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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 2h

The National Roads Authority (now TII) greatly streamlined the process for constructing motorways in particular. It used to be a fragmented mess, with lots of project splitting and gombeen opportunism.

Development of public transport infrastructure was not similarly improved, for political reasons.

Brian Caulfield @briancaulfield.bsky.social · 3h

Imagine if Ireland could lay rail tracks as quickly as it builds roads.... my article in the @irishtimes.com today

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Brian Caulfield: Now Metrolink is going ahead, what’s the next rail project for Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway?

If Luas Finglas is delivered on time, there will have been a 15-year gap since the last Luas extension

www.irishtimes.com

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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 2h

"This initiative replaces the Joint Policing Committee and brings together residents, community groups, public services, and elected representatives to work collaboratively on local safety issues."

Galway Advertiser @galwayadvertiser.bsky.social · 3h

Galway City Council has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Jim O’Callaghan, of the newly appointed members of the Galway City Local Community Safety Partnership www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...

Galway City Council welcomes appointments to Local Community Safety Partnership

Galway City Council has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Jim O’Callaghan, of the newly appointed members of the Galway City Local Community Safety P...

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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 2h

"Our first image was taken in 1904 outside the City of Galway Cycle Depot, owned by Edmund Hill who was a general merchant & bicycle salesman. He bought the car in London and drove it to Holyhead, a journey that took 36 days, crossed the Irish Sea and then drove to Galway causing huge excitement."

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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 3h

Unfortunately, diesel engines "are here to stay", as Vaclav Smil puts it. 👇

At least until a definitive policy decision is made to terminate their use.

They are just too convenient, despite their wastefulness. And it's too easy to ignore their externalised cost.

spectrum.ieee.org/the-diesel-e...

The Diesel Engine at 120

It seemed a no-brainer invention, but it took quite some time to become the world’s leading source of locomotive power

spectrum.ieee.org

Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 3h

A feature of the Irish "planning" system is the role of rhetoric & opinion in shaping ACP decisions. If a consultant engineer says 'these traffic projections are good' or a Council executive says 'these alleged economic effects are bad', ACP listens.

But as for evidence...

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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 5d

@olaln.bsky.social @irishdocsenv.bsky.social @tinydbass.bsky.social A claim repeatedly made by the NTA, TII, local authorities, elected representatives & various lobbyists is that road expansion is required to engineer modal shift.

TII was asked for evidence of same. They're still searching.

1. A modal switch from cars to public transport and active travel (such as walking or cycling).

2. An increased number of trips by public transport and active travel.

3. An overall reduction in traffic volume.

4. A reduced number of car trips.

Could you please provide information on any road projects that have achieved these outcomes? This could include data on:

- The specific project(s) that achieved these outcomes

- The location(s) of the project(s)

- The methodology used to measure the outcomes

- Any relevant statistics or data that demonstrate the success of the project(s)

I wish acknowledge receipt of your correspondence of 7 September 2025 and I apologise for the delay in responding.

The matter is still receiving attention and a further reply will issue as soon as possible.

Kind regards

Senior Regulatory & Administration Executive

Transport Infrastructure Ireland

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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 4h

The images used by advocates for the second #GalwayCityRingRoad clearly show traffic-filled inbound roads, while outbound lanes are uncongested or entirely empty. Perhaps this is why they've pivoted from complaining about bypass traffic to hyping the importance of what they call "strategic" traffic.

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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 4h

The presence of a commuter bus is possible but relatively unlikely in typical peak morning traffic on the N6/M6.

Even though the #N6GCRR promoters now acknowledge that only 1% of traffic bypasses Galway, they still refuse to address all of the key implications.

connachttribune.ie/galway-is-ra...

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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 8h

Biofuels is an example of a tool used as an excuse for inaction when we already have a range of well-proven tools in the toolbox from prioritising active travel and public transport to enabling electric car use:

T&E @transportenvironment.org · 9h

NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 6h

The profligate wastefulness of heat engines also explains why biofuels are a giant folly and environmental disaster.

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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 9h

NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 7h

"Nobody wants to come to Galway." ~Pádraig Ó Céidigh, 2010.

#GalwayCarTraffic

Screenshot of Google Maps showing congested inbound morning traffic on the N6 in Galway, 9th October 2025.

