Eoin Lettice
@eoinlettice.bsky.social
Plant Scientist at UCC, Ireland. Sustainable agriculture; rhizospheres; plant pathology; trees & green infrastructure.
www.tree-explorers.ie
www.ucc.ie/en/arboretum/
www.lettice.eu
'We're all smart. Distinguish yourself by being kind'.
www.tree-explorers.ie
www.ucc.ie/en/arboretum/
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'We're all smart. Distinguish yourself by being kind'.
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Dog racing gets about €90 million a year yet we can't have both flood defence AND a childrens science centre? ->
Flood defence funding may have to be cut to pay for children’s science centre, OPW warns – The Irish Times www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Flood defence funding may have to be cut to pay for children’s science centre, OPW warns – The Irish Times www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Flood defence funding may have to be cut to pay for children’s science centre, OPW warns
Building for national facility, which could cost up to €70m, must be provided by end of 2029 under arbitrator’s finding
www.irishtimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Dog racing gets about €90 million a year yet we can't have both flood defence AND a childrens science centre? ->
Flood defence funding may have to be cut to pay for children’s science centre, OPW warns – The Irish Times www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Flood defence funding may have to be cut to pay for children’s science centre, OPW warns – The Irish Times www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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The next time you hear some politician blaming pearl mussels or the Habitats Directive for flooding disasters, might be a good time to point this out to to them.
February 17, 2026 at 8:57 AM
The next time you hear some politician blaming pearl mussels or the Habitats Directive for flooding disasters, might be a good time to point this out to to them.
Could adding plants to your driveway help reduce the risk of flooding?
Could adding plants to your driveway help reduce flood risk?
Gardens could allow excess rainwater to escape and help to cool cities in summer if they were not being concreted over
www.rte.ie
February 15, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Could adding plants to your driveway help reduce the risk of flooding?
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Cut vegetation being removed from the banks of the River Bride early this morning, mere hours after the Irish Examiner story was published highlighting the flood risk. This area is a Landscape Preservation Zone (NE3) Story - www.irishexaminer.com/.../munster/...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
February 14, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Cut vegetation being removed from the banks of the River Bride early this morning, mere hours after the Irish Examiner story was published highlighting the flood risk. This area is a Landscape Preservation Zone (NE3) Story - www.irishexaminer.com/.../munster/...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
In some more positive tree news, well done to Trees Please who gave away loads of trees this morning in Togher. The queue was massive when I passed! Great to see so many people looking to plant trees in Cork.
treesplease.ie
treesplease.ie
February 14, 2026 at 8:14 PM
In some more positive tree news, well done to Trees Please who gave away loads of trees this morning in Togher. The queue was massive when I passed! Great to see so many people looking to plant trees in Cork.
treesplease.ie
treesplease.ie
Trees being cut down in Blackpool? Surely not. So if the ESB didn't do it....who did?
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
Blackpool residents fear of flood risk after culled trees left along riverbank
Tonnes of timber 'ready to flow down the river'
www.irishexaminer.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Trees being cut down in Blackpool? Surely not. So if the ESB didn't do it....who did?
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
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Happy birthday to Charles Darwin,
patron saint of tired scientists, grumpy fieldworkers, and hating your own manuscript.
patron saint of tired scientists, grumpy fieldworkers, and hating your own manuscript.
February 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Happy birthday to Charles Darwin,
patron saint of tired scientists, grumpy fieldworkers, and hating your own manuscript.
patron saint of tired scientists, grumpy fieldworkers, and hating your own manuscript.
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So the rest of us who use drones in Cork City for recreation, search and rescue, geographical surveys etc have to step aside while the skies above the city are handed over to a private enterprise. #cork www.irishexaminer.com/business/com...
Drone delivery firm Manna seeks permission to fly in Cork airspace
Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) confirmed Manna as the beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operator that has requested permission to fly over Cork City
www.irishexaminer.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:44 AM
So the rest of us who use drones in Cork City for recreation, search and rescue, geographical surveys etc have to step aside while the skies above the city are handed over to a private enterprise. #cork www.irishexaminer.com/business/com...
We can all be thankful we're alive on this magnificent milestone. 10 years since the sod was turned on the Cork Event Centre. What a decade it's been. #Cork
www.bamireland.ie/2016/02/12/a...
www.bamireland.ie/2016/02/12/a...
