran O’Donnell (FG) – Limerick City
Having lost the Dáil seat he’d held from 2007 to 2016, Fine Gae’s Kieran O’Donnell was elected to the Seanad in 2016.
A qualified chartered account with a degree in business studies, he’d been the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on finance before regaining a Dáil seat in the general election.
Brian Leddin (GP) – Limerick City
An engineering graduate from the University of Limerick, Green Party candidate Brian Leddin won the final seat in Limerick City for the party.
He won a seat to Limerick City and County Council last year and is the Green Party’s spokesperson on energy.
Richard O’Donoghue (independent) – Limerick County
A former Fianna Fáil member who left the party in 2015, Richard O’Donoghue unsuccessfully ran as an independent in the 2016 general election.
He was first elected to Limerick City and County Council in 2014 and retained his seat there in 2019. He says his number one priority for his constituency is housing.
Sorcha Clarke (SF) – Longford-Westmeath
Elected on the first count in Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Féin’s Sorcha Clarke is a former Mullingar councillor who lost her seat in the 2019 local elections.
A qualified accountant, she runs a Midlands-based security business with her husband and is active in various community groups across the two counties dealing with disability services, domestic violence and access to education.
Joe Flaherty (FF) – Longford-Westmeath
Longford man Joe Flaherty was elected to the local council in the 2019 local elections.
He is the managing director of Johnston Press, which publishes newspapers such as the Longford Leader and the Dundalk Democrat.
Ruairí Ó Murchú (SF) – Louth
Sinn Féin’s Ruairí Ó Murchú was co-opted to Louth County Council in 2017 and kept his seat in the 2019 local elections.
He has a degree in computer applications and a Masters in computing. He is a political activist and works for Sinn Féin’s election department. He takes a seat for Sinn Féin in Louth, replacing Gerry Adams who’d held a seat there since 2011.
Ged Nash (Lab) – Louth
Labour’s Ged Nash won a seat to the Dáil in 2011 but lost the seat in 2016.
He’s the party’s spokesperson on employment and social protection. He was co-opted to Louth County Council in 2002 and retained his seat until elected to the Dáil.
Nash was appointed Minister of State for small business and collective bargaining in 2014. He is a former PR consultant and teacher.
Rose Conway-Walsh (SF) – Mayo
Elected to the Seanad in 2016, Rose Conway-Walsh has served as Sinn Féin’s leader in the upper house of the Oireachtas.
She previously served on Mayo County Council and lives in Belmullet. She has a degree in public management and a Masters in local government.
Alan Dillon (FG) – Mayo
In the 2011 general election, Fine Gael won four seats in Mayo including Taoiseach-to-be Enda Kenny. This time, they won two and former two-time All-Star winner Alan Dillon won one of them.
A first-time candidate, Dillon player over 100 senior county games for Mayo before retiring from inter-county football in 2017. He provides validation consulting and engineering managed services to company projects.
Dillon also has a degree in applied mathematics and biology and a Masters in pharmaceutical science.
Darren O’Rourke (SF) – Meath East
Another Sinn Féin candidate who was unsuccessful in 2016 but won a seat this time around is Darren O’Rourke who topped the poll in Meath West.
He has been a councillor on Meath County Council since the 2014 local elections. He was re-elected to the council in the 2019 local elections. O’Rourke is a PhD student researching major health service reform.
Johnny Guirke (SF) – Meath West
Yet another Sinn Féin poll topper, Johnny Guirke was first elected to Meath County Council in the 2014 local elections.
He retained that seat in 2019 and will enter the 33rd Dáil for Sinn Féin after Peadar Tóibín had previously held a seat for the party there before he left to form Aontú.
Claire Kerrane (SF) – Roscommon-Galway
Sinn Féin’s Claire Kerrane will be no stranger to the Oireachtas despite it being her first time elected to the Dáil.
She works as a political advisor on social protection with Sinn Féin in Leinster House. She is a qualified secondary school teacher in English and politics.
Kerrane is from Roscommon and has campaigned against closing the A&E unit in Roscommon and for the continuation of domestic turf cutting rights.
