Joe NoonanJun 5, 2025
The Great Cork Moss Walls Mystery. Or how to spend money on tech that other place had found not to work. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... #RoboTrees

How Cork City Council can move...
How Cork City Council can move on from its robotrees fiasco

The local authority should apologise for wasting taxpayers' money — and learn to listen to experts when considering matters beyond its own expertise, writes John Sodeau

Irish Examiner
Stuart D NeilsonMay 15, 2024

#CorkCityCouncil is continuing its demonstration the pull of the #ConcordeFallacy on weak minds, continuing €18,000 pa to maintain resource-sapping #Robotrees.

#Glasgow ripped out their ineffective #CityTrees and planted 2 million real trees across 14 hectares https://www.newscientist.com/letter/mg24432520-100-it-isnt-necessarily-good-just-because-it-is-green/

#NorthMacedonia and the #Netherlands also abandoned their CityTree greenwashing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CityTrees

Council still trying to rustle up somebody to test #Cork's €400k '#robotrees' https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41395102.html

It isn't necessarily good just because it is green | New Scientist

Show threadStuart D NeilsonNov 9, 2023
"#CorkCity officials can say “I believe, I believe, I believe" as much as they like but John Sodeau said the question must be asked if it’s worth more taxpayers’ money to fund a third study for devices that have been “junked” in other locations."
#RoboTrees
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41265337.html
Cork City’s €400k 'robotrees' like using 'bathroom sponges in Midleton' to combat flooding

Irishexaminer.com
Show threadStuart D NeilsonNov 8, 2023

"The #MossWall / #CityTree / #RoboTrees, which were installed at two city centre locations at a cost to the taxpayer of just over €404,000 as part of a post-covid ‘greening the city’ initiative in summer 2021, will be left in place and plugged in, with annual operating and running costs of almost €18,000, pending more detailed research."

"There is no consistent evidence for improved air quality either on the CityTree #benches or in the immediate environs".

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41264848.html

Cork's controversial ‘robotrees’ spared chop after inconclusive report to city council

Irishexaminer.com