Ciarán FerrieSpotted in Dublin this morning. A man parks his luxury gas-guzzler pickup on the footpath and proceeds to clear the footpath with a petrol-powered leaf blower that just blows the leaves from the footpath into the road where they gather along the edge of the carriageway where people are cycling.
Overheard on Irish national radio. A man trying to convince listeners that data centres are an essential part of our green infrastructure because the technology they provide will drive the roll out of renewable energy.
Read on Irish national broadcaster website. The Junior Minister for Transport debating plans to expand a small regional airport without once making reference to our commitment to half transport emissions by 2030.
Meanwhile we're getting wall to wall news coverage of the Spanish floods. The cognitive dissonance is astounding.