Gaza flotilla ‘illegally intercepted’ by Israel with soldiers boarding boats, activists say Activists on board a Gaza-bound aid flotilla say the Israeli navy has begun intercepting their vessels.

Gaza flotilla ‘illegally intercepted’ by Israel with soldiers boarding boats, activists say

Sorry for delay! You could also try Ollie McPhillips - they operate from Wexford and Dublin

2017 Is OPW flood protection option for Cork watertight? YouTube video by WAIN MOREHEAD ARCHITECTS

Just watched an excellent webinar on Groundwater Flooding in Cork City by Mohammed Soboh, Anthony Beese, Michael O’Shea. It is great to see scientific evidence being used to address this critical issue. Our model from exactly 8 years visualised the issue youtu.be/NAwJ6ktEAzw?...

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

As the big freeze hits Ireland this weekend and 28,000 households are already without power - achieving Energy ratings by offsetting cruddy envelope performance with renewables will show its true colours. Fabric first # Passive House std should be mandatory. No power = no heat pump for most homes.

A tree-filled park in Paris

According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150,000 trees have been planted and 45 hectares of parks created in the city, to improve quality-of-life today, and also to help the city adapt to and manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050.

On top of everything else Paris has been doing.

In retrofit PHPP can isolate the additional losses (initial findings 60% through poorly insulated slab) to ground due to underfloor heating by temporarily increasing ambient temp (to slab temp) for losses to ground - any papers on this fellow @passivhaus community?

How to decarbonise flying is Cop talking point The upfront costs of climate action are high and the savings are in the medium and long-term. Not all political systems can see beyond the short-term

Dr Rogan's #COP29 Diary is being published by @irishexaminer.bsky.social, with more of our delegates to post their thoughts over the coming week.

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