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[ann post]

I don't think those reports hold much water. Proving corruption is inherently difficult for the law nevermind graphlords

They've gotten to the graphs now fffs

 

[therealjohnny]

Meanwhile

Heavy rain forces closure of new An Earagail pathway

People are being warned not to climb Co Donegal's An Earagail after heavy rain washed away parts of a new €630,000 pathway.

www.rte.ie

Probably don't climb it like so...
....
but my puny ego has resented this path from day 1 because I've climbed it about 15 times before the path was put there, and then had to live alongside people who also 'climbed errigal' but using a path rather than pure raw stubborness diminishing my 'achievements'

Despite being able to see it from my bedroom window, I've never climbed it. Maybe this year.

 

[nuke terrorist]

then London based Kiwis at Errigal, 'cause they thought Donegal looked like NZ

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yeah, this has come up here before

 

[JohnnyRaz]

What’s the far rights position on hornets?

The truth about Asian hornets: how terrified should humans and honeybees actually be?

Ever since this ‘killer’ species arrived in the UK in 2016, there have been horror stories about it – and they have picked up pace in recent months. So are these hornets nasty predators or just misunderstood?

www.theguardian.com

 

[magicbastarder]

Recording of conversations in cabs sees Wicklow firefighters consider data protection complaint

Firefighters ‘shocked’ to learn dashcams had audio-recording capability

www.irishtimes.com

"Firefighters ‘shocked’ to learn dashcams had audio-recording capability"

Shocked? Really?

 

[ernesto]

What’s the far rights position on hornets?

The truth about Asian hornets: how terrified should humans and honeybees actually be?

Ever since this ‘killer’ species arrived in the UK in 2016, there have been horror stories about it – and they have picked up pace in recent months. So are these hornets nasty predators or just misunderstood?

www.theguardian.com

Comin over here, stinging our wimmin!

 

[magicbastarder]

the yellow peril.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Comin over here, stinging our wimmin!

Horny hornets are after your daughter!
Coolock says no!

 

[chris d]

Despite being able to see it from my bedroom window, I've never climbed it. Maybe this year.

BACK IN MY DAY, you had to jump over a ditch to get started.

I don't mind a path though.

 

[hydromancer]

Too small And new a country not to be still riddled with corruption. That and Throwing A colonial hangover in to the mix is our downfall

We are not a small country by EU standards though Ireland is mid sized in the EU. The republic is about the size of Switzerland and the whole of Ireland would be same as Austria. We are larger than Denmark, Netherlands, Portugal all the Baltic sates and heap of others were just not Germany or France size.

 

[ann post]

Some people I know who never would have made it pre-path got to go up it with the path and I can enjoy that they got that view that wasn't available to them before

As i said, it's my puny ego roaring into the internet

 

[magicbastarder]

you're talking geographically larger though, i suspect he mean in terms of population.
portugal is 2x our population, NL is 3.5x, denmark is a little bigger.
in fact, all the countries you've explicitly named are larger than us, population wise.

 

[ernesto]

We are not a small country by EU standards though Ireland is mid sized in the EU. The republic is about the size of Switzerland and the whole of Ireland would be same as Austria. We are larger than Denmark, Netherlands, Portugal all the Baltic sates and heap of others were just not Germany or France size.

population sizes are more relevant

 

[egg_]

this is a useful rejoinder when you hear 'the brits chopped down all our trees!'
like we've done a wonderful job since of restoring our old woodlands.

If you see old photos from the early 1900s there are WAY more trees now than there were then. It's great!

 

[egg_]

I don't think those reports hold much water. Proving corruption is inherently difficult for the law nevermind graphlords

I think they're useful for measuring the relative level of corruption in different countries - that site has details of how they're measuring it here. There'll never be no corruption, but we're doing pretty well relative to most of the world (and even most of the EU).

Brown envelopes are not our main problem anymore - it's other stuff like the high status of property developers in our society and poor local planning and ineffective dereliction rules etc etc etc

... and, as @Deadmanposting says - our own lack of engagement in our society. If more people who are the right combination of smart and sound got involved in local and national politics, rather than leaving it to the pricks, we'd be in a better place.

 

[magicbastarder]

If you see old photos from the early 1900s there are WAY more trees now than there were then. It's great!

i can't find the original map i saw, but you're probably aware of this:

https://esriireland.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/media/index.html?appid=66054d2438c14836948f5cfcbe335cfe

the ALEW dataset used to be available as a layer on the main OSI maps but seems to have disappeared.

 

[rettucs]

@Cornu Ammonis narc'd on them

Nine in court over protests at south Co Dublin centre for asylum seekers

Ballyogan centre: Five men and four women were charged at Dun Laoghaire District Court in connection with protest

www.irishtimes.com

 

[Deadmanposting]

Can't have a good ol' illegal hate-based intimidation protest anymore without someone calling the cops on you


Romantic Ireland's dead and gone

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

@Cornu Ammonis narc'd on them

Nine in court over protests at south Co Dublin centre for asylum seekers

Ballyogan centre: Five men and four women were charged at Dun Laoghaire District Court in connection with protest

www.irishtimes.com

And, no joke, I’ve been called up for jury duty.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

And for those playing along at home, the protest is ongoing but dwindling. I need to drop some stuff off to be recycled, would love for them to fuck off.