David Sutton

Outdoors enthusiast.

[David Sutton @daithisutton]

Ireland “does” infrastructure in fits and starts… We need a department of infrastructure that progresses infrastructure through election & economic cycles… We have never built infrastructure and regretted the decision. “Build it and they will come”

[Sinéad O’Sullivan @SineadOS1]

The protests in Ireland are not about just fuel! They are about the distance between Ireland on this graph and every other modern and developed economy. Ireland is second wealthiest but gets waaaaay less than any other country for that wealth. By a golden mile.

That visual gap in this graph? That’s what people are protesting. It’s a lack of infrastructure and the everyday enshittification of services, the economy, and the additional difficulty of trying to live, relative to peers in any other country. It also highlights why people don’t get uniformly listened to! - because there is no government architecture to engage meaningfully across this huge gap.

That gap is a three hour drive to work in traffic, a 14 month wait for an MRI, buses that don’t arrive, trains that don’t exist, schools that have no places for your kids, houses that are unaffordable, pubs that close before midnight, €12 sandwiches, expensive fuel.

People feel this gap, even if they can’t explain it precisely. And that builds into resentment, and ultimately protest. Fuel just happened to be the next thing that could be pointed to, today.

[David Sutton @daithisutton]

@JavierBlas lack of gas inventories was clear September. Was it not an obvious risk?

[David Sutton @daithisutton]

@JavierBlas not 100% sure but UK gas storage levels look like they are at lowest levels since 2020. How big a risk is this running into winter?

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

🇮🇪 Ireland: No gun killings in the country for first time in nearly 60 years.

[David Sutton @daithisutton]

@eoinmauricedaly It’s not the best headline. Believe the challenge is typically rental homes have higher occupancy than owner occupied. And landlords are selling to owners..

[David Sutton @daithisutton]

@MichaelAArouet Chart timeline and scale are a little biased?

[David Sutton @daithisutton]

@NoLayingUp where are the crowds?

[David Sutton @daithisutton]

@DublinAirport hi folks, will your long term parking buses be running tomorrow?

[David Sutton @daithisutton]

@collision amazing day for young and old… Thanks to all for an amazing day out!

[David Sutton @daithisutton]

⁦@KOSullivanIT⁩ it’s worth asking the EPA a bit more… emissions from electricity imports are not reported. Meaning UK gas generated electricity is getting preferential treatment over electricity generated in Ireland and no actual climate benefits.

https://t.co/JYTsb46pWG

[David Sutton @daithisutton]

@paulmurphy_TD They can locate here or locate somewhere else with significantly higher emissions… Climate change is a global problem… Data usage is going increase no matter what we do… so let’s be a proactive example of how to decarbonise… burying our head in the sand won’t help…

[David Sutton @daithisutton]

@jhanlonracing @champdotie @GowranPark1 @frpaddybyrne I was at the mass and backed Hewick as a result. Sitting with my brother-in-law watching the race and he says “that priest would want to be doing serious praying now” what a finish, what a man.

[David Sutton @daithisutton]

@GerBrowne4 Any idea where I could get high quality copy of that map?

[David Sutton @daithisutton]

@moylato Move by @paragkhanna is an excellent read!

[David Sutton @daithisutton]

@Corktod zip that jacket up Tony. You look cauld! 🥶

[David Sutton @daithisutton]

@natashamurtagh Spent a night up there during a thunder and hail storm. Had a wee bottle of Jameson and a great sleeping bag. A dog squeezed under the rain tarp to get out of the hail and curled at my feet. Woke up to this. It was perfect.

[David Sutton @daithisutton]

#ShineALightNight 2020

[Focus Ireland @FocusIreland]

RETWEET this Tweet and your profile photo will be added to our photo mosaic at https://t.co/fLhnCi7JOj. for the #ShineALightNight sleep-out!
Help us raise vital funds for those experiencing homelessness

[David Sutton @daithisutton]

@marktigheST @PenguinIEBooks I haven’t preordered a book since Harry Potter 🤓 Great read so far!

[Grant Thornton Ire @GrantThorntonIE]

Great to be sponsoring Ireland’s 2030 Electricity System's Seminar at @EngineerIreland