Chats in the Flats Creator Richie Power on Showing the Real Working-Class Dublin

<p><strong>People Are Quick to Judge the Flats. Very Few Ever Stop to Listen. Richie Power Is Changing That.</strong></p><p>Richie Power grew up in the Liberties and created Chats in the Flats — the Instagram page showcasing a side of working-class Dublin that rarely makes the headlines: the humour, the talent, the grief, the pride and the sense of community behind the concrete. In a media landscape built on clicks and the worst-case story, Richie set out to show the everyday people instead.</p><p>Ryan sits down with him for a warm, wide-ranging conversation about community, identity, the power of the mind and the Dublin we&#39;re at risk of losing.</p><p><strong>What we get into:</strong></p><ul><li>Growing up in the Liberties and only realising later how different it was</li><li>Why he built Chats in the Flats one authentic take at a time, against the hook-and-chop grain of social media</li><li>How the local credit union helped him get it off the ground</li><li>Why the media only seems to notice the flats when something bad happens</li><li>The accent as identity — and why he&#39;ll pronounce his words but never change how he speaks</li><li>Old Dublin, and the fear that we&#39;re losing it block by block</li><li>Why he keeps his focus local — self, family, community — before anything else</li><li>The doctor&#39;s throwaway comment that changed how Richie&#39;s guest on the show, Ryan, thinks about the mind forever</li><li>His late mother&#39;s words: &quot;Let yesterday&#39;s news get you through this journey. Don&#39;t let this journey ruin yesterday&#39;s news&quot;</li><li>Why being Irish, and being proud of where you&#39;re from, is a kind of superpower</li></ul><p>Ryan Curtis is a former Irish MMA fighter who was paralysed from the neck down and told he would never walk again. Made in Chaos exists to platform guests who&#39;ve turned adversity into hard-earned wisdom worth sharing.</p><p><strong>Follow:</strong> @madeinchaospod | @chaoscurtis | and Chats in the Flats on Instagram</p><p>🖊️ Sponsored by <strong>The Ink Factory</strong>, Temple Bar — Ireland&#39;s highest rated tattoo studio. theinkfactory.ie | @theinkfactory</p>