An Taoiseach turns sod on Cork Event Centre - BAM Ireland
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD today ‘turned the sod’ on the €50m Cork Event Centre. This followed confirmation by BAM Ireland that it had acquired the historic former Beamish and Crawford Brewery site f...
www.bamireland.ie
February 12, 2026 at 5:49 PM
We can all be thankful we're alive on this magnificent milestone. 10 years since the sod was turned on the Cork Event Centre. What a decade it's been. #Cork
www.bamireland.ie/2016/02/12/a...
www.bamireland.ie/2016/02/12/a...
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UK wheat faces a serious new threat: yellow rust has overcome Yr15 resistance in major varieties. A BBSRC /DEFRA Rapid Response led by JIC with Niab and RRes as partners is hunting new resistance genes to protect harvests. 🌾 www.niab.com/news-views/n...
February 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
UK wheat faces a serious new threat: yellow rust has overcome Yr15 resistance in major varieties. A BBSRC /DEFRA Rapid Response led by JIC with Niab and RRes as partners is hunting new resistance genes to protect harvests. 🌾 www.niab.com/news-views/n...
Two enjoyable tours of the UCC Arboretum this week for UCC students of Pharmacy and Applied Plant Biology respectively. Looking forward to a public tour of the collection in March. More details soon. #ucctrees www.ucc.ie/en/arboretum/
February 11, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Two enjoyable tours of the UCC Arboretum this week for UCC students of Pharmacy and Applied Plant Biology respectively. Looking forward to a public tour of the collection in March. More details soon. #ucctrees www.ucc.ie/en/arboretum/
Why are we still getting so much packaging that cannot be recycled at home? Surely everything should be able to go into the blue bin at this stage.
February 10, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Why are we still getting so much packaging that cannot be recycled at home? Surely everything should be able to go into the blue bin at this stage.
Interesting to see local authorities seeking new approaches to handling this but stubbornly neglecting to mention the root cause- unsustainable and innapropriate fertiliser use in agriculture.
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
Council to carry out pilot project to prevent infestation of sea lettuce at Cork beaches
The infestation of sea lettuce on beaches and slipways in the region has worsened in recent summers, primarily due to nitrate fertiliser sweeping off ...
www.echolive.ie
February 9, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Interesting to see local authorities seeking new approaches to handling this but stubbornly neglecting to mention the root cause- unsustainable and innapropriate fertiliser use in agriculture.
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
Cork men were having a pretty good week and all, like...
Cork man in Taylor Swift video.
Taylor Swift casts ‘insanely charismatic and lovable’ Graham Norton in music video
February 8, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Cork men were having a pretty good week and all, like...
As a dad, I am obliged to say that these olympic snowborders could do even better if they pulled up their trousers properly.
February 7, 2026 at 9:51 PM
As a dad, I am obliged to say that these olympic snowborders could do even better if they pulled up their trousers properly.
Cork man in Taylor Swift video.
February 6, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Cork man in Taylor Swift video.
It's at Winter Olympic time that we realise what a loss Eurosport is. We could be tuning into the uphill, mixed, bob skeleton tomorrow.
February 6, 2026 at 10:36 PM
It's at Winter Olympic time that we realise what a loss Eurosport is. We could be tuning into the uphill, mixed, bob skeleton tomorrow.
The full interview is worth enjoying but make sure to stay until the end. Two of my favourite people.
"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 8:19 PM
The full interview is worth enjoying but make sure to stay until the end. Two of my favourite people.
So, are Irish farmers really saying nobody should import any food? If so, we'll all quickly discover how food (in)secure we are as a nation.
Galway-based members of the Irish Farmers' Association have staged a protest outside the constituency office of a Government minister as part of the organisation's campaign to secure the resignation of the Bord Bia chairman
IFA protest in Galway seeks resignation of Bord Bia chair
Galway-based members of the Irish Farmers' Association have staged a protest as part of the organisation's campaign to secure the resignation of the Bord Bia chairman.
www.rte.ie
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
So, are Irish farmers really saying nobody should import any food? If so, we'll all quickly discover how food (in)secure we are as a nation.
Quick, somebody tell James Browne.
Last month was the wettest January in Ireland since 2018, according to data from Met Éireann, with the forecaster saying that, unusually, more rain fell in the east of the country than the west
Met Éireann confirms wettest January since 2018
Last month was the wettest January in Ireland since 2018, according to data from Met Éireann.
www.rte.ie
February 4, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Quick, somebody tell James Browne.
Is all of the Lawrence Collection digitised at this point @nlireland.bsky.social ? I have a copy of a photo which definitely looks like it comes from the collection but it doesn't appear in the catalog online. 🧐
January 29, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Is all of the Lawrence Collection digitised at this point @nlireland.bsky.social ? I have a copy of a photo which definitely looks like it comes from the collection but it doesn't appear in the catalog online. 🧐
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
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