Ciarán Ferrie

Architecture, urbanism and sustainable transport (not just cycling!)

Galwegian living in Dublin, Ireland

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2024-09-14 08:08:36

The Hague will become the world’s first city to write into law a ban on advertising that promotes fossil fuels, petrol cars, air travel and cruise ships, in the latest in a wave of crackdowns by cities around the world.
https://www.ft.com/content/2ddd3771-aee4-4d75-9458-848057084de2
#ClimateEmergency

2024-09-05 08:06:50

There's an article in the Irish Times today about two incidents at a house on Ormond Quay in Dublin City Centre over the weekend. The article is, in my view, unnecessarily circumspect but here's what I know about the incidents.
Over the summer, housing activists occupied a vacant building on Ormond Quay and have been squatting there for the last month or two. They have provided shelter there to people seeking International Protection who would otherwise be sleeping on the streets.
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2024-08-30 01:24:49

TIL that Wikipedia has a very lengthy list of musicians who oppose Donald Trump's use of their music. My favourite response is the one from Leonard Cohen's estate.
It's also clear that Trump and his team have no understanding of the meaning of many of the songs chosen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicians_who_oppose_Donald_Trump%27s_use_of_their_music?wprov=sfla1
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/113/048/353/814/566/593/original/146875a28b91395f.jpg

2024-08-13 20:53:00

This is why you shouldn't sign up to supermarket loyalty cards. You are handing over so much personal data which will ultimately be used to screw you.
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/08/13/kroger-unveils-ai-powered-automatic-price-gouger/

2024-07-20 07:16:28

Councillors Malachy Steenson, Gavin Pepper and Glen Moore have all been reported to be in attendance at the Coolock site, claiming to represent the people of Coolock. None of them was elected in that area and one is from a different local authority altogether.
The truth is that the people of Coolock rejected the ethno-nationalist thugs, Rowan Croft and Kevin Coyle at the ballot box and elected councillors who do not support these actions.
http://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0719/1460884-harris-coolock/

2024-07-18 16:19:54

"A journalist from the Sun newspaper, who had joined the call pretending to be interested in the protest, managed to record some of it and passed the recordings on to the police."
#NeverBuyTheSun #ClimateEmergency #JustStopOil
https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2024/0718/1460642-just-stop-oil-court/

2024-07-18 09:46:06

'The Bullshit Weaver' by Denis Lushch, 2019, oil on gessoed paper
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/112/806/834/926/035/868/original/dbc68a339f234530.png

2024-07-06 09:30:00

I met this magnificent creature this morning
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/112/738/834/685/399/814/original/a7e24ef909f4c9cd.jpg

2024-07-05 08:28:45

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@npub1hpc…hjn3 I've got slightly different figures but that looks about right https://mastodon.ie/@ccferrie/112732929115899187

2024-06-27 06:57:35

This is a good piece by @npub1hue…2py0 on the fare-free public transport debate which is a lot more nuanced than the usual rhetoric.
#PublicTransport
https://irishcycle.com/2024/06/26/irelands-free-public-transport-debate-has-both-sides-not-dealing-with-realpolitiks/

2024-06-26 16:54:14

Boycotting works!
Well done to the Irish bands who led the way on this at great personal cost.
https://www.nme.com/news/music/sxsw-drops-us-army-as-sponsor-for-2025-festival-3768873

2024-06-19 21:35:30

I can't remember who posted this recently but I'm reminded of it today when I see the handwringing about #JustStopOil's action in Stonehenge.
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/112/645/419/464/398/993/original/e6e1042fdc1439a7.jpg

2024-06-17 09:49:26

This is such good news after the disappointing European elections last week. Huge respect to the Austrian Environment Minister for doing what is right, rather than what is politically expedient, and to Eamon Ryan and the outgoing Irish Green MEPs, Grace O'Sullivan and Ciarán Cuffe, who worked hard to get this over the line.
RTE news : EU countries approve landmark nature law after delays
http://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2024/0617/1455111-eu-nature-law/

2024-06-09 17:07:00

Labour's Helen Ogbu has been elected to Galway City Council with both Noel Larkin and Michael Crowe losing their seats.
#LE24 #Galway
https://connachttribune.ie/its-gaillimh-ogbu-as-helen-makes-history-676/