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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 7h

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joelunchpail.bsky.social @joelunchpail.bsky.social · 12h

1) Russia doesn't tend to its wounded very often.

2) Missing are zeroed soldiers they left to rot on the battlefield.

3) Zeroed are the obvious ones.

4) You can basically add all the columns together and say they were zeroed and 2025 isn't over yet.

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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 8h

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Guillaume D. @gdeleur.bsky.social · 5d

Fin d’été chaotique
Premier petit pull léger
Allumage du chauffage 📍
Nuit à 14 h 32
Pull le plus chaud
Double couette
Impression d’hiver sans fin
Hiver sans fin
Angoisse de Noël
Angoisse de Nouvel An
Maladie hivernale
Janvier de 72 jours
Rechute maladie
Avril c’est loin

📍 Vous êtes ici.

Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 8h

Just 3% of the land now used for biofuels could generate the same energy with solar panels, sufficient to power nearly one third of all cars worldwide if they were EVs. Electrifying transport is far more efficient, cuts emissions more steeply, and frees up farmland for food and possible rewilding.

T&E @transportenvironment.org · 9h

NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
🧵⤵️

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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 1d

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Jeanette Serritzlev @serritzlev.bsky.social · 1d

"The average life cycle of an (RUS) assault troop member: 12 days."

Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 1d

A popular Russian telegram account claims he doesn't want to join the Russian military because his life expectancy would then be 12 days.

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Galway Advertiser @galwayadvertiser.bsky.social · 1d

A huge new festival of the lake, linking communities across Lough Corrib, is being planned for next year www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...

Corrib festival in pipeline for 2026

In the wake of successful riverine events across Galway city and county for Culture Night last month, organisers of Corrib Feile-FLOW are planning a larger lakeland festival to unite towns and…

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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 1d

Very interesting.

Open to correction on this, but overall it looks like a situation of extreme lethality.

For every Russian soldier wounded, about 0.8 are killed or missing.

WWII averaged about 1:3-4, so this seems catastrophic.

dupuyinstitute.org/2022/06/06/w...

Wounded-to-killed ratios in Ukraine in 2022 - The Dupuy Institute

I made a post on Friday that unsurprisingly got some pushback on twitter. It is here: The Ukrainian casualty claims are inflated – part 1 | Mystics & Statistics (dupuyinstitute.org). One of the twitte...

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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 1d

How do we make sense of, or detect a coherent narrative in, all of this apparent chaos?

The 2017 Atlantic article cited here by @jennycohn.bsky.social refers to the first Trump White House as "a tangle of competing interests and factions".

It's much worse now. Is it strategy or mere lunacy?

Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 1d

Ukraine will be rebuilt, eventually. Its geography may also be conducive to massive development of renewable energy.

Nuclear & fossil fuel infrastructure has proved especially vulnerable to hostile military intervention.

Perhaps one solution is a diversified, interconnected zero carbon grid?

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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 1d

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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 1d

H/t @cedricmas.bsky.social.

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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 2d

We probably should talk more about burnout in both volunteers and officials who keep seeking change but who keep hitting a brick wall...

Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 2d

sees problem - fights for change - burns out

life cycle of an advocate

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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 1d

Unfortunately, on the Ukraine side:

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 2d

Russia’s energy war hits hard: half of Ukraine’s gas output is gone.
A $2.8 billion plan now stands between the country and a freezing winter.

$2.8 billion emergency plan tests Ukraine’s winter resilience

The country now depends on imports to meet a 1 November storage target that is only enough for a mild winter.

euromaidanpress.com

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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has long believed that he is politically untouchable.

His re-election in 2024 only confirmed that, hence his extreme willingness now to do whatever he wants regardless of its legality or acceptability. Pardoning Maxwell would be just another killer move.

youtu.be/GBOi7nfrd8k

Donald Trump says he could "shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose" support

YouTube video by CBS News

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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 1d

The above is pure speculation, tbh.

What is clear, however, is that Trump and his senior MAGA cultists are absolutely determined to disassociate him from all things Epstein.

Trump most likely believes that he can pardon Maxwell and get away with it scot free.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 2d

@dankaszeta.bsky.social If only there were media willing to report the spread of misinformation instead of contributing to it, unwittingly or otherwise.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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