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Peter Nash

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Peter Nash@peadar54.bsky.social · last mo.

@rteradio1.bsky.social Hare coursing ‘discussion’ on Liveline- Four minutes to claim it’s good for hares, eight minutes to say the hare enjoys it (neither challenged) and then some dodgy UK data about stately homes to claim that hares would become extinct without coursing. 🐇😡

Cosáin Climate@cosaingalway.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It's important to remember that the M50 was originally planned as a bypass of Dublin. We have to ask ourselves: why did our "planners" allow the motorway to become something very different?

The M50 is the busiest road in the country with over 100,000 vehicles using many sections of it every day. The road was originally envisaged as a bypass around Dublin. However its location within the suburbs of Dublin means that it now acts as an orbital distributor for the Greater Dublin Area. Alternative orbital routes further outside of Dublin are unlikely to be built for many years and as such it is vital that the M50 can perform its strategic function for the foreseeable future. From when it was first opened, traffic on the M50 grew considerably as a result of the easy access it provided around the edge of the city. This led to frequent congestion, with long delays at junctions and also at the old Westlink Toll Plaza. A proposal to widen the M50 and upgrade the junctions was granted permission to proceed by An Bord Pleanála in 2005, and was completed in phases between 2008 and 2010. The traffic analysis undertaken as part of the widening scheme suggested that by 2023 many sections would have traffic flows in excess of 200,000 vehicles per day. As a result, one of the conditions of that permission was to include the development of a scheme of Demand Management Measures; with the condition stating the following:
Geraldine Herbert@gerherbert.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Are you stuck on the M50 every day? How much time does it cost you, and what impact does it have on your work, family life or stress levels? I'm looking to speak to commuters for a feature. DM or email geraldine.herbert@independent.ie Reposts appreciated #JournoRequest

Not Here Not Anywhere@nhna.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The attack on Iran has made one thing abundantly clear: Ireland needs to be investing in clean energy, not rushing to build a new gas terminal that would lock us into decades of dirty, expensive, imported fossil fuels! Email your TDs via link: action.uplift.ie/campaigns/cl...

Support clean energy - not dirty, imported gas

I just emailed my local TDs, telling them to support clean, affordable renewable energy instead of locking us into decades more of polluting, imported gas. Will you do the same?

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Irish Wildlife Trust@irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Support the Bill to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland 🦊 Background & call to action here 👉 iwt.ie/support-the-... @banbloodsports.bsky.social @irishenvnet.bsky.social #BanFoxHunting

Support the Bill to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland - Irish Wildlife Trust

The Irish Wildlife Trust supports the Bill to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland. We are calling for a free vote for all TDs on this Bill. It is an amendment to the Animal Health and Welfare Act (2013) which ...

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George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 8mo ago

1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot

I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍@irishrainforest.bsky.social · last yr.

On Friday, a whole mountain west of Glengarriff was burnt, with a wall of flames visible through the night for miles around. It's pure ecocide, layered on top of ecocide (sheep), and it just beggars belief that this is still going on in the year 2025.

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