Madigans off licence closed down

He is in hospital at the moment

He's out of hospital anyway

I've seen bottles of McArdles in 21 on Manor Street. That was pre Christmas so couldn't tell you if they still have it.

No reflection on the mans health but it is sinful that fine building has lain empty for so many years, the common good and a persons right to property are something we have not yet tackled in this country?

To be honest the majority of Manor street is only fit for demolition it’s such a bleak and depressing street in the city. The buildings are mostly run down with no maintenance at all. And the highlight is the derelict Harvey’s building.

I would say there are a lot of buildings in general with no exterior maintenance, if you go to the inner ring road, just past the car garage you come to a junction before the roundabout at the church, there is white apartment block on the corner and id say its less that 10 years old but the exterior is shameful but that's just one building of many, I don't think age of building or age of owners necessarily have anything to do with it at the time.

There is a beautiful new apartment block being built directly across from that, no one in them yet, they will all be council lets, that building will be absolutely destroyed on the exterior in a few years,

I'm gonna be controversial here and say that building will also be run down in a couple of years, that whole block is for social housing or for people on housing lists, its sad to say but it will become run down in a few years, and I bet its the best standard of build.

But I think in the design process Architects should factor in what type of finishes they use and long term maintenance or stipulations or explanations of how buildings need to maintained, then again who says they don't do this. for example the render or houses in Carraig An Aird is finished using K Rend, a sand like substance very exposed to Algae green and red bacterial growth which makes the exteriors look awful.

The other thing I could never understand is glass canopies, they look good in a design but the required cleaning and maintenance is very difficult and labour intensive, Whitfield clinic entrance is always filthy, the old B+Q building, (huge pointless glass front) can you imagine how much that high rise glass front cost and it has no practical purpose, supervalue glass canopy all a nightmare to keep, but i suppose the point is general up keep and maintenance if its not kept on top of it will go to pot.