Another sea eagle poisoned in Kerry
It is very difficult to see such an amazing bird so recklessly poisoned. Any other country the people responsible would more than likely be in jail. Surely there is someway to prevent this form happening to yet more of our re introduction programmes! A WHITE-TAILED sea eagle released into the Killarney National Park last summer as part of...
The snow it’s back! Dublin Bikes and Lights
Well folks as the title goes the snow, it has well and truly returned to Dublin. Do I hear the odds of a white christmas rapidly falling!? Well to cap off probably my shortest post, here are two pictures I took before my 2 hour bus journey to Santry. Power might be gone in the...
Videos for the week: The GeoSpatial Revolution
The GeoSpatial Revolution is amazing! I cannot reccommend these videos more highly, 15 minutes of pur excitement of the possiblities of higher integration of GIS systesms into public service delivery and empowerment of citzens. I am very fond of the second episode where it showcases the work of The Food Trust an organisation fightting to...
Sean Dunne gets green light to rebuild Hume House
Writes Fiona Gartland of the Irish Times: DEVELOPER SEÁN Dunne has been granted planning permission to demolish and rebuild Hume House, a 1960s office block in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. An Bord Pleanála granted permission to Mountbrook Group, a company owned by Mr Dunne, for the development. Approval was granted with 16 conditions, including that external...
Dublin height focus of planning debate
Decisions made this week by Dublin city councillors will determine the height and scale of future developments, writes FRANK MACDONALD WHETHER NEW buildings in Dublin should be relatively high or low has become the most contentious issue confronting councillors as they begin a series of special meetings today to deal with the draft Dublin City Development...
Metro, Dart link included in €39bn revised capital plan
Of course lets not forget that DIT Grangegorman is approved under the plan! Well the first phase of Grangegorman at least. Woo as an alumni some day i will be able to visit DIT as a proper college with a campus. Pretty cool. Big pity to see the Navan Rail line and the western rail corridor axed...
Decentralisation ‘a failed strategy’
A LEADING academic has denounced decentralisation as a failed strategy which has undermined the institutional fabric of the state and become a charter for mileage claims, writes Anita Guidera. Professor Brigid Laffin, principal of the college of humanities at UCD, told the MacGill Summer School in Glenties, Co Donegal, yesterday that failures of accountability went beyond...
Cowen urged to ‘show his hand’ on Dublin incinerator
TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has been challenged to “show his hand” over the Poolbeg incinerator and declare whether it is Government policy to allow it proceed or to be scrapped. Fine Gael environment spokesman Phil Hogan said that it was now incumbent on Mr Cowen to state his position on the planned Dublin regional waste incinerator....
President urged by lobby groups to intervene as late change to planning Act sparks fears
From todays Irish Times: THE LOBBY group Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) has written to President Mary McAleese urging her to convene the Council of State with a view to referring the planning Act to the Supreme Court to test its constitutionality. A last-minute amendment to the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act means members...
Planning Amendments Bill finally passed
And so came to pass that the planning amendments bill of 2009 passed on the balmy humid day that was the last day of term for the seanad.
Spike Island the next Alcatraz?
Only time will tell! SPIKE ISLAND was officially handed over to Cork County Council yesterday for use as a tourist amenity amid efforts to develop it into an attraction comparable to Alcatraz in the US. Alcatraz in San Francisco, which was only a prison for 20 years, attracts about 1.4 million visitors each year while...
Key road and rail projects axed as money runs out says the Independent
Only time will tell as to whether this is true or not… FORTY major road projects and key rail and Luas projects have been scrapped because there is no money to build them. Nine new motorway rest areas planned for the M7 (Limerick), M8 (Cork), M9 (Waterford), M3 (Cavan) and N11 (Wexford) have also been...
