Category Archives: Urban

Crosshaven, Co Cork. July 2020.

The anti-mask crowd make a lot of noise but despite them people are still protecting themselves and others by wearing masks during this pandemic.

Cork, August 1st, 2020.

[caption id="attachment_27624" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Removal of cars from Douglas Village Shopping Centre car park[/caption] I was reminded yesterday by this post on Reddit that the fire that gutted the carpark in Douglas Village Shopping Centre was on August 31st 2019. Also yesterday, the owners of the shopping centre announced that they are still on track...

Dogs don't need to wear masks around people, thankfully. He hates being left at home. As soon as he has an inkling that we'll be going out he will sit by me looking directly at my face. If I'm not looking at him he starts jumping up looking for attention. He's a small dog, but...

[caption id="attachment_27577" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Masks down to eat ice cream.[/caption] I barely used my camera in April. I took one photo with it and it was a test shot of my office window. My first time taking the camera out was May 9th when we had to go into town to do some shopping. [caption...

Fixing the ATM in Bank of Ireland, St. Patrick's Street.

At Glow Cork last Christmas. Seems like a million years ago now!

Porto, Portugal, November 2019. Long before SARS-CoV-2 hit Europe. Street photography feels like a forbidden art now that we are all at home and we're not allowed on the streets in any numbers. * You obviously should not walk around with a locker like this. STAY AT HOME!

If you've driven along MacCurtain Street lately you'll have noticed a few lanes are blocked and York Hill is completely closed. A 73-bed "micro-sleeper hotel" is going in there which I presume means rooms will be a little bigger than the capsule hotels in Japan..

The Ferris Wheel on Grand Parade. Christmas 2019. It's gone now, I presume.