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Andre Shepherd at the European Court of Justice in June 2014. Photo: DPA

American soldier Andre Shepherd, who applied for asylum in Germany as a conscientious objector against the war in Iraq after going AWOLLet’s Move To THE LIBERTIES

(IRISH INDEPENDENT, June 12th, 2015)

Liberties College on Bull Alley Street

They get knocked down but they always seem to get up again. The indomitable denizens of Dublin’s Liberties, deep in the heart of the inner city – whose famous wit is set in the very DNA of the metropolis itself – have been through their fair share of ups and downs over the generations.

Not least of the downs was a 1980s wrecking ball fest that saw the Liberties lose many of its buildings to a city access route, and more to the decrepitude that preceded it as business owners refused to invest amidst the confusion. Mass demolitions tore through Clanbrassil and Cork Streets and the area is still reeling from it.

History rich and vivid runs