Marian Harkin (independent) – Sligo-Leitrim
A true political veteran, independent Marian Harkin is a former MEP and TD.
She served as an Independent TD in the Sligo-Leitrim constituency from 2002 to 2007 and as MEP from 2004 to 2019. She did not contest the 2019 European elections.
Frank Feighan (FG) – Sligo-Leitrim
Fine Gael’s Frank Feighan became a Senator in 2016. He previously served two Dáil terms from 2007 to 2016 and served in the Seanad from 2002 to 2007.
Feighan is the co-chair of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly. He is a member of the most recent Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement.
Martin Browne (SF) – Tipperary
Sinn Féin’s Martin Browne served on the local council from 2014 but lost his seat in the 2019 elections.
Locally, he’s involved with groups such as the Cashel Playground Development Community, Spafield Crescent Residents Association and Cashel Meals on Wheels.
Matt Shanahan (Independent) – Waterford
Independent Matt Shanahan was co-opted onto Waterford City & County Council in January 2019. He retained his seat on the council in the May 2019 local elections.
He says his number one priority for the constituency are the “important pillars” of Waterford Hospital and WIT.
Marc O’Cathasaigh (GP) – Waterford
The Green Party’s Marc O’Cathasaigh was first elected to Waterford City and County Council in the 2019 local elections.
He is the Green Party spokesperson on social protection and is a primary school teacher working in Tramore.
Johnny Mythen (SF) – Wexford
Johnny Mythen lost his council seat in 2019 but was elected this time around in Wexford on the first count with a huge surplus.
The former ESB worker and trade union representative was first elected to the council in 2014.
Verona Murphy (independent) – Wexford
Verona Murphy is a former Fine Gael by-election candidate who ran in the November 2019 elections for Wexford where she finished in third place.
She was dropped from the party ticket following criticism over a series of comments about migrants she made during the by-election campaign.
Jennifer Whitmore (Soc Dem) – Wicklow
First elected as an independent councillor in 2014, Jennifer Whitmore retained her seat as a SocDems candidate in the 2019 local elections.
She unsuccessfully contested the 2016 Seanad election and is the Social Democrats spokesperson for children.
Whitmore is the chair of the council’s committee on climate and biodiversity. She previously spent time in Australia where she worked as a senior policy analyst and has degrees in ecology and environmental law.
Steven Matthews (GP) – Wicklow
Green Party candidate Steven Matthews was first elected to Wicklow County Council in 2014. He was re-elected in the 2019 local elections.
He served as chairperson of the Bray district in 2016 and 2019 and is the Green Party spokesperson on water. Matthews also has a degree in planning and environmental management.
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Why don’t they buy or rent a building like the rest of us? Squatters should have no rights whatsoever and it’s a disgrace that people can’t get them out of their properties without going through the legal system. If I own a building and someone else thinks they can live in it for free they are seriously deluded.
The law is not on their side here as there is no such thing as squatters rights.
But it does raise the question about whether a landlord can leave a building empty and become derelict when there is a shortage of supply, a lack of housing and a decimation of public and social services. Especially for more than a decade and during not one, but two property booms.
There were some laws passed which would allow the Council to take possession of such buildings, yet DCC and others do not seem to have done much here. More laws are obviously needed with possibly the DOE giving councils a kick up the ar$€
This building was lying empty due to a ownership debate and couldn’t be sold until it was finalised. It is very valuable and an eyesore. It was set to be redeveloped a few yrs ago but the court has taken some time to remove the squatters. These squatters are hippyish self entitled morons. They are holding back employment by not allowing this building be redeveloped creating real jobs.
“Ireland’s most famous squatters”? – never heard of them before now.
Same. I thought this was going to be about the DIT campus squatters.
Neither have I. Like the journalist also portrays them well. Its quite simple. Man buys building. People enter and squat. Man “asks” for them to be removed in *court* because he owns and wants to sell and theres a risk they could sue for accident. Squatters are not paying rent. This threat annoys squatters. Squatters go to journal complaining and looking pathetic with no structured argument or addressing any open obvious questions. journalist gives them platform without asking the obvious questions like “don’t you realize that you *don’t* own the building.
