David Scanlon

An eclectic assortment of beach wrack from the shores of Malahide and Portmarnock in the past week!

Some spring sunshine.

It's Greenland's version of the bat signal

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness...

Inside here (with apologies for sending you to that platform...)

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Cork €50m superdump never used in 16 years 'should be sold off' Bottlehill landfill 23km north of Cork City was meant to take in up to 217,000 tonnes of waste per year since 2009

Sounds like a good candidate for #rewilding to me...

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Firms keep sustainability high on agenda | ThinkBusiness Irish businesses keep sustainability central despite regulatory shifts, with 62% assigning C-suite responsibility and 73% embedding ESG in priorities.

Irish firms keep sustainability high on boardroom agenda - Businesses keep sustainability central despite regulatory shifts, with 62% assigning C-suite responsibility and 73% embedding ESG in priorities
#irish #business #esg #sustainability #leadership
www.thinkbusiness.ie/articles/ey-...

I'm all for progress in atomics, but I really wish tech founders would refrain from raiding Tolkien's legendarium for inspiration about their company name 🤦

Blowing pretty hard at the Velvet Strand this morning! 💦

Image of an old woman in a green hooded cloak with ivy and holly in her plaited white hair. In the backgrounf is a wintery Irish landscape, a choppy seam Brent geese (who visit Ireland in the winter), and the rock in Beara said to resemble her. There is a deer fawn tucked into the snow as she blows frosty swirls into the air. #Ireland #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Folklore #Mythology #Art #TraditionalArt #HandDrawn

An Cailleach brings the winter 🌬️

The mythological figure in Irish, Scottish, and Manx tradition who summons winter, and is associated with storms, reshaping the landscape, and horned beasts like deer. She defies convention and is a force for regeneration.

Prints: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

Given the overnight forecast for Dublin, this is also my best chance of experiencing the northern lights today 😢

I hope you went full Douglas Adams on the situation, and sat there silently eating all her biscuits

A stack of Philip Pullman books arranged on a wooden table. From top to bottom: Once Upon a Time in the North, The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, His Dark Materials (containing Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass), Lyra’s Oxford, Serpentine, The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth, and The Imagination Chamber. A blurred background shows shelves with green candles and small plants.

Some light background reading before I get my hands on The Rose Field

Just a little further north, Low Rock in Malahide. Easily 12C 🥵

What a day for a dip! 💙

The Dept of Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment announce new €5m fund to back early-stage district heating projects, helping bring them to shovel-ready stage ahead of major capital rollout. Expressions of interest open till Dec 12.
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Housing policy: Who Does It Best? - Part 1 — The Europeans Why is your rent so high? What are the policies that created this housing crisis, and what policies can get us out of it? This week we launch the first two parts of our new series, ‘Who Does It Best?...

Our first stop: Housing Policy.

Why is rent so high? Is the crisis actually being solved anywhere? And what does the crisis have to do with wealth inequality?

Katz takes us to Vienna, Finland, and Paris in search of the policies that work.

www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes...

Someone's pooch wearing a Halloween costume?

Which brings us back to my original point, that a debate that engages the electorate on the nature of our military stance and relationship with the EU is so important.

Lara Marlowe: Putin’s 'flying Chernobyl' carries a stark nuclear warning for Ireland European leaders predict a military conflict with Russia within two to five years

Lara Marlowe: Putin’s 'flying Chernobyl' carries a stark nuclear warning for Ireland

A screenshot showing an image of a river, and the opening paragraph of the newsletter.

The Green Fridays newsletter is a consistently high-quality primer on climate issues, taking on a single topic each month - this issue's focus is on Living Rivers:

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I retract my above statement concerning our respective maturity levels.

We're part of a Union, Stan - I think it's quite important to consider what our other partners in the Union are thinking, given how much benefit we reap from our membership.

Lyons Vs Barry's, just maybe?

I'm so torn! The nominees for the Irish Business Design Challenge include two alumni from Accelerate Green (Ecoroots, and EasyDry), as well as McWilliam's, who make my indispensable swim bag (they're popular in my house...)

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A screenshot showing an image of a river, and the opening paragraph of the newsletter.

The Green Fridays newsletter is a consistently high-quality primer on climate issues, taking on a single topic each month - this issue's focus is on Living Rivers:

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Issue 98 Electric trains stall, Dublin Airport goes green, and new circular and marine projects signal momentum for Ireland’s climate transition.

From stalled trains to green airports and circular breakthroughs — Ireland’s climate transition keeps moving. Catch up in SDG Alpha, my newsletter tracking innovation and impact from the Irish climate frontlines sdgalpha.substack.com/p/issue-98?r...

And some D&D on the desk? 😊

I fear we're ill-prepared to discuss this issue with enough maturity. My sense is that too many Irish people reflexively point to our neutrality as a given, without real thought about what it means.

If the triple lock + EU Presidency can trigger a debate on this, that's a good thing.