2024-06-09 09:01:55

I'm just seeing that in Galway, Cllr Noel Larkin is likely to lose his seat on the council. Larkin is renowned for his anti-traveller views and aligned himself with Independent Ireland for this election.
It looks like his seat will be taken by Labour's Helen Ogbu. :chefkiss:
#LE24 #Galway https://connachttribune.ie/keogh-eliminated-on-ninth-count-in-city-east/

2024-05-28 12:47:53

My daughter playing rock, paper, scissors with another little girl in New York via the Dublin/New York Portal
#Portal #Dublin #NewYork
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2024-05-22 06:29:39

It's not that long ago that the British establishment would equate being Irish with being in the IRA, so when Israel equates Palestine with Hamas in an attempt to stop Ireland from recognising the state of Palestine it only reinforces the importance of that recognition.
The Irish government is doing the right thing today and will be seen to be on the right side of history.
#Palestine #Gaza #StopTheGenocide
http://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/0522/1450531-palestinian-state/

2024-03-12 12:12:11

"Factory production has allowed all kinds of engineered products, from cars to electronics, to become much more sophisticated and also much less expensive. So why do we insist on building houses the old-fashioned way?"
Wessie du Toit on the commodification of housing, prefabrication and the attachment to historic architypes.
#Housing
https://www.thepathosofthings.com/p/why-we-dont-consume-houses

2023-12-22 10:57:16

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@npub1z6j…3hlg @npub1y98…fhhs Free public transport is only a good idea if you have a good quality public transport system that has the capacity for the inevitable increase in usership, and if you also introduce restrictions on private car use.
Otherwise all you achieve is people moving from other sustainable modes (walking and cycling) to public transport with very little impact on car use.

2023-12-17 16:07:23

Our pets have never really seen eye to eye
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/111/596/612/320/514/822/original/93bb1c8c8c382daa.jpg

2023-09-06 07:29:14

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@npub1sff…t0nd Sounds like a sensible man!

2023-09-04 14:07:32

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@npub133l…6u3s @npub1zwn…vjs7 My mistake - it was reported differently in the press at the time.
https://dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/articles/2023/04/06/government-councillors-vote-against-own-parties-in-dcc-eviction-motion/

2023-09-04 09:22:24

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@npub1zwn…vjs7 On a point of order, current Green Party policy, ratified at the party Policy Council earlier this year, is to immediately reinstate the eviction ban. Deputy Duffy's statements do not reflect current party policy.

2023-08-31 09:05:46

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@npub18sj…wrkn Is that the job of An Garda Síochána - I want to hear him calling on the minister for more resources for enforcement, to roll out of average speed cameras on a wider scale, to get traffic light camera detection installed, to set higher minimum sentences for road traffic offences. And I want him to commit to doing everything he can to enforce the existing laws.

2023-08-31 08:26:09

The state of this - An Garda Síochána asking people to drive carefully and putting responsibility on the passengers to call out dangerous driving. It's a disgraceful abdication of their own responsibility to enforce road traffic laws.
#RoadSafety
https://www.thejournal.ie/road-deaths-ireland-3-6156656-Aug2023/

2023-08-30 12:08:39

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@npub1djv…74n2 @npub1y57…zjag The makings of a good historical novel, but very much a fictional account

2023-08-30 12:07:50

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@npub1djv…74n2 @npub1y57…zjag Interesting that people ascribed her "decadence" to the fact that she had left rural life for the city, whereas, it was probably in rural Ireland that her child was conceived and therefore the "decadence" of rural life drove her to the city.

2023-08-30 11:45:30

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@npub1djv…74n2 @npub1y57…zjag I wonder what became of her son?

2023-08-30 11:44:24

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@npub1djv…74n2 @npub1y57…zjag Sounds plausible. Her friend said she had been living in Dublin for about 5 years. The child was born three years before she was killed.

