John Casey

Well done @petulamartyn

@PeterSmartpower @Keyes @1noeloconnor Try @RollsRoyce for starters share.google/vWbfMSvX1nTl8j…

@irlguide @Keyes @1noeloconnor And where will they buy these SMRs?

Small modular reactors could complement Irelands wind energy system beautifully.

Stopped at Fureys bar in Moyvalley on the Royal Canal strava.app.link/11XOI3dyV2b

@WarrenWhyteUK @Kia look about them.

Has the Rivian R2 been delayed again? Nothing expected until 2027 now. I do worry that what looked cool in 2025 is going to be a bit dated in 2027.

@every_station The Irish mile was significantly longer than the standard English (statute) mile. While a statute mile is 1,760yards (1.609 km), an Irish mile was defined as 2,240yards (approximately 2.048km or 1.27statute miles).

Sixmilebridge ✅ I’m told by a good friend it’s 6 Irish miles from here to Limerick… didn’t even know miles in Britain was different to miles in Ireland 🤷‍♂️ Little look around the village before a coach move to Ennis!

Completed the cycle strava.app.link/cQYOVK1HT2b

Folks I’m off on a charity cycle on Saturday from Ennis to Westport. Funds raised will benefit @BannerGAAEnnis and Bushy Park Addiction Treatment Center in Ennis. The link to donate is idonate.ie/event/bannercy… - more details on podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/ban…

@HoganCiaranWW @thejournal_ie @Toibin1 Because they didn’t do that doesn’t mean Aontu are that popular. Populist maybe. We shall see how you do in the bye elections.

@irlguide @thejournal_ie @Toibin1 They why didn't any other party do that and win? No, its a groundswell of people who can see the great work Peadar has done for farmers, for families, for all the voices that aren't listened to by any other party. It'll be a shock to you just like family and care referendums.

According to this poll from @thejournal_ie the leader of Aontú @Toibin1 is now he most popular party leader in the country. Beating out Holly Cairns and Mary Lou McDonald significantl.

@paulmurphy_TD Paul it is credible that both sources of power can be utilised. In order for plug in solar to reduce fuel poverty it must be done to heavily favour those who cannot afford these things normally

The latest FF/FF idea: Nuclear power for data centres. They won't even give households plug in solar, but the data centres will get nuclear power stations. They represent Big Tech, not the rest of us.

@AontuL Yes mad isn’t it. Who would have guessed that a few posts here on X directing Aontu people to vote could have had such an outcome ;-)

In yesterday’s poll in the Journal, Peadar Tóibín emerged as the most popular party leader in the country 🇮🇪 thejournal.ie/ireland-politi…

@williamhboney1 It’s country music.

If you live in Dublin you won’t hear it on the radio, if you live outside Dublin it’s on every radio station …. ‘Choosin’ Texas’. I have no explanation.

@realLangerDan @harrismagnum4 Dan try @McNamaraMEP and @ciaranmullooly. Both have plenty to say on here.

@harrismagnum4 No issue with emailing a random few MEPs. Especially Irish ones!

Great job Dan @realLangerDan on the website alumina21.com (sadly I'm in the UK so don't have an MEP any more but will do what I can to boost your campaign)!

@PeterSmartpower Only takes a breakthrough if they can get commercial viability then their ability to scale up is second to none

@irlguide China is putting most of its efforts into renewable and only a minor effort into nuclear in comparison

Ah but what about SMR’s?. These are small modular reactors between one half to one quarter the size of a reactor like Hinkley. Again, on the airways you will hear Ireland needs SMR’s. The public commentators don’t seem to know that SMR’s are not available commercially and only+

@PeterSmartpower You haven’t mentioned that the Chinese are experimenting with them. If they can factory build and deploy them to sites already grid connected they may be a solution. They are apparently able to load follow downwards so would be suited to coexist with with renewables.

commercial reactors. The most advanced U.S. SMR project, NuScale’s Carbon Free Power Project in Idaho, was cancelled in 2023 after projected costs rose far above renewables and storage. SMR designs remain on paper or prototype only with similar issues to conventional nuclear +

@unspeakable28 I’m sure @lawlor_aine will be interested in that. Selling candy when she wasn’t even a twinkle in her mother’s eye.

@irlguide She started in RTÉ in 1961. She was selling candy outside the gpo in 1916. She is so old she has 2 RTÉ pensions

Sarah Mc Inerney should be regular host on #twip . Aine lawlor is 88 years old and it’s time to retire.

@unspeakable28 Born in 1961, started college in 1979. Maths not your strong point Ken

@irlguide She is 89 in October. She is bought and paid for by government so hasn’t been allowed retire.

@PeterSmartpower Peter what about small modular reactors?

at least one half of French nuclear reactors were off-line with safety issues and facing an estimated €50billion bill for mandatory safety upgrades. The most recent nuclear build in Europe – the Finnish Olkiluoto plant opened 12 years late (taking 20+yrs from start to finish) +

The case for Nuclear in Ireland - I am starting this thread here because there are so many people calling for it now with no idea of what they are talking about. The cost & construction time for nuclear plants is so onerous, the companies involved usually go bust along the way +

@MarnellRoi53898 @sean_carthy Fair city is an rte production available on the rte player

@sean_carthy I do I watch fair city

Is it true that down South Ireland can't get the BBC Iplayer?