Simon Bursell

Software Developer, Sonic Sculptor, Flâneur, Dreamer

[Frank O'Connor @frank_oconnor]

RIP Bishop Lucey Park
Only green space in city centre is no longer a green space
Seriously how did this cost €7million?
Its depressing & says Cork says f*ck biodiversity & climate
Ironically the one redeeming feature is that the railings & gates are gone to make it thoroughfare

[Ó Foghlú @rayofoghlu]

I believe the technical term is "WTAF"

North Cork Creameries, with its
€211 million euro revenues & profits up by 48% pays the state tiny fines as a licence to pollute.

What a joke....

Info below based on the superb reporting in the Irish Times by @ellamcsweeney

[Jude Sherry @judesherry]

The cover up started strong on Ireland's biggest ever fish kill

'Let's not test till it's too late'
'It's probably natural disease'
'Test results will take 20 days'
'Oh it's an environmental irritant'
'It wasn't EPA licence plant'

Who is taking responsibility for our rivers?

[gaa_palestine @GAA_Palestine]

#FreeGAAPalestine #LetThemPlay

[Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly]

Really underlines what a grim juncture we’re at that the EU is pivoting from a decarbonisation agenda that might give us a shot at a liveable future, to the purchase of weapons

[Save Leitrim @SaveLeitrim]

It is now clear that Irelands plantation 🌲 plan has nothing to do with climate change or GHG Green mitigation but is all about enriching investors, profits & return on investment to the timber industry & vested interests. Looked after by @MHealyRae https://t.co/da7FpNjSAm

[Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews]

Friends of the Irish Environment @FIEIRELAND are taking judicial review proceedings against An Bord Pleanála's granting of planning permission to Shannon LNG for a power plant
https://t.co/hv7rWV1wQD

[Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly]

This is really textbook liberalism: an obsession with neutrality, an idea or a feeling that we shouldn’t distinguish or discriminate between things, for example, make any distinction between media outlets inclined to encourage xenophobia and those that do not

[Jude Sherry @judesherry]

Cork city council are spending millions upgrading the only city centre park.
They chopped down many trees & now we can watch these trees die slowly.
All while trolling us that they care about biodiversity & trees
No to mention paving over a marsh causes more flooding

[Ó Foghlú @rayofoghlu]

An odd stance for a member of the dairy committee.

The thing is, I have a hobby - it's finding old woodlands. It's just that every second time I put up the drone, I see farmers doing mad stuff.

[patrick bresnihan @PBresnihan]

This is important reporting.

A common argument from Govt & industry is that data centres should provide their own energy. Not only does this increase emissions (gas-fired), it also leads to higher household bills, money that goes indirectly to DCs.

https://t.co/ChCmcgkfKd

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

The European Commission has just made it clear that the rigid constraints they had placed on public finance were totally artificial. They have now lifted them to enable massive military production.

The EC could have done the same thing to achieve rapid decarbonization and ensure good housing, healthcare, and public transit for all. They could have abolished deprivation, unemployment and economic insecurity. But they did not.

This exposes an extraordinary betrayal. It reveals that the European working classes have been lied to, over and over.

The European Commission has suppressed production of public services, not because it has been fiscally necessary to do so, but because it ensures the conditions for capital accumulation.

[Paul Murphy 🇵🇸 @paulmurphy_TD]

Ireland is set to face upwards of €26 billion in fines by 2030 for missing climate targets—money that could have been spent on housing, healthcare, and public transport.

They're throwing away billions on climate failure while locking us into decades of dirty energy.

[Dr Tom Clonan @TomClonan]

Removing Ireland’s Triple Lock -The Realpolitik -My Letter In Today’s Irish Times -Simple Government Majority Will Allow Any Irish Govt To Send Any Number Of Irish Men & Women To Any Future War Zone - With Clear Political, Diplomatic & Practical Implications For Irish #Neutrality

[Stevie G @StevieGrainger]

What a loss. What a career. Nobody joined the dots better between soul, jazz, hip-hop, disco & even house

From Guru to the Roots
From Tyler to Erykah

His legacy remains everywhere
And his catalogue is one of the deepest

Some great times with him in Cork too smashing guy ❤️

[Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @Trickstersworld]

Brigid Laffan wants the term neutrality banned. Her friends are weapons manufacturer lobbyists. She is regularly on your TV and Radio advocating for the military industrial complex as if she is some sort of neutral person. She is a dishonest person.

[Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly]

The elite ‘common sense’ forming in Ireland is that being mature & sensible requires deprioritising the existential threat posed by climate change, while embracing a rush to militarisation that is driven by hysteria and machismo in equal measure

[Mick Caul @caulmick]

Stop Simon Harris removing the Triple Lock - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/hR9lK8nX3z via @Change

[Simon Bursell @SimonBursell]

@KhemRogaly @threadreaderapp please unroll

[Ciarán Nugent @ciarannugent]

Fracked gas is among the most environmentally destructive options available to us and we've been over the 1.5 degrees for the past year

€300 million would buy enough solar panels for 43,000 households (€7,000 a pop)