“Irelands most famous squatters” were those pompous arrogant clowns in Dalkey – they are the ones that I would have a problem with squatting.
In this case,
IF the building has been vacant,
IF they are not damaging it or engaging in any illegal or anti-social practices and IF they are not hindering the owners taking back full vacant possession, then why not leave them there until the time comes that an agreed date can be arranged for them to move out.
They basically want to live rent free and without having to work. Try get a job and live in the real world. Then you can keep your home and do what you like with the rest of your money. Stop wasting ours!
imagine you owned a property and these undesirables felt they had some right to just take it from you. would you even negotiate with them? Personally i would envisage them bouncing off the pavement as they are swiftly ejected mid sentence
Crazy country.. The people that DONT own the building can trespass and set up businesses in it etc.. The people that DO own it have to go to court in order to get back their building. Nuts.
Crazy county… The people occupy a building that has been lying vacant for over a decade in ruins, and turn it into a hub of activity. The people who claim ownership leave it to rot and then go running to the courts when people decided to fix it up. Nuts.
I assume the fact they are running a business from this building they are fully tax compliant and are paying commercial rates.
It’s all run on an non-profit basis. The money that comes in from donations goes directly back into the space; it’s completely self contained.
Everything is run on a non-profit basis. All of the money that comes in via donations is directly put back into the space; it’s completely self contained.
you won’t see the council scrambling to find emergency accommodation for these.
Fair play to them, whether or not you agree worth there idea you have to respect that they live it as they talk it. If they have to move hopefully they get another storable building. I can’t see that they’re harming anyone, good luck to them
Worth = with storable = suitable :(
Fair play to them? They’re squatters, they don’t own the building. Too many people think they can just take or occupy what is not theirs.
If they put as much effort and resources into seeking employment and working, as they have done refurbishing this building, maybe they could afford a place of their own.
Yeah they should move on, but it was empty for years before they moved in. Not everyone sees life/society the same. Is have more respect for people like this than someone bucking the system in the normal ways, at least they are living life on their principles, even if we don’t agree with them, is more positive than sitting on the street begging
Yes, they could, and they could lock the doors and refuse to do anything for anyone else, ever. Wouldn’t that be nice.
Instead they put all that effort into fixing up a building that had been left to rot and running a space that benefits hundreds of people locally. They don’t claim benefits or ask for anything except whatever donations people can afford.
If you go into the cafe with no money they will still feed you. Dreadful isn’t it.
I miss the days when you could send the police in the baton charge the crusty filth. They should move back home to their parents until they’ve grown up a bit more.
“My body..my choice..- legalize abortion”.
We know the types.
Vegan cafe says it all
John we believe in live and let live. …..remember
Unlikely to be welcomed at the White Moose Cafe
Jaysus. What is this country coming to? A few people try to make a difference, non-profit and using a city centre space that has been left to rot. Yet the majority of you take umbrage because they are not paying 1300+ a month for a hovel and are not as miserable as you. Keep eating what you’re fed.
Anto , how would you feel if you had a holiday home in the country that you don’t really use and a group of people moved in and decided to live there ?
If it was a holiday home that I hadn’t set foot in and neglected for 10 years I wouldn’t give a fcuk.
Hey Suzie. I think if I took that few holidays, I wouldn’t have a holiday home. Best; Anto.
Ferdia?
Enough said.
I know it’s not the issue, but why can’t you comment on an article if someone has been charged or a case is ongoing, yet here you have an ongoing case but also the fecking solicitor for one of the parties making interviews! WTF!
Because this is a civil issue which has no jury whereas a criminal case would
The property owners should take a leaf out of Gary Nevilles book here and let them stay for the winter, they can then leave at an agreed upon date next year.
They have been there 10 winters already
They haven’t been there for ten years. The owner of the building left it vacant for ten years,
Maybe the owner bought the premises 10 years ago, and by the time planning permission, for whatever their plans were, was granted the financial crash happened and couldn’t raise the finance to carry out such plans.
