Michael Moynihan: Decay and decline is the landscape in Cork and we need to change that

Artist Andrea Newman's exhibition highlights the dereliction that is being allowed to fester in some areas of the city

Andrea Newman from Mayfield with her work titled Baile, a photo print collage on mesh of a house that has been derelict for  three years. Andrea's work emphasises the importance of council homes during the housing crisis. Picture: Darragh Kane

It’s easy to get sideswiped now and again by the state of the city.

You don’t take notice most of the time because when you’re in town you’re there for a specific reason and there’s the traffic and the text you just got and where’s good for a coffee and is that your man you’re avoiding, and crossing this street is always suicidal. Anyway, it’s then you notice the two or three buildings together — empty, abandoned, crumbling, masonry loose, old paint flaking: derelict.