My current area of interest is in the proposed Utopian urban centres, which were sold to the public during the Celtic Tiger. These imaginary urban spaces seemed to pledge social harmony and full employment however, this optimistic vision of the future – sold to the Irish public by the government and developers, failed to deliver.

The national identity of Ireland since the turn of the century was one built on economic confidence, growth and optimism. However somewhere down the line confidence turned to arrogance and boom turned to bust and our national identity is now in a period of transition.

It is my aim to investigate the vacant urban spaces, which now litter the Irish landscape and serve as monuments of a failed political system, and instead portray the bleaker reality of an urban cityscape devastated by the failings of the construction industry.