Some context for UK audiences.
There's approx 25 football journos in Ireland.
Not ONE wants the game to proceed.
As they aren't political journos they don't fear calling out injustice strongly & RTÉ can't create fake "balance".
They are representing actual Irish sentiment 💚
Ireland’s growing number of datacentres last year used 22% of the country’s electricity, more than all urban homes combined, according to the Central Statistics Office.
▫️ Equivalent figure in the US and UK is 6%.
📈Ireland has most expensive electricity prices in European Union - Eurostat
#datacentres #CostofLivingCrisis #FFG
DATA centres have added around €360 to household electricity bills by driving prices higher, a new report is warning. - ✍️Helen Bruce
The report, commissioned by Friends of the Earth Ireland and Beyond Fossil Fuels claims that data centres have drained €715million from the Irish economy, and could take a further €1.6billion from households over the course of the next decade.
#datacentres #CostofLivingCrisis #Electricity #HowIrelandWorks
These drones were so dangerous that even the mere footage of them poses a threat to the general public. Commercial flights weren't stopped or the airport wasn't shut down temporarily though 🤔🤷♂️ nothing to fear then nothing to hide 🤷♂️ #HowIrelandWorks