I don’t think many property owners or lenders think is is financially savvy to let a property sit there idle for such a long period unless there was some underlying circumstances
They’ve only been there since March 15.
Ownership of the building is unclear as the previous owner Ellen McGuill died over 13 years ago. A company named as Vandelure Limited is currently proclaiming ownership, but they don’t have any registered directors and their last publicly available records date back to 1992.
The owners were quite happy to leave these people here for over 10 years …they secured this building and kept it sliver. .the owners got free security and now they fancy a quick buck..I see the usual nazis are making comments but I’d ask them what they have done to help anyone apart from themselves
Sliver?..predictive text…should be..kept building alive
So if someone believes that you shouldn’t get a property for free it makes then a Nazi. You know you need to stop overusing that term since it is starting to lose its meaning.
I see you live in London Stephen. .so mind your own business please…what happens in Ireland has nothing to do with you..
What does living in London have to do with having an opinion on this or not? Any way that is irrelevant since I am moving back to Dublin in less than two weeks now. Looking forward to it. Can’t think of a better way to celebrate than reading about a gang of crusties being turfed out of a building they have no right to be in.
So fingers crossed it happens.
Other countries, such as the UK, have laws that allow the council or state take back buildings from owners that leave them vacant for more than a few years.
These countries recognise that allowing buildings to become vacant for long periods of time or derelict should be classified as anti-social behaviour because it damages the rest of the area visually, financially and socially.
This building owner has left this building for ten years and should have the building taken off them an sold or put to a community use.
So someone is left their family home and unable to fix it up for financial reasons. They save for years to do it up and realise they cant reach on it. They decide to sell and buy something smaller or in a cheaper area. Then realise the property is no longer theirs. This is a case of the working class getting shafted again
of course the owners have to get rid of them they are there 10 years. anybody know what happens at 12 years. the squatters can claim adverse position.
Only if there is no contact with the true owners. Once contact is made within 12 years it dose not. If however the owners go away again they can start again.
The current inhabitants have only been in ownership since March of this year. The building has being occupied by different parties over the last ten years, primarily drug addicts and such like.
The place will be alive with fleas and maggots.
Anti establishment, know all pains in the hole.
Some people just need to grow up is
I expect if there was a tragedy on the premises the owners will be fully liable for permitting the trespassers to occupy for so long and the SF/Eirigi/PBP/AAA rainbow coalition will be outside campaigning for justice.
The new AAA headquarters
Ireland doen’t “do” squatters rights..There is no provision in law for it…
I think what they’ve done there is very inventive. I’ll genuinely feel sorry for this little community when they are forced to leave.
Hey,
Squatting is an action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building – usually residential – that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use.
The judge might change the meaning of upward only rent, commercial rates and corporation tax when he is at it.
The outcome of this one could be a game changer.
Hopefully he doesn’t. Irish society should not tolerate crusty filth who do not contribute in any tangible way .
Squatters are offering a hell of a lot more to their local community than yourself propagating hate on the internet against people you know nothing about.
My comment was removed for speaking out against squatters rights? Shameful
Oops sorry
Interesting. Article states that there’s similar squat setups in Cork. I’m not aware of any. Does anyone know of one?
There’s currently only one known squat in Cork and as far as I’m aware it’s living space only.
I am quite shocked by some of the comments, what people fail to realise is that this building was unused and falling into a state of disrepair, there is a video interview on youtube in which members of the barricade in talk about how they renovated the building so that it could be used to house people, and so that it could be used as an anarchist social centre. The people involved with the Barricade Inn are not “undesirables”, all that they have done is set up a cafe, an “infoshop” and they have provided accommodation for people in an unused building, I don’t see the problem with that.
“We have people coming from abroad because the squatting scene is beginning to flourish here” now that is all we need
Just kick them out ! If they don’t own he building nor pay rent for it out they go ! there’s always these people in life trying to get stuff for free ! If they want the building get jobs that can buy the place or pay rent ! End off have no time for any other excuses !
The Mountcharles?
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