Full Bloom in Riasc

A view of the Grand Canal from Baggot Street at the height of summer, with the workers from Mespil Road out eating their lunches in the sunshine. The boat's name in Irish, Riasc, means 'marsh' or 'bogland', but might creatively be translated as 'solidish thing amid water', and at some stage was a floating cafe.

Dirty Old Town

On a misty day, drainage of the Grand Canal at Harold's Cross, Dublin, reveals a cacophony of moody dark shapes.

Drip

A dripping fountain in the Iveagh Gardens, Dublin, Ireland.

Santa Cruz Sunset

A sunset shines orange light through the rollercoaster's structure. The rider's silhouettes against the sun make for a happy moment of anticipation captured in an instant.

Six Lines

Industrial and natural mix on Blackrock's coast, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

Standing Proud

The South Bull Wall Lighthouse stands proud under a glowering sky, framed by the twin towers at the entrance to Dublin Bay. Taken from the ferry to Holyhead.

A Winter's Tail

Swans on the canal at Harold's Cross, Dublin, during one of the few snowy winters Ireland gets.

Smokestacks and Docks

Sunset overlooking Dublin's docks and the Poolbeg towers from Dublin's north county coastal road.

Famine Statues

Rowan Gillespie's Famine Statues, installed in 1997, is one of the most arresting pieces of public sculpture in Ireland. Without much in the way of signs or fanfare of any kind, as one is walking along the liffey close to one of the richest areas of commerce in the capital -- the Irish Financial Services Centre -- you come across a series of wasted, haunted figures staring into the middle distance. On a bitter night, it was only a matter of time before the wind drove me back inside again, but I paused before the assembly to take a picture of their frozen reality against the city.

All That Glisters

The new headquarters of the central bank, at that stage still under construction, reflected in the side of the gas processor & installation piece "Flow", by Martin Richman, on the North Wall Quay.

The NYPO

Neither snow nor rain.

Pittsburgh Regular

The historic Pennsylvania Railroad Fruit Auction & Sales Building, also known as the Pittsburgh Produce Terminal. Now slated for some kind of development.

Broombridge Sunset

Broombridge Train Station, Dublin, before the Luas came. Apparently it used to be one of the most vandalised train stations on earth, though in this shot looking west, everything seems peaceful.

Grand Day Out

A foggy evening as cars glide past on the Grand Canal at Rathmines.

LE Granualie at Night

The official maintenance ship of the Commissioners of Irish Lights looms out of the fog on the Dublin south quays. You can dimly see old tramlines to the left, but much of the more modern buildings are entirely obscured by the fog. It would have been quite dangerous (and wet) to walk much further...

Docks by Drone

A view of the river Liffey snaking through Dublin's docklands at night.

South Bull Wall at High Tide

The South Bull Wall at high tide, from close to the lighthouse, with the famous smokestacks on the left and busy Dublin Port to the right.

London Google

Looking up from the ground floor within the St. Pancras Google offices.

Bandstand Sunset

Dun Laoghaire West Pier bandstand at sunset. You can see the Pigeon House towers in the distance.

View from Howth

The south side of Dublin viewed from the north side of Howth. You can see ships, the docks and the associated industrial heartland, including the cranes of building underway, as well as the narrow slice of North Bull Island you can see at the bottom.