Bob Shambles
@bobshambles.bsky.social
I am on my way with the necessary equipment.
Better living through: community gardening; sufficiency; sustainable transport; degrowth; showing up; fairness; slowness; dogs; and warm, fuzzy, analogue drones.
Join a union. Eat the rich. Plant a tree.
Better living through: community gardening; sufficiency; sustainable transport; degrowth; showing up; fairness; slowness; dogs; and warm, fuzzy, analogue drones.
Join a union. Eat the rich. Plant a tree.
A film of The Siege of Sidney Street was made in 1960 (with a bit of narrative licence): www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Pj.... It was filmed in Dublin rather than London, in an area known as The Tenters (no longer mainly working class and now gentrified - a house I rented in 2001-03 features at 13' 57").
December 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
A film of The Siege of Sidney Street was made in 1960 (with a bit of narrative licence): www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Pj.... It was filmed in Dublin rather than London, in an area known as The Tenters (no longer mainly working class and now gentrified - a house I rented in 2001-03 features at 13' 57").
DLRCC and the NTA are already looking at the range of potential alternative uses for the corridor from UCD to the M50/Sandyford, including both transport and non-transport uses. The study isn't finished yet, but one thing seems pretty sure- it's not going to be a bypass or any other class of road. 🚊
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
DLRCC and the NTA are already looking at the range of potential alternative uses for the corridor from UCD to the M50/Sandyford, including both transport and non-transport uses. The study isn't finished yet, but one thing seems pretty sure- it's not going to be a bypass or any other class of road. 🚊
This could have been great, but the DCC executive and elected reps fluffed it. An extremely busy cycle route (and a Primary route in the GDA Cycle Network) that needed improved legibility, but instead we get Share With Care signs and wishful thinking. It even failed DCC's own accessibility analysis.
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This could have been great, but the DCC executive and elected reps fluffed it. An extremely busy cycle route (and a Primary route in the GDA Cycle Network) that needed improved legibility, but instead we get Share With Care signs and wishful thinking. It even failed DCC's own accessibility analysis.
I understood that this application was for enabling infrastructure only, and that the housing would be in a subsequent application. Is this not still the case?
I do agree fully that the proposed road development as illustrated is a concern and doesn't align with the vision as published previously.
I do agree fully that the proposed road development as illustrated is a concern and doesn't align with the vision as published previously.
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I understood that this application was for enabling infrastructure only, and that the housing would be in a subsequent application. Is this not still the case?
I do agree fully that the proposed road development as illustrated is a concern and doesn't align with the vision as published previously.
I do agree fully that the proposed road development as illustrated is a concern and doesn't align with the vision as published previously.
Your quotes around 'their' are doing a lot of heavy lifting. Whatever discussions take place regarding the use of kerbside space must start from the understanding that public roads and streets do not belong to the people who happen to live there; they are common/public goods and not private assets.
October 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Your quotes around 'their' are doing a lot of heavy lifting. Whatever discussions take place regarding the use of kerbside space must start from the understanding that public roads and streets do not belong to the people who happen to live there; they are common/public goods and not private assets.
Strong hints of Robin Walker's UCD Restaurant too (in its original, unbutchered form), which was partly a response to Wejchert's campus grammar.
October 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Strong hints of Robin Walker's UCD Restaurant too (in its original, unbutchered form), which was partly a response to Wejchert's campus grammar.
Wow. Very UCD Belfield, and almost an exact contemporary of Andrzej Wejchert's Arts and Admin buildings; not the 1964 competition-winning style, which was much closer to the curtain-walled Science buildings, but what those buildings evolved into by '68-'70 after Wejchert paired up with Andy Devane.
October 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Wow. Very UCD Belfield, and almost an exact contemporary of Andrzej Wejchert's Arts and Admin buildings; not the 1964 competition-winning style, which was much closer to the curtain-walled Science buildings, but what those buildings evolved into by '68-'70 after Wejchert paired up with Andy Devane.