2023-08-30 11:15:28

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@npub1djv…74n2 @npub1y57…zjag The 16 year old Lizzie was born in Wicklow - this could be her in 1901 http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Wicklow/Arklow_Urban/Condrens_Lane_Lower/1813305/
The 12 year old Lizzie was born in Dublin - here's a possible match in the Liberties in 1901 http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Dublin/Merchants_Quay/Reginald_Square/1299993/

2023-08-30 11:05:57

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@npub1djv…74n2 @npub1y57…zjag The 16 year old is listed as a "Laundress Domestic Servant" in a convent on Cork Street - possibly St Joseph's Night Refuge which was attached to St Joseph's Convent on Ormonde Street https://www.irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy/buildings-database/st-josephs-night-refuge-aka-stove-tenter-house

2023-08-30 10:57:00

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@npub1djv…74n2 @npub1y57…zjag Wasn't she supposed to have been from the Liberties? There are two Lizzie O'Neill's in the Liberties in 1911 who would fit the bill http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?searchMoreVisible=&census_year=1911&surname=O%27Neill&firstname=Liz*&county19011911=Dublin&county1821=&county1831=&county1841=&county1851=&parish=&ward=&barony=&townland=&houseNumber=&ded=Merchant%27s&age=&sex=&search=Search&ageInMonths=&relationToHead=&religion=&education=&occupation=&marriageStatus=&yearsMarried=&birthplace=&nativeCountry=&language=&deafdumb=&causeOfDeath=&yearOfDeath=&familiesNumber=&malesNumber=&femalesNumber=&maleServNumber=&femaleServNumber=&estChurchNumber=&romanCatNumber=&presbNumber=&protNumber=&marriageYears=&childrenBorn=&childrenLiving=

2023-08-25 10:15:13

"We have 50km/h speed limits outside our schools, which is just ridiculous!" - Geraldine Herbert on driver behaviour around schools https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22289927/
#ActiveTravel

2023-08-25 09:44:33

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@npub1f9m…cn3m I haven't posted, liked or retweeted anything on Twitter since November last year but I've kept my account, mainly because I don't want my Twitter handle to fall into other hands.
Initially, I had hoped that there might be a post-Musk future for Twitter and that I might return but that seems increasingly unlikely.
I don't think having an inactive account bolsters the platform in any significant way. Active Users is the key metric that investors and advertisers will look to.

2023-08-23 19:53:58

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@npub1sv7…369u I think they think they're not really parked if the engine is still running.

2023-08-23 19:48:43

I'm sitting there having my lunch on the lovely newly landscaped Francis Street when this guy pulls up in his van onto the paved area right in front of me, sticks on his hazards, leaves the engine running and takes out his phone to make a call.
Perfectly normal behaviour. I'm sure the council are delighted the money they spent on the public realm enhancement isn't going to waste.
#motonormativity #CultureOfImpunity
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/110/940/629/851/918/676/original/11d1e40e73915779.jpg

2023-08-22 06:53:17

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@npub1zp3…9n8x have you got the lake in Finland that looks like Finland? https://www.reddit.com/r/Finland/comments/yhhe58/there_is_a_lake_in_finland_that_looks_like_finland/?rdt=43238

2023-08-15 20:05:43

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@npub1djv…74n2 three more years and we'll finally have that 1926 census data!

2023-08-15 16:30:50

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@npub1djv…74n2 There's a Seosamh Ua Beaglaoich age 20 listed here boarding at St Patrick's College, Maynooth in 1911. Sounds like a good fit if he was teaching five years later.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Kildare/Maynooth/Collegeland/540537/

2023-08-15 16:23:43

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@npub1djv…74n2 I thin if there are too many results it won't return any.
For example, P* Murphy doesn't return results but Q* Murphy does

2023-08-15 16:18:04

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@npub1djv…74n2 Is this search result reading for you? It should list all male Begley's aged 18 (+/- 5 years) using "Jo*" for the forename
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=1911&surname=Begley&exact=&firstname=Jo*&county19011911=&county1821=&county1831=&county1841=&county1851=&townland=&ded=&age=18&sex=M&relationToHead=&religion=&education=&occupation=&marriageStatus=&marriageYears=&childrenBorn=&childrenLiving=&birthplace=&nativeCountry=&language=&deafdumb=&houseNumber=&familiesNumber=&malesNumber=&femalesNumber=&maleServNumber=&femaleServNumber=&estChurchNumber=&romanCatNumber=&presbNumberDiv=&protNumber=&parish=&barony=&yearsMarried=&causeOfDeath=&yearOfDeath=&familyId=&ageInMonths=&search=Search&sort=&pageSize=50

2023-08-15 16:11:14

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@npub1djv…74n2 Hmmm...it's working for me. What name are you looking for and I'll see if I can find it

2023-08-15 15:59:34

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@npub1djv…74n2 I think you need at least two letters in the name for it to work e.g. Th*

