Some have been issued notices to leave, as company landlords want to renovate. Last week, several men went into one home and took the doors away with them.

Chris Hansen and Thomas Mozdzeń set up Do Nothing Watch Films promising escape from the Dublin rat race with a regular series of shorts and features about lives of leisure.

Among other suggestions, candidates talked about segregated cycle lanes, education for cyclists, and where the money comes from.

“I feel it’s going to happen now … Now, I think they mean it,” says Comfort Ibitoye, of plans for redevelopment of this corner of the city.

Nealo’s writing boasts an elegance, intellectual weight, and clever references to local living that elevate him out of the pack.