David McWilliams: We need to reinvent our empty city car parks
Urban car parks will soon be like suburban churches: empty relics of a bygone era
Public galleries were closed under level three restrictions and one study shows quarter of all jobs in the arts could be lost by the end of 2021, but can unused car parks offer a lifeline for some artists? Video: Enda O'Dowd
Some of the most beautiful and evocative buildings in rural Ireland are stone, narrow steepled Church of Ireland churches. Many are now forlorn, ivy-clad and abandoned.
Some have been deconsecrated and transformed into homes, work spaces, shops or cultural centres. Others struggle on as places of worship for dwindling, elderly populations with rectors driving from service to service on a Sunday, keeping lights on and isolated communities together.