As the years pass, the sea rises and nothing is built, some begin to doubt the council can defend Clontarf and Sandymount from the tides – Dublin Inquirer

by SeanB2003

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  2. – Residents oppose building flood defences because it would ruin the view.

    – The area floods.

    – Residents: Shocked Pikachu

  3. It does seem a bit rich for the Clontarf residents to be accusing the council of doing nothing when it was, as the article points out, local residents who have previously scuppered plans.

    That said, some of these relief plans have been very engineering focused. I have some sympathy for residents and people who have opposed poor plans that don’t take due account that our coastal and riparian areas are also important for the amenity they provide. But that’s a more nuanced complaint than just “the council can’t do anything”.

  5. They voted against building a flood-defence wall because it would ruin their view and potentially lower the value of their house.

    I’d love to know what they think their house value will be when it’s steeped in water.

  6. The plans are there, these eejits just need to stop complaining.

  7. Can they not build some kind of see through wall, a holographic forcefield like the ones in Wakanda perhaps

  8. nothing is build because the stupid residents keep objecting to things being built to mitigate this.

    it’s their own stupid fault.

  9. I’ve been in conversations about this with people for some time now. I’ve talked to friends and neighbours who wanted to buy in Clontarf and either could get no mortgage approval or mortgage insurance (not limited to Clontarf; I recently talked to a guy who faced the same issue with a new estate near Portmanock). So, these houses are essentially worthless if you can’t sell them. This is true up and down the coast, not limited to Clontarf and Sandymount. So, if there is a significant rise in the sea levels in the next decade or to, you’ll have a significant number of people moving inland. Some may still have the funds (or salvage a bit of their home equity) to buy and drive house prices higher, but many others may become homeless. I wouldn’t be surprised if that number dwarfed the number of homeless we have today.

  10. Since Dermot Lacey got his oar in also, note he’s also one of the people blocking cyclepath rollouts in Sandymount. The same cyclepaths intended to combat carbon emissions that are causing this sea rise. The infamous *talking out both sides of their mouth*.

  11. I mean it’s the sea.

    There’s some hope with rain/rivers as it’s a matter of moving the water on quickly to the sea but the sea itself is a whole different ball game in terms of flooding and defences.

  14. Why not build a sea barrier from Howth to Killiney like the dutch did ~100 years ago with [Afsluitdijk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afsluitdijk), might also help complete the M50 right they intend to.

    I guess the port will need to be moved but there are some talks of moving it up north.

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