2023-08-14 12:58:59

Dublin City Council are running a public consultation on the city Sports Plan https://consultation.dublincity.ie/sport-wellbeing/dublin-city-sports-plan-2023-2028/
I've used it to call for more publicly accessible green recreational space, safer walking and cycling routes to recreational spaces (including the proposed Dodder Greenway) and better walking and cycling infrastructure generally to allow people to build physical activity into their daily lives.
#ActiveTravel #Dublin

2023-08-10 19:21:30

Shamim Malekmian reporting on a meeting chaired by Cllr Nial Ring to discuss asylum seekers living in the East Wall area. It's an excellently written piece that leaves no doubt about Cllr Ring's intentions.
“If they were really concerned, they would come into the building and talk to us and ask how they could help us. They would try to make sure that people who live in the building do come to these meetings”
https://dublininquirer.com/2023/08/09/a-meeting-about-anti-social-behaviour-discusses-asylum-seekers-in-east-wall-without-giving-them-a-chance-to-be-heard/

2023-08-10 11:01:09

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@npub17yz…qgzq yes!

2023-08-09 23:01:06

I wonder if this photo will resonate with many #Mastodaoine - I reckon it's up there with the Sacred Heart, the Pope and JFK as a feature of Irish households of a certain era.
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/110/862/140/127/509/185/original/486d5b667c62e035.jpg

2023-08-09 09:29:23

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@npub1djv…74n2 @npub1lmp…x8hn it does if you click on each block of colour

2023-08-09 09:08:06

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@npub1djv…74n2 @npub1lmp…x8hn https://www.dublinhistoricmaps.ie/boundaries/1901-1911-census-divisions/index.html

2023-08-06 12:19:16

Eamon Ryan couldn't have asked for a greater endorsement than to receive such criticism from the CEO of one of Europe's most polluting companies, whose business model is knowingly making climate change worse.
#EamonRyan #Ryanair #ClimateEmergency
https://www.businesspost.ie/article/eamon-ryan-is-without-doubt-the-most-incompetent-transport-minister-weve-ever-had-michael-olea/

2023-08-05 21:10:40

#Meta is now pushing #Threads in my #Instagram notifications - I thought it wasn't available in the EU?
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/110/839/050/072/008/462/original/7bd678860f6de319.jpg

2023-08-05 16:04:23

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@npub1s8n…susg thank you!

2023-08-05 15:31:55

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@npub1s8n…susg I think it'll be a different picture here tomorrow. We're booked into Wild Ireland so we might have to break out the wet gear!

2023-08-05 15:20:52

I don't know what it's like in the rest of the country but it's a beautiful day in #Inishowen!
#Donegal #Ireland
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/110/837/667/307/844/214/original/9dfe2a421bc1bdbf.jpg

2023-08-03 12:41:43

It's #OperaInTheOpen season one again. Every Thursday lunchtime at the Dublin City Council amphitheatre there is an open air performance of a classic opera. It's all very accessible (in every sense of the word) and a nice way to spend your lunch break. Today's performance is a slightly abridged version of Puccini's La Bohème.
Full programme here: http://www.dublincityartsoffice.ie/supporting-the-arts-in-the-city/festivals/opera-in-the-open
#Dublin #Opera #LiveableCities
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/110/825/712/928/084/982/original/e8aede51264da6e2.jpg

2023-08-03 10:00:10

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@npub18kf…f555 @npub1xpp…zj2r Second that - Thursday night is a good night there if you are looking for something this evening.

2023-07-24 08:09:09

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@npub1sff…t0nd I'd say they're getting anxious about the future of their industry. People will stop flying to places where there is a high risk of climate-induced disasters.

2023-07-17 09:34:48

"Safety is often mentioned as a reason why people like #SUVs, but while people might feel safe inside them, the cyclist that's next to you perhaps doesn't feel safe, because you're so high up and kind of over them as well. The street space that's in our city is for everybody and everybody should feel equally comfortable maneuvering around the city. And if these vehicles are causing an issue...then we should look to see how we could maybe get them out of the city centre"
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2023/0713/1394369-suvs-parking-charges-ireland-paris/

2023-03-17 15:45:11

These guys got one of the biggest rounds of applause at the Dublin parade. A shouty homophobe holding a religious banner behind us was quickly shut down.
#[0] #[1]
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/110/039/389/205/845/944/original/9775d58e0640a3b4.jpg