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Short clip of an otter on the Lee, munching a fish, this Saturday afternoon. #cork

My father has been (unasked) providing this service to me for over a decade.

One buzzed over me last night. All drones aren't that loud are they?

I went for a cycle along the lovely Lee this Saturday morning. I spotted four photographers along the way and this here snoozy seal. #cork

Cork City Council will give away 5,000 free native trees next week for National Tree Week. A great initiative! #Cork

Portugal fined £8.7m by EU court for failing to protect biodiversity The court of justice said Portugal had committed serious infringements of EU environmental law

Portugal fined £8.7m by EU court for failing to protect biodiversity

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The Irish Newspaper Archive is a superb resource but the new mobile interface is brutal. Slow and clunky.

Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

Official statements placing U.S. forces in the area – along w/ analysis of social posts, videos, sat. images – suggest U.S. forces bombed a school in Minab, Iran during strikes targeting an IRGC base. Over 150 were killed, Iranian officials say. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

Upcoming lunchtime tree tour | University College Cork Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

For National Tree Week, we will host a lunchtime tree tour at the UCC Arboretum.
Wednesday 11th March from 12.30pm.
All welcome. See below for more details. 🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲 #UCCtrees

www.ucc.ie/en/arboretum...

Purpose-built modern library in Cork city is public’s preference, TD says Social Democrats TD Padraig Rice says consensus from a public meeting was for a purpose-built facility over repurposing an existing structure

And watch this space as some will argue that funding for what should be a fantastic, iconic new city centre library (itself a saga of epic proportions) gets sunk into an unsuitable, office block conversion on the event centre site. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Cork event centre in further €2m funding injection The initial tender for the 6,000-seat multi-purpose centre was awarded in 2014 to the Irish arm of Dutch construction firm Bam

On the subject of never-ending infrastructure delays: a year and a half after government ordered the Events Centre to be re-tendered it still hasn't happened. Despite that, it's soaking up cash like it's going out of fashion. www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

National Sustainable Mobility Policy A strategic framework to 2030 for active travel and public transport journeys

Here we go again: Blackpool train station in #Cork gets another launch as part of this National Sustainable Mobility Policy. Has been on the cards since I was a child. Good to know nothing ever changes. www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Latest in my sporadic series of #yewingraveyards. Fermoy Military Cemetery, Fermoy, Co. Cork. Taxus baccata fastigiata.

Upcoming lunchtime tree tour | University College Cork Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

For National Tree Week, we will host a lunchtime tree tour at the UCC Arboretum.
Wednesday 11th March from 12.30pm.
All welcome. See below for more details. 🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲 #UCCtrees

www.ucc.ie/en/arboretum...

I presume they will move on to make sure the chair of Bord Failte never travels abroad and the chair of Uisce Eireann never drinks anything but water.

I don’t know anything about this crowd but it’s worth noting that they (and apparently they alone) were “particularly concerned at the high levels of ‘family voting’ at polling stations” in the Irish General Election of 2020

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'When asked where the installation crew planned to cart the bust off to, Ray said they might “take him to the zoo now he’s seen Temple Bar”.'

This piece by @desfitzgerald.bsky.social in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social supplement absolutely hitting the nail on the head! #Cork

A great supplement with the Irish Examiner today on shaping Cork's next decade. Little to nothing on urban green infrastructure despite the importance of green spaces for residents, visitors and investors alike. We clearly have more work to do 🌳🌲☘️

Agriculture Is Taking Over Grasslands, Wetlands and Other Overlooked Ecosystems A new study reveals that agriculture is rapidly replacing ecosystems like grasslands, wetlands and savannas, which are often ignored in sustainability policies.

Important new @worldresources.bsky.social research shows that agricultural expansion isn’t only leading to forest loss - it’s leading to loss of grasslands, savannas, & wetlands too.

From 2005-20, the 🌎 lost 95 Mha of non-forest natural ecosystems to annual crops, and another 95 Mha to pasture. 1/

Oxford Street pedestrianisation plan gets final official approval City Hall hopes to stop traffic from using the street by September.

Delighted to announce that following the consultation, I'm giving the green light to make Oxford Street traffic-free.

Final days to see Celebrating 180 Years: University College Cork in Societ @ucclibrary.bsky.social! Please stop on in, we are open to everyone.

#ucc180 #ucclibrary #historyInTheMaking

Corona UV signals observed under a thunderstorm on 27 June 2024. (a) Approximate location of all 859 corona UV signals observed during the ∼1.5-hr observation period on a sweetgum tree. Each corona UV signal is colored by the number of total isotropic UV photons between 255 and 273 nm emitted by the corona discharge, as estimated from the illuminated pixels observed in that frame. The boxes depict the Corona Observing Telescope System (COTS) UV camera field of view, and the colors indicate the observation time for the branch within each box. Panel (b) as in (a), but for all 93 corona UV signals observed during the ∼20-min observation period on a loblolly pine tree. Locations of boxes and corona UV signals are only approximate because the wind blew the branches in and out of the COTS field of view. Note a corona UV signal is defined as a contiguous bundle of several illuminated pixels.

Coronae glow on the tips of spruce needles, induced by charged metal plates in a laboratory. These weak electric discharges subtly singe the tips of leaves and needles, and new observations indicate they may occur ubiquitously across treetops under thunderstorms. Credit: William Brune

During thunderstorms, electric discharges in the air cause trees to glow with an ultraviolet aura. You can't see it with your eyes, but researchers have finally managed to measure it & recreate it in the lab. 🧪🔭

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I'm in.

This whole area was the subject of an architectural design competition in 2005 as part of European City of Culture. Not sure what the plan is now... apalondon.com/competition-...

Food from Rome. Classics are a winner.

Rome, living up to the hype.

Caravaggio spotting in Rome this week, including Deposition of Christ (Vatican Museum); Conversion of St. Paul; and Crucifixion of St. Peter (both S. Maria del Popolo); and the St. Matthew paintings at San Luigi dei Francesi. 🎨🇮🇹

Absolute scenes. #Roma

Flood defence funding may have to be cut to pay for children’s science centre, OPW warns Building for national facility, which could cost up to €70m, must be provided by end of 2029 under arbitrator’s finding

Dog racing gets about €90 million a year yet we can't have both flood defence AND a childrens science centre? ->

Flood defence funding may have to be cut to pay for children’s science centre, OPW warns – The Irish Times www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...