Part of the discussion focused on why the council had opted for affordable homes to sell, rather than to rent – and whether it was possible to revisit that.

The tower has been lying vacant since the 1990s, and some locals want to see it brought back to life. The question is what to do with it, exactly.

There are 25 gadgets on poles in that part of the city, as the council works out how 5G might be rolled out further, says Jamie Cudden, of Smart Dublin.

Martin Keane told the council he probably didn’t need to highlight his “considerable financial resources” and “full legal team, ready, willing and able to take on this challenge”.

Headquartered in an allotment, the club teaches planting, harvesting, cutting and cooking – as well as confidence-building, friend-making and, lately, film-making.

At a meeting of their South-East Area Committee, councillors talked about plans to calm neighbourhood traffic, how people might get around during Euro 2020, and more.

“The critical reverence around the band, their ascendancy to the top of the Irish cultural zeitgeist, is premature,” writes our reviewer.