Éamonn Reilly

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The Public Transport fare increases announced today are absolutely scandalous The €2m p/d fuel subsidy was extended 6 days ago and now public transport users are being forced to foot the bill 🪧 Protest tomorrow at 17:30 outside Leinster House www.dublincommuters.ie/post/joint-s...

Joint Statement: NTA’s Fare Increases are absolutely unacceptable

A joint statement from the Galway, Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Drogheda Commuter Coalitions.The decision announced today to raise public transport fares is an absolutely unacceptable one to the…

dublincommuters.ie

A short thread introducing people to some single moths I've found in my area, looking for fun. 1. Here, for starters, is a Canary-Shouldered Thorn Moth (I didn't make this up).

A Canary-Shouldered Thorn Moth, on my finger, looking pleased with itself about how many books it has read this year but resisting the temptation to brag about it.

Tough times for many with high fuel costs, blockades and travel plans disrupted, but the freeing up of the Liffey Quays from heavy traffic for just a few hours gives us a glimpse of a different city.

Wind set new a new record and was the largest source of electricity generation in February, with Cork and Kerry back as top wind producers following January's unprecedented upset by Offaly. This and much more in the latest "Irish Grid Monthly", available now to all our newsletter subscribers!

A treemap of the electricity mix on the island of Ireland with the following fuel types: battery, pumped storage, biomass, hydro, solar, wind, oil, gas, and waste-to-energy.  Larger sources are annotated with the GWh and percentage of total generation that source comprised.

Footnote reads: All-island figures. Excludes rooftop solar. Source: EirGrid, SEMOA county-level heatmap of Irish renewable generation. Counties are divided into four tiers, according to how much renewable energy each produced.

Footnote reads: Renewables comprise wind, hydro, solar, and biomass. Excludes wind and solar farms not registered with SEMO. Excludes rooftop solar.
Source: SEMO

“Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital did not share how much Parton donated as part of the naming announcement. But Matt Schaefer, its president and CEO, said her support would ensure ‘every child who walks through our doors receives the treatment they deserve.’” GOD BLESS DOLLY PARTON

A children's hospital is renamed for Dolly Parton and hopes to transform pediatric care in Tennessee

Dolly Parton’s name might inspire full-throated sing-a-longs to her working woman’s anthem “9 to 5,” or evoke memories of thrilling days spent at her Dollywood theme park.

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“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”

Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death

The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.

politico.eu

Transdev’s contract as operator of the Luas will not be renewed A joint venture between Keolis & Amey is expected to take over Keolis reached out to us as part of their bid and seemed to prioritise customer experience www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

Transdev loses €1.75bn Luas contract after 22 years running tram service

French and British joint venture between Keolis and Amey is believed to have been selected as the preferred bidder for Dublin light rail service

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