Environment
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The mammoth COP21 circus will folds its tent after Paris, on December 11th. Already, it’s been a record-breaker, with thousands of journalists and the largest ever gathering of heads of states descending on Paris for the two week jamboree. Conspicuously absent from the event were the tens, possibly hundreds, of thousands of activists and demonstrators […]
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human Kind
New research shows we are good people, tolerating bad things
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Hedgemony
Humphreys does Irish Farmers Association’s will on hedge-cutting
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Dominic Dunne: Obituary.
By Ruadhán MacEoin. Irish-Army soldier, fisherman, truck driver, horseman, horticulturalist but above all campaigner, Dominic Dunne was many men during his tragically curtailed but eventful life. He has died after a very short illness. It was typical of Domo’s mischief: his friends thought he was 55 but in fact he was born in 1954. He […]
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By John Gibbons There are some products, notably tobacco, that are only tolerated because they have been around for a very long time. These days, no one in their right mind would expect deliberately to bring such a toxic product to the market in western countries and to be allowed to promote and sell it […]
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Tone deaf.
After years of Dublin City Council (DCC) vandalism and neglect, its senior management has conceded that that the current layout of Wolfe Tone Park which it manages – and indeed designs – has not worked, and redevelopment is being considered. But are DCC capable of appropriately redeveloping the park; and, can they be trusted to? […]
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