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Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the fourth week of June, 2017.
The levels of activity fluctuate along this stretch of the riverbank, and especially around the Irish Rail bridge, informed by the tides and priorities.
Since Summer 2016, this is where the heavy-duty engineering works have been taking place.
This is a section of the flood protection scheme that I have not covered in detail -- it's inconvenient for me to access, and others cover it much better.
Standing on the new riverside walkway alongside Seapoint Court, we could see construction activity sited along the Ravenswell Road, temporarily closed due to on-going works.
That was the site of the old Bray Golf Club -- hotly contested as a (potentially) poorly considered as a site for a shopping centre development complex, and still an area of ground that has to act as a flood plain in the event of tidal surges.
As well as raising a heightened flood protection wall, they've created an access ramp down to the riverside.
The area in the background, site of the old Bray Golf course, was both a works compound and vehicle route for the transportation of material to/from the other sectors along the River Dargle involved in construction works.
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Between Bray Bridge and the Railway Bridge there was a wooden footbridge linking Ravenswell Road and the Seapoint Road, this bridge was built at the time of the railway coming to Bray.
It closed in 1870 and was removed shortly afterwards.
"The Little Book of Bray and Enniskerry" by Brian White.
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The Irish Rail Bridge, Bray Harbour:
Phase 1 flood defence works to the Irish Rail bridge commenced in August 2016.
Phase 2 flood defence works will be completed during May to September 2017. This work is being undertaken directly by Irish Rail.
The work includes strengthening the integrity of the bridge by creating buttresses around the base of each pillar.
To do this they have to pile-drive sheets into the river bedrock.
The work is complicated by;
(a) the need not to damage or disturb in any way the actual bridge itself (Irish Rail train and DART carriages pass overhead on an hourly basis), (b) the confined spaces under the bridge, and (c) the twice-daily rising tides from Bray Harbour which spill upriver into the newly expanded basin.
The length of the Ravenswell Road is to be landscaped into a pedestrian 'experience', with plants, seating and viewing points created in the sea-wall. I think this might link up with a new road and pathway being constructed around to Little Bray.
Through the past few weeks/months, we can see the construction in and around the Irish Rail bridge, where new and extensive reinforced concrete collars are built up to support the existing support pillars/piers. The river and sea beds are also engineered to control the flow of tides and river flows.
For all the convenience, speed and efficiency that modern machinery offers, the scale and nature of this specialised construction works still requires the team of workers to get down and 'hands-on' with the river-bed and the associated fittings that go to shