The August 21st 2009 accident was a very narrow escape from a major rail disaster and potential loss of lives in North County Dublin.The central finding of the independent report commissioned by Irish Rail into the viaduct collapse is very troubling because it is critical of a practice that should not be and is not…
Category: enviro
clever dishes run away with the spoon
Not often do I have something nice to say about $ky. But this time the $avings are yours and the environment! The digibox will now go on auto standby night & day if not used for a period, cutting 14-18volts of power to the LNB on the arm of your dish, Sky expect to reduce…
if you went to paris & you could still hear me
customer experience down the phone shop. how long is a piece of string? no mast or aerials were hurt in the making of this video.
Developer halted at Edros site Howth
Back in January Socialist Party local representative in Malahide-Howth Brian Greene battled to save the zoning of the old Edros site in Howth as the County Manager and the local councillors tried to push through a material contravention and allow for the building of 60+ apartments on amenity lands. The developer & council succeeded and…
Brickfield plans halted (for now)
Socialist Party Update Brickfield plans halted (for now) Following the successful public meeting of Save Our Park in mid July the following has transpired. * Fingal County Council is (for now) not proceeding with plans to build 170 units on Brickfield. * Na Dubh Ghall GAA have been given the permission they were seeking to…
Battery take back scheme begins September 26th
From 26 September 2008 onwards all battery retailers will be required to take back, free of charge, waste batteries including rechargeable batteries including those incorporated into electrical and electronic equipment and/or battery packs. Any person depositing waste batteries at the premises of any battery retailer will not be obligated to purchase any product or products…
Want to help decommission the world’s best known nuke plant?
Sellafield needs a Site Programme Manager The Engineer Jobs – Site Programme Manager – Sellafield, Cumbria Taking charge of governance, assurance, communication and stakeholder management, you’ll oversee contractors’ work, being the interface between the NDA, our various partners working at Sellafield and several government and other statutory bodies. You’ll handle a team which includes a…
RTE 567khz to be axed
RTE press release on MW cut off dated today http://url.ie/8ag UK Irish / Maritime community Note: LW252 carries considerably further than MW RTÉ plans to axe Radio 1’s medium wave 567Khz service on 24 March 2008. expect a big backlash. 1278khz 2FM had none. no mention of DRM and the trials that RTE did on…
edros site amenity zoning gone
yesterday local councillors Cllr Healy Maher & Cosgrave supported the material contravention that gave way to development on the Edros site. photo taken in march 2003 at a previous rezoning attempt at the site. in November in the Irish Times cllr Healy having objected to the planning application said the following Watch this Space Opposition…