Sunday Miscellany: The Shop, by Niamh Donnelly

On the corner of Prussia Street and St Joseph's Road in Dublin, is a structure whose terracotta paintwork is cracked, windows bordered up, rooftop sprouting foliage, like hair.

Out front, black shutters remain permanently closed. Above, a panel with gold lettering advertises the space’s now redundant function: Lally Newsagent. I live nearby, but for years didn’t notice this building.

Then, one day, there it was...

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