Rainer Melzer

Lecturer at UCD (plant genetics). Father of two. Car free. Dublin, Ireland, Germany, politics, #andacyclist
For science tweets see @UCDflowerpower

[Gone to Bluesky @IrishCycle]

Also: There is no limit on the price of a bicycle using the Cycle to Work scheme. The limit is on amount which will be covered by the tax incentive. Best place for details of the scheme is @citizensinfo‘s website: https://t.co/sfIhtIsrnt

[Jana Hensel @jana_hensel]

Und noch zu dieser rewriting history-Frage der vergangenen Wochen: die Debatte, ob man Strassen umbenennen, Denkmäler stürzen und über Kunstwerke neu nachdenken müsste, lässt sich aus ostdeutscher Perspektive freilich mit einiger Verwunderung betrachten. Nach 1990 hat die ostdt.

[Jana Hensel @jana_hensel]

Achso, die Arbeitsgruppe der Leopoldina besteht übrigens aus 24 Männern und zwei Frauen.

[Siobhán @carnsoreboxer]

Supplies running low. Can someone please suggest a vegan or vegetarian restaurant that would deliver to D14 please

[Rainer Melzer @MelzerRainer]

@carnsoreboxer DM me and I'll go shopping, if this helps.

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan are giving an update on #coronavirus measures | Live #covid19 blog: https://t.co/uNMJxwVEKb https://t.co/9JGHkvILyj

[Rainer Melzer @MelzerRainer]

@GerHerbert1 What do you mean?

[Rainer Melzer @MelzerRainer]

Anyone living in the Stepaside/Belarmine area needing help with shopping etc: dm me.

[Rainer Melzer @MelzerRainer]

Should we try a reverse St. Patrick's day parade, @BelarmineC?

[Rainer Melzer @MelzerRainer]

@Pidge @ray_cun Carpool lanes exist in other countries and work (to some extent). Guess depends on the fines and on enforcement.

[Rainer Melzer @MelzerRainer]

@lukeming @RoryHearne Problematic numbers, but Ireland also has a much younger population than Japan and Germany. I suspect figures would look less dramatic if corrected for that.

[Rainer Melzer @MelzerRainer]

Tracy is right.
Also, if you protect yourself, you also protect more vulnerable people. This post is worth a read:
https://t.co/nU4qNadlAY

#COVID19ireland

[Tracy 💜 ☮️ 📸 ✍🏼 @AddressingLife]

Just saw an HCA (health care assistant) tweet "this is not a life threatening bug"

Again I say tell that to my son or all the other children & adults with underlying health conditions. WTF kind of statement is that for anyone in a health profession to make?! 😡 #COVID19ireland

[Rainer Melzer @MelzerRainer]

@annmcnam But doesn't the 14th amendment define citizenship? Then it is a constitutional law?

[Rainer Melzer @MelzerRainer]

@annmcnam Dunno. Isn't it the same in other countries? Doesn't explain it, of course. Maybe because there is usually a higher bar to change the constitution than other laws. And citizenship criteria should be difficult to change.

[Rainer Melzer @MelzerRainer]

@annmcnam My understanding is that the constitution can only be changed by a referendum, not by parliamentary action alone.

[Dublin Cycling Campaign @dublincycling]

Your next car might be an electric bicycle...

[Rainer Melzer @MelzerRainer]

@jana_hensel AfD und Linke haben ne Doppelspitze. Von denen will man sich ja abgrenzen.

[Fintan O'Toole @fotoole]

The UK is making it clear it doesn't want construction workers from the EU. Ireland should welcome them with open arms. We need builders.