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The barriers “block migratory fish species from accessing most of the river and degrade/impound the habitat they need to complete their life cycles”.
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Over the years, the idea’s got support from councillors, TDs, the Minister for Transport – but there’s still no simple, official way to do it in Dublin city.
First, they’re working on putting the materials online. But later, maybe a place where people can drop in to look at some of them.
Councillors said that they feel the city was just used as the backdrop for a pre-election PR campaign.
It was already launched in November by Fine Gael’s James Geoghegan, who was then the Lord Mayor and is now a TD. But it hasn’t opened yet.
“The IAA [Irish Aviation Authority] can tell drones not to go over ‘quiet areas’,” says Social Democrats Councillor Cat O’Driscoll.
It’s not uncommon for companies to fail to pay – and it can be difficult to force the issue.
Analysis found that issues clustered in the city centre, around tram tracks, roundabouts, blocked cycle lanes, close passes, left-turns, and heavy vehicles.
Whatever temporary measures are put in place, nothing is ever going to do the job like a big solid concrete wall, says Maynooth University’s Peter Thorne.
They recite schemes that were promised, or piloted, but seem to have gone nowhere. A council spokesperson said similar initiatives still exist.
Online tools allow people to identify others from photos – opening the way for targeted ridicule, doxxing, or worse.