An ecological nightmare...

The Emerald Isle and specifically Dublin definitely are green by name only.
Okay, there are parks and trees pretty much all over the place. But if you took a closer look, it could make you sick.
Not only are a lot of trees to tightly covered by concrete, but the parks I've seen are really monotonous.
After partially designing a donations box, we had a break- neck bike ride to Santry Park. It might have to do with the heritage, but the park couldn't be further from natural than it is.

 A few pictures might illustrate:

On top of that, when they have something resembling nature as in right trees in the right spot, the pruning is, in my opinion, really poor, too.

In their behalf, I have to say, it seems they try and keep some dead wood around. Do they understand diversity to keep dead stuff up or is it just by accident?

 And since I was told, I only point out the negative (in this case, it would be points of improval, SUCKA!!!), I had a good time, getting my head stuck looking into the sky and observing some flying objects:

At first, I thought it was a Blackhawk. But after looking closer, I realized, it couldn't be. Googling Irish Army's aircraft, I learned it was a AgustaWestland AW139.
How is that important? I might have to teach my little boy to love helicopters. Maybe, he'll become a IP and will teach me in his spare time.
I particularly liked how you could see the side doors of the aircraft being open and the crewchief looking out (thanks to white faces:) )
I surely hope, tonight my roommates decides he could come to retire before 0100 hrs and do so quietly....