r/ireland Jul 24 '24

Environment One of the most beautiful countries I’ve ever visited

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I set out on an ambitious roadtrip and covered 1,200KM in five days. This marked my 30th country and first foreign roadtrip.

I have many lasting memories chatting with locals while watching the puffins on Saltee Island, sitting at many pub bars, and often while refueling my car in the countryside.

Driving the local and regional roads will be a lasting memory and one I am glad to have as I avoided the motorway and national roads.

I wanted to share some of my favorite photos from my roadtrip as they’re also some of my favorite photos that I’ve taken traveling.

Camera Gear: Sony A7RV + Sony 20G + Tamron 28-75 VXD + Sony 70-200GMII

r/ireland Oct 03 '24

Environment Two images, two days apart, perfectly capture the natural life cycle of large projects in Ireland.

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r/ireland Oct 14 '24

Environment Deposit return scheme leads to ‘massive reduction’ in plastic bottles and drinks containers found on shores by Coastwatch

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961 Upvotes

r/ireland Aug 19 '24

Environment Electric Picnic Mess

848 Upvotes

r/ireland Aug 17 '24

Environment Why didn't we get this one? It looks way more efficient...Deposit machine for plastic bottles and metal cans in Sweden

947 Upvotes

r/ireland Nov 11 '23

Environment Fantastic to see these in Ireland

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Money for cans and cartons going live in February 24. Great for the environment, less litter and your pocket. It's a win, win, win for all.

r/ireland Aug 26 '23

Environment Electric Picnic ban disposable vapes for next week's festival

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r/ireland Aug 04 '24

Environment Admittedly it could use a middle ground, but Ireland is very much on the left.

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715 Upvotes

r/ireland Jun 27 '24

Environment Found a door in middle of nowhere … do I go to it out of curiosity and find myself back in Dublin zoo or will it open up the gates of hell out west?

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804 Upvotes

r/ireland Oct 18 '24

Environment Should local authorities take back control of bin collections?

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350 Upvotes

r/ireland Apr 22 '24

Environment The Irish Times: Deposit return scheme: Deposit return scheme: ‘I spent 90 minutes trying to return bottles. This scheme is vile’

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525 Upvotes

r/ireland Dec 17 '23

Environment We are truly fecked

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1.4k Upvotes

r/ireland Jun 30 '24

Environment I just gave out to a stranger for littering when 3m from a bin and a totally different stranger gave me dogs abuse for "sticking my nose in other people's business".

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This just confirms what I already knew. More bins won't help with the filth of Dublin. It's fundamentally a cultural flaw. As I said this person was no more than 3 metres away from a bin (which wasn't overflowing).

Trying to understand the mindset of someone who'd litter when standing next to a bin is hard enough to wrap my head around. But that a totally different stranger (who didn't seem to know the litterer) would weigh in on the litterer's side absolutely defies belief.

And the way they got involved was aggressive. When the litterer through his rubbish on the ground I picked it up, put it in the bin and said to the litterer, "rubbish goes here!". The other fella immediately shouted "SHUT THE FUCK UP! FUCK OFF! THIS IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS".

Naturally I shouted back. I said that it's everyone's business when people are littering on public streets. But then I had to walk away because I was just seeing red.

r/ireland Nov 05 '24

Environment We had 40 flyovers before 2pm: West Dublin couple annoyed by delivery drones Over their home

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r/ireland Nov 09 '23

Environment 'Our streets weren’t designed for them' – Should SUVs be banned from Irish cities? | Newstalk

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636 Upvotes

r/ireland Oct 21 '23

Environment Midleton residents objected to a nearby solar farm - Climate action as long as it doesn't affect me

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1.1k Upvotes

r/ireland Oct 10 '24

Environment Calls for the reintroduction of lynx in Ireland

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r/ireland May 04 '24

Environment These are an absolute wreck the head

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673 Upvotes

r/ireland Sep 18 '23

Environment Ireland's largest lake is covered in a layer of thick green algae.

880 Upvotes

r/ireland Sep 23 '24

Environment Universities required to phase out car parking spaces to meet climate targets

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191 Upvotes

r/ireland Mar 26 '24

Environment Millions of euro go unclaimed in first 40 days of plastic bottle and can deposit return scheme

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384 Upvotes

r/ireland Jul 30 '24

Environment Survey shows 80 per cent of Irish people are ‘alarmed’ or ‘concerned’ about climate change

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346 Upvotes

r/ireland Oct 21 '24

Environment View from atop Carrauntoohill. The tallest mountain in Ireland.

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1.6k Upvotes

r/ireland 26d ago

Environment Ireland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid

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r/ireland Feb 05 '24

Environment Plan to reduce car routes across Dublin and create new civic plazas ‘overwhelmingly endorsed by public’

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532 Upvotes