Save Our Bride Otters

No one gonna steal an Antwerp rental bike. #notcork

No. There are eight propellers on these drones. The majority of consumer/semi professional video drones have four.

Although at pains to reassure people that the skies are open to all drone users, these guys do not have to apply for permission to fly in advance (form uf101) like the rest of us do since they swooped in town. #cork #skypizzapie

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

Myself and Chris Martin aka @looselenscap on Instagram followed this otter from the South Channel all the way around to the North Channel this Saturday afternoon. It was catching fish as it moved along, oblivious to the beeping cars on the quays. #cork

Lots of otter activity in the city at the moment it seems.

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

Did you get put through to the ‘try everything to dissuade you from cancelling’ department?

Truth.

Male order.

If there wasn't a housing crisis we'd be bulldozing them for more roads.

It's always heartening to see them in these otherwise barren places.

Usually the opposite.

Neighbours falling out over parking issues in Cork estates Concerns have been raised by North Cork councillors and those representing the Carrigaline municipal district.

In Blackpool we have car parks and roads draining surface water directly into the river. We now have a €20M+ flood scheme in the works. In Carrigaline we have a FF councillor suggesting that we turn green (water absorbent) spaces in car (non-permeable) spaces. #cork www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

Think we can guess who that might be…

Government plans to speed up major infrastructure projects Public expenditure minister Jack Chambers will tell Cabinet ministers on Tuesday that pre-planning processes are taking as long as four years to complete

‘Simplification unit’ www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...

What about the surface water runoff? No doubt they’ll be screaming about flooding later.

I cannot see how there would be a conflict with operators at 30m and below apart from the moment of delivery which I believe takes place at around 14m. The current proposal feels like complete overkill.

Page 1 of a submission to the Irish Aviation Authority.

Page 2 of a submission to the Irish Aviation Authority.

Page 3 of a submission to the Irish Aviation Authority.

My submission to the consultation on drone operations in the city.

The new "geozone" is an arbitrary imposition on commercial and community activities, with disproportionate negative impacts.

As a regulator, the IAA needs to sit back and consider if this would even withstand a court challenge. 🧵

Great to hear Minister Kevin 'Boxer' Moran talk about working with nature during a Dáil Éireann debate on flooding in response to a number of TD's blaming pearl mussels etc - Thursday, 19 Feb 2026. Perhaps there is a change in the air. #cork
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This way credit can be taken for delivering housing and later for the inevitable flood scheme that follows.

Chonky Cork City otter. This picture was taken in the South Channel of the Lee in 2021. This fine fella is still around the city but has lost two canine teeth which helps to identify him. #cork

Otter. River Lee. Cork City. It was chewing on a crab at the time. Taken in 2022. #cork

All this faff for the benefit of one private operator.

Of all otter types, the giant river otter is the scariest looking. This is not a scientific observation.

Thanks for taking this on board Oliver.

Aviation authority invited to meet councillors soon | Cork Independent The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has been invited to attend the next session of Cork City Council's Transport Strategic Policy Committee (SPC), following criticism of a proposed restricted zone for ...

Thanks to Steven Fox and the Cork Independent for reporting the downing of drone use in the city.

From today, open category (i.e. arrive and fly) operations will be banned in a part of the city — commercial, amateur and community uses — to facilitate food delivery by drone.

Are we going to have to wait three months to discover what 'the workaround' is? Any plan that involves having to give notice in advance and waiting for permission is not going to be satisfactory.

Concern over number of councillors dismissing expert advice and rezoning land in flood-risk areas Councillors have been warned they are putting homes and property in jeopardy after a spate of rezonings on lands at risk of flooding or coastal erosion.

‘In Co Cavan, flood risk advice was rejected in relation to sites in Cavan town and Belturbet and Cork City councillors acted similarly in relation to a site at Ballyvolane.’ Story from 2023. Still relevent all the same. #cork www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...

Search and rescue. Engineering surveys etc. If you are referring to nefarious drone use - it’s unlikely that regulation is going to make the slightest difference to that going on. It’s only going to impact those of us who follows the rules.