The Green shit Party - Backtracking to get things done- now incorporating waste of monies by FG

[maurice_brown]

We already have Yogi and Bubu in the Dail

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

admins, this dude wants injuries of cagers to continue

[Batigol]

They can actually manage wildlife and roads in other countries.

[glasagusban]

To be fair, other countries don’t have Donegal.

[Batigol]

Fair point

[Tim_Riggins]

Can wolves become urbanised?

Coyotes are a serious nuisance in the the NE of the US.

[Batigol]

I’ve never heard of that happening with wolves

[LionelRitchie]

@Tim_Riggins

Can wolves become urbanised?

Think they love their one-off, stand-alone dwellings away from villages

[Raylan]

They’re a divil for wanting their own BBQ pit at the same time

[KinvarasPassion]

@LionelRitchie

Think they love their one-off, stand-alone dwellings away from villages

They love nothing more than howling at each other across a big marble island.

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

@Little_Lord_Fauntleroy

@Raylan

The Hometree HQ site is 16.5 acres of land between Ennistymon and Lahinch, Co. Clare. It is already quite a diverse site, with thick mature hedgerows, a wildflower meadow, a rocky crag and a small wetland area. Parts of the site are elevated giving views over the mouth of the Inagh River and over Lahinch and Ennistymon.

While the surrounding land is mostly agricultural, the local townlands are Deerpark and Ardnacullia (or ‘Ard na Coille’ in Irish, which means ‘Height of the Woods’). These names give the indication that, as much of the Irish landscape, this area was once wooded.

Before this land came under the stewardship of Hometree, it was used for the grazing of horses and donkeys. This low-intensity use allowed some natural regeneration to already take place. The soils are shallow peat and mineral soils, laying over shale bedrock. This shale is exposed onsite, in an old quarry.

Description:

Access to the site is through a small green road or bothairín which is lined on both sides by stone walls and bramble.

Within the site, there are several hawthorn and willow hedgerows. Individual ash and wild cherry trees are also present. Many of the hedgerows follow old dry stone walls. These walls and hedgerows were used to serve the purpose of marking out individual fields. Now, they provide us with the starting points, both for planting and natural regeneration.

In the northern half of the site rises a sharp hillock or mound. The exposed ground on top is covered by a wildflower meadow. Here, there are already many species of flower associated with low-intensity agriculture. Depending on the season one might spot the yellows of buttercup, dandelions and birdsfoot trefoil the whites and creams of yarrow and ripwort plantain, the pinks of red clover and foxgloves or the beautiful blues of devils bit scabious and the occasional bluebell in spring. With the correct management, the species diversity here will expand and slower growing and perennial wildflowers will be welcomed to the area.

Beneath this mound is a section of exposed rock. This is an old quarry that would have been used by local people as a source of shale for building. Now it provides excellent shelter for a host of plants and animals including some naturally regenerating ash and hawthorn.

This site has an old history of being a meeting point for people. There is a mass rock, that once served as a discreet marker of where local people could gather during the penal times of the 17th and 18th centuries to celebrate Catholic mass.

The abandoned farm outbuildings associated with the sites previous use have been dismantled and have been replaced by an education centre and small office.

these guys going from strength to strength

RTÉ News on Twitter: “An ambitious plan to plant 4,000 acres of native forest on the west coast was launched today. The first stretch of land to be replanted as part of the Wild Atlantic Rainforest Project is 280 acres in the Maam Valley in Co Galway | Read more: https://t.co/3gMVnvm4Ih https://t.co/nVPpTTQ0qA” / Twitter

[anon67715551]

Minister O’Donovan has decreed that the crib in the capital will in fact have live animals despite the bleatings of the Lord Mayor (Green Party).
The Minister says that Rooral Ireland have demanded it and he’s fully behind it.
In summation:

Rooral Ireland (wellingtons) 1
Lettuce Eaters ( sandals). 0.

[glasagusban]

Presumably there’s a quid pro quo here and if rural Ireland gets to tell the Dublin urbanites what to do, they won’t complain when the shoe is on the other foot?

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

the lord mayor said there will no live crib in the mansion house - that is still the case, tStephens green is a better location for it than the luas line
People who care about their kids 1
People who hate their kids 0

[cowpat]

A live crib? There is no need to have a live crib. It’s as pointless and as stupid as a zoo.

[Thomas_Brady]

With the way you rural cagers are carrying on, zoos will be the only place left with wildlife.

[TheUlteriorMotive]

There’s too much cribbing over a crib.

[Julio_Geordio]

Devout Christian family living in temporary accommodation, told there is “No room at the inn” by man living in nearby Mansion

[myboyblue]

Who gives a fuck about a crib

[maurice_brown]

Catherine Connolly disagrees -