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REDUNDANT STREET FURNITURE PHOTOGRAPHED IN 2016

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THE DAYS BEFORE EIR

I have lived on Bolton Street for more than thirty years and as long as I can remember this horrible phone kiosk has been here until it was removed to be replaced by something that was better but not much better. I do not ever remember seeing anyone actually use the kiosk to make a phone call but some locals found alternative uses that I never investigate. A long time ago, after locking myself out of my apartment, I did try to use the phone but discovered that there was no handset.

DO NOT PRESS – PUT HAND OVER SENSOR

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DO NOT PRESS – PUT HAND OVER SENSOR

Dublin City Council has spent at least €600,000 on contactless pedestrian button modifications for traffic lights in its battle to combat the spread of Covid-19.

Today I am trying to decide what lenses to bring on my trip to Limerick. Do I bring zoom lenses, or do I bring primes or a mixture. I decided to physically check if my Sony 90mm Macro lens might be suitable and as you can see it is not at all bad. I now suspect that it works slightly better in manual mode.

FIVE CITYTREES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN CORK AT PATRICK STREET AND GRAND PARADE

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FIVE CITYTREES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN CORK AT PATRICK STREET AND GRAND PARADE

I am willing to bet that this new street furniture is going to attract a huge amount of negative comment.

Using Internet Of Things (IOT) technology, these items of street furniture, containing a mixture of moss cultures, filter harmful pollutants out of the air.

CityTrees are being installed in Cork city centre as a site-specific solution to the challenge of air pollution and to support public health across the city. Each CityTree can filter the air usage equivalent of up to 7,000 people per hour.

The moss absorbs air pollutants such as particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) and emits clean air. The moss acts as a filter to ‘trap’ and ‘eat’ fine dust making it a sustainable and regenerative fine dust filter.

The trees contain different mosses with fully automated water and nutrient provision based on a unique Internet of Things process controlling technology. Air filtering performance is regularly measured using air quality sensors and the plants’ requirements are measured in real-time.

NEW STYLE PHONE KIOSK BESIDE A YELLOW DOOR- DORSET STREET

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NEW STYLE PHONE KIOSK BESIDE A YELLOW DOOR- DORSET STREET

This street already has more than enough street furniture and I was a bit disappointed to see that a new digital advertising platform, disguised as a payphone, has been added.

Back in 2008, when I last checked, there were about 4000 telephone kiosks, public payphones, remaining in Ireland but there were only about 450 at the beginning of this year [2021]. Many were removed because they attracted anti-social behaviour and others were removed because of lack of use.

Earlier this year Eir applied for planning permission to replace 22 replace old payphones in Dublin with upgraded versions that include Wi-Fi, interactive touchscreens and information services for tourists. The new structures were described as “open stand-alone kiosks designed to reduce instances of anti-social behaviour, improve street furniture and provide enhanced services to users including interactive, digital information points.”

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