Cursaí an-dona sa gClochán @RTERnaG @GalwayCoCo @rtenews pic.twitter.com/aU7IMQowrK
— Cóilín Ó Neachtain (@neachtc) September 2, 2020
Emergency services are monitoring the situation on routes in and around Clifden in Co. Galway, following torrential rain overnight and this morning | Read more: https://t.co/W2xwgYpv6N pic.twitter.com/3S1BUcf0vO
— TJOD (@bairinbreac) September 2, 2020
People being evacuated from their homes in #Clifden floods pic.twitter.com/uQM5NPKjpI
— Judith Faherty (@JudithFaherty) September 2, 2020
Drove into Clifden for some supplies. They’ve since closed all the roads. One elderly local said he has never seen anything like the flooding today. pic.twitter.com/uI6KjkyoSZ
— Jean Wallace (@jeanwallace17) September 2, 2020
Meanwhile…
Upstream from Clifden large tracts of bog have been killed and converted to sitka spruce plantations. Arterial drains rapidly pass rain water to the river which accelerates down stream. To fix this, repair the bog, not the river @opwireland@coilltenews @pippa_hackett https://t.co/sq0TYbJ4kU pic.twitter.com/DaYYuiNVya
— stiofanwalsh (@stiofanwalsh) September 2, 2020
Yikes.
This morning in Clifden, Co Galway.
Flooding in Connemara as rainfall warning issued for northwest (RTE)
Pig Fill’s revenge!
Sitka spruce strikes again!
Why anyone advocates for planting that I will never know – has almost no benefit to the environment other than “carbon sequestration” – plenty of very visible negatives, such as how barren and empty the forests area, very little wildlife can live in them, and very little other plants can grow in/around them, unlike a conventional (native) forest.
I think they are realising this and changing their model (albeit slowly). For example
Gerry Murphy, managing director of Coillte Land Solutions, said Irish forests in the mid-20th century had been planted mainly for maximising timber production, but the aims of forestry programmes had evolved since then.
Some 20 per cent of the area under Coillte’s management is now designated primarily for biodiversity, while it had also increased recreational access under initiatives such as the Dublin Mountains Partnership.
The conversion to official recreational use means the nine forests will gradually move to continuous cover forestry, which will see the removal of commercial species and introduction of non-commercial native tree species in some areas. This may involve “limited” clear-felling as well as natural regeneration.
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/energy-and-resources/coillte-to-convert-nine-forests-in-dublin-mountains-to-recreational-use-1.3932328
hopefully more attention and focus on the issue will continue to come
remember that lady Sioned Jones from Cork in the courts earlier this year over her interference with said gobsheen Sitka Spruce??
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30984532.html
Because it’s grown as a crop, like spuds, barley, rapeseed etc and sold for profit like any crop. After felling takes place, they’re legally obliged to replant, but it doesn’t have to be a conifer plantation.
The Greenwash party want a massive roll out of useless wind turbines (senior party members have skin in the game) , a minimum 2000 tons of cement per turbine, to industrialise pristine hillsides and destroy the environment. If you think what bad forestry has done for Clifden you ain’t seen nothing yet!
Life cycle analysis shows turbine are carbon negative.
Plus cost per MW works out less than thermal as no fuel, water or chemical costs. Capex for 1GW gas CCGT is around €1. 2B, €1.2M per MW before opex costs circa 4% Capex per annum. wind turbines around €1.3Mper MW almost no opex cost and no CO2.