I'm not familiar with the driving culture there but I'd be very concerned to seem them implemented anywhere in Ireland. For me they belong in the 'icing on the cake' category of cycle infrastructure; there are more fundamental things that need to change before they become a realistic design option.
August 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I'm not familiar with the driving culture there but I'd be very concerned to seem them implemented anywhere in Ireland. For me they belong in the 'icing on the cake' category of cycle infrastructure; there are more fundamental things that need to change before they become a realistic design option.
Known as a chaucidou in France (CHAUssée + CIrculation + DOUce) and a Kernfahrbahn in Germany. I'm sure the Dutch have a name for them too.
Their success really does depend on quite low traffic volumes, a driving culture that respects cycling and drivers who understand how the lane markings work.
Their success really does depend on quite low traffic volumes, a driving culture that respects cycling and drivers who understand how the lane markings work.
August 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Known as a chaucidou in France (CHAUssée + CIrculation + DOUce) and a Kernfahrbahn in Germany. I'm sure the Dutch have a name for them too.
Their success really does depend on quite low traffic volumes, a driving culture that respects cycling and drivers who understand how the lane markings work.
Their success really does depend on quite low traffic volumes, a driving culture that respects cycling and drivers who understand how the lane markings work.
I have lots of respect for her openness about depression and mental health, and people whose taste I respect do like her books, but those qualities are as relevant to the presidency as being a pharma paper millionaire is.
August 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I have lots of respect for her openness about depression and mental health, and people whose taste I respect do like her books, but those qualities are as relevant to the presidency as being a pharma paper millionaire is.
I saw her 'interview' Stanley Tucci at the International Literature Festival Dublin a few years ago (my gf's +1 dropped out) and it was one of the most embarrassing events I've ever witnessed. She only stopped talking to wipe away the drool. In the end he had to take the mic and interview himself.
August 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I saw her 'interview' Stanley Tucci at the International Literature Festival Dublin a few years ago (my gf's +1 dropped out) and it was one of the most embarrassing events I've ever witnessed. She only stopped talking to wipe away the drool. In the end he had to take the mic and interview himself.
The greatest of all might be Birley Shassey.
July 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The greatest of all might be Birley Shassey.
We regularly get requests for allotments, but Taplin's Fields in Bridgefoot Street Park is a community garden only. Many/most allotment hunters don't seem to be interested in joining a CG, preferring to wait +/- 5 years for a personal patch. I'd be happy to discuss with Eoin if it'd be worthwhile.
July 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We regularly get requests for allotments, but Taplin's Fields in Bridgefoot Street Park is a community garden only. Many/most allotment hunters don't seem to be interested in joining a CG, preferring to wait +/- 5 years for a personal patch. I'd be happy to discuss with Eoin if it'd be worthwhile.
Similar initiative underway in Dublin for the last couple of years: communityroots.ie
I know a couple of garden owners taking part who would recommend it.
I know a couple of garden owners taking part who would recommend it.
Community Roots
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July 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Similar initiative underway in Dublin for the last couple of years: communityroots.ie
I know a couple of garden owners taking part who would recommend it.
I know a couple of garden owners taking part who would recommend it.
This was the study area for DCC's City Centre Transport Plan 2023. I might quibble slightly with the western boundary (James's Hospital, RHK & Heuston Station don't feel like the city centre to me), but it broadly accords with my version of the city centre while the Inner Core Area would be 'town'.
July 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This was the study area for DCC's City Centre Transport Plan 2023. I might quibble slightly with the western boundary (James's Hospital, RHK & Heuston Station don't feel like the city centre to me), but it broadly accords with my version of the city centre while the Inner Core Area would be 'town'.
Fascinating, thanks. The male was definitely attached to the female in flight, but by means of which body part I couldn't say. The landing in the tree, while not exactly graceful, was quite well executed given the presence of such an attentive partner, and certainly not a crash. #TwoMetreHighClub
July 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Fascinating, thanks. The male was definitely attached to the female in flight, but by means of which body part I couldn't say. The landing in the tree, while not exactly graceful, was quite well executed given the presence of such an attentive partner, and certainly not a crash. #TwoMetreHighClub
Would bumblebees often mate on the wing? I spotted this pair of Bombus pascuorum (?) in our inner city community garden in Dublin on Saturday, but wasn't fast enough to snap the in-flight shenanigans. They landed high up in a tree and kept at it, and we managed to get some photos. Amazing to see.
July 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Would bumblebees often mate on the wing? I spotted this pair of Bombus pascuorum (?) in our inner city community garden in Dublin on Saturday, but wasn't fast enough to snap the in-flight shenanigans. They landed high up in a tree and kept at it, and we managed to get some photos. Amazing to see.
Planning admin, 1990s-style. How quaint!
A good find.
The porch seems to have been filled in too, but the fenestration on the east side matches the plan drawing precisely, and the tree line on the east boundary is straight and true. I'm not a betting man, but even I would risk a few quid on this.
A good find.
The porch seems to have been filled in too, but the fenestration on the east side matches the plan drawing precisely, and the tree line on the east boundary is straight and true. I'm not a betting man, but even I would risk a few quid on this.
June 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Planning admin, 1990s-style. How quaint!
A good find.
The porch seems to have been filled in too, but the fenestration on the east side matches the plan drawing precisely, and the tree line on the east boundary is straight and true. I'm not a betting man, but even I would risk a few quid on this.
A good find.
The porch seems to have been filled in too, but the fenestration on the east side matches the plan drawing precisely, and the tree line on the east boundary is straight and true. I'm not a betting man, but even I would risk a few quid on this.
I see your description says 'Exact location unknown.' Could it be Lios Muire (see link below)? The corner terraces and chimney placement would match, but the house appears to have been extended to the rear left side. A strong candidate, but not a conclusive match.
maps.app.goo.gl/XC9GMwszJnGZ...
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June 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I see your description says 'Exact location unknown.' Could it be Lios Muire (see link below)? The corner terraces and chimney placement would match, but the house appears to have been extended to the rear left side. A strong candidate, but not a conclusive match.
maps.app.goo.gl/XC9GMwszJnGZ...
maps.app.goo.gl/XC9GMwszJnGZ...
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June 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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I remember people downing their booze at the gate as it couldn't be brought into the site, all the food running out on night 1, missing Colleen, listening to Chequerboard (or maybe Somadrone?) in the upstairs ballroom while I lay flat on the marble fireplace hearth, and the midges! Still, fun times.
June 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I remember people downing their booze at the gate as it couldn't be brought into the site, all the food running out on night 1, missing Colleen, listening to Chequerboard (or maybe Somadrone?) in the upstairs ballroom while I lay flat on the marble fireplace hearth, and the midges! Still, fun times.
Has he played Dublin before? I remember he was on the bill for the first Mór Festival (which became Castlepalooza) in Charleville Castle in Tullamore in 2003, but I didn't get to see him then and I was raging. I wasn't aware he had returned since then.
Really looking forward to seeing him next week.
Really looking forward to seeing him next week.
June 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Has he played Dublin before? I remember he was on the bill for the first Mór Festival (which became Castlepalooza) in Charleville Castle in Tullamore in 2003, but I didn't get to see him then and I was raging. I wasn't aware he had returned since then.
Really looking forward to seeing him next week.
Really looking forward to seeing him next week.
I don't know if they're finished, because I don't know the extent of the current phase or the overall scheme extent.
I do know that the new surfacing could use a sweep. The material, which was laid over the weekend, is very 'sandy' in places, but it's impossible to see where the loose patches are.
I do know that the new surfacing could use a sweep. The material, which was laid over the weekend, is very 'sandy' in places, but it's impossible to see where the loose patches are.
May 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I don't know if they're finished, because I don't know the extent of the current phase or the overall scheme extent.
I do know that the new surfacing could use a sweep. The material, which was laid over the weekend, is very 'sandy' in places, but it's impossible to see where the loose patches are.
I do know that the new surfacing could use a sweep. The material, which was laid over the weekend, is very 'sandy' in places, but it's impossible to see where the loose patches are.