lee

General enthusiast, working in cancer care 🏳️‍🌈

[lee @e_6_2_1]

A random spider in Children of Time:

[Big Brother UK @bbuk]

Donna is so real for that reaction because what do you mean Patsy Palmer isn't her real name?! 😱 #CBBUK #BBLL

[lee @e_6_2_1]

Boards of MDF came flying across from a high rise building site behind our place like giant frisbees. Good thing they only hit the clothes line.. if it was a person I’m sure they’d have been badly injured. #StormÉowyn #dublin

[JPH @jessyjph]

Shon Faye spot on as always

[BUCHANAN: Dublin Time Machine @RobLooseCannon]

Did you know that Killester was a "garden village" purpose built by the British as a model community for World War 1 veterans? It wasn't even the only empire veterans settlement in Ireland, but it was the largest built for British ex-servicemen.

The British prime minister and only Welshman to hold the office, David Lloyd George, started a campaign in 1918 he described as “homes for heroes”. Construction started in 1922.

Of course, the War of Independence and the Civil War threw a major molotov cocktail in the works. Dublin Castle had fallen, and the greater part of Ireland wasn't a British subject anymore.

Yet, in a rare act of colonial aftercare, doubtless performed more out of convenience than altruism, the antebellum Brit authorities built the planned accommodation anyway, with the permission of the new Dáil.

Dublin was full of damaged and demolished buildings, its economic rhythms chaotic due to the instability of conflict. Hundreds of construction jobs and free gaffs were an unexpected blessing.

289 homes were built in Killester Garden Village, forming the Abbeyfield, Middle Third, and Demesne schemes. Over 2,600 houses were built via sponsorship of the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust across the new Irish Free State.

With a commendable conscientiousness which our current government seems incapable of, the veterans' rents were structured on an affordable “sliding scale” to secure their families lifestyle and encourage them to purchase the gaffs well within their lifetimes.

Mindful of transport requirements, a new bus route (by the hilariously titled Contemptible Omnibus Company) was established. "Contemptible" in this context wasn't an insult but a well-known nickname for soldiers who were already enlisted before conscription.

And of course Killester train station, now a Dart station was built. The foresightful planners even went so far as to construct a water tower to guarantee a dedicated supply without putting undue pressure on surrounding neighbourhoods.

In addition to neighbours coming together in the green spaces and shops, the British Legion lodge was the heart of the community. Though the structure is still there, it has been vacant for decades.

Thanks to a hard-fought campaign headed by local residents and military veterans, there will be a permanent WW1 Memorial and garden open in August to mark the centenary of Killester and commemorating the Irish Soldiers and Sailors who lived in the ex-servicemen community, along with restoration of the history Royal British Legion hall.

Obviously, the concept of a "Garden Village" had the very literal element of large green area, both communal allotments and big gardens, for growing vegetables to complement the communities diet and social life. This was based on the philosophy of the English urban planner Ebenezer Howard. His vision of islands of low and medium density self-sustained housing in stretches of semi-rural environment is the exact opposite of “modern” Dublin residential planning now.

In fact , already high density mini cities like Blanchardstown which are already underserved by civil and social facilities and communications, are being pushed beyond bursting by the irresponsible development of every empty inch in to high-rise, high rent yuppy slums.

Urban nightmares run roughshod over communities when motivated by greed instead of social sustainability, and when you treat locals as numbers instead of neighbours. The vulture fund fodder being constructed in Blanchardstown, without the necessary civic resources to cope with the growth, shows a contempt for the locals.

We have much to learn from the “Garden Village” model. Huge congratulations to the hard-working Killester community, ensuring the often neglected WW1 and WW2 part of our cities history is given the recognition it deserves.

To find out how you can get involved and learn more, check out
https://t.co/5f4Lv7S2Cr

[C.R. Hillin @crrhillin]

Sunburns are the real testament to man’s hubris. You knew of the Sun’s wrath. All you had to do to prevent it was put on the cream, which is cheap and plentiful. But no. You decided to throw hands with a literal ball of fire. And now your face hurts.

[BRYN_BORANGA @BRYN_BORANGA]

actual video of a British person arriving in Heaven

[tatum @planetgraves]

(Genuinely confused) Yeah I think I got it

[Together for Safety @together_safety]

And just like that … we have #SafeAccessZones in Ireland

#abortionishealthcare @ICCLtweet @NWCI @AmnestyIreland @_IHREC @SisterSupporter @backoffscotland @SupportAbort @All4Choice @a4cderry @IrishFPA @DW_Ireland @Startdoctors @Abortion_Rights @AbortionSupport @freesafelegal

[lee @e_6_2_1]

#sneachta Rathgar this morning

[Daniel @tinymediaempire]

listen, the "Wonka Experience" thing is hilarious front to back. but its also extremely telling of what kind of companies/people use AI generative images, those with not a lick of imagination or care, lazy dead-eyed mouthbreathing shortcut-trufflepigs.

[Habkat @Habibakatsha]

This is one of the best explanations I’ve seen online about the ongoing conflict in Congo, please have a watch.

[lee @e_6_2_1]

@ASLIBRARIES @AshlingHotel @LAIonline @conulireland @walkerabroad @clauersen @UCD_iSchool @UCCLibrary @CILIPinfo Lovely memories. Thank you for bringing this back to me. It was a great event to capture everyone’s movement.

[jackson @squashedlikebug]

oven has a Window , microwave too , you can see All the way through a blender , but the Dish washer , oh No you could Never see in there , they Refuse to let us See what’s going on in there

[lee @e_6_2_1]

@BearDublin @susieoftraken #fernfriday

[lee @e_6_2_1]

May bug spotted in Swords, Dublin~ happy biodiversity week

[lee @e_6_2_1]

@_gmnr_ ..are you -certain- that they are not a houseplant 🪴

[lee @e_6_2_1]

Shoutout to Connemara Seaweed Co for keeping me constantly stocked up on seaweed flakes~

[lee @e_6_2_1]

Made the most amazing katsu the other night, with tofu nugs

[kelsie @iPad_Latino]

Me: brutally murdered and found dumped on the side of the highway
Two 35yr old women with a podcast: ok murder muffins we got a real oopy goopy spoopy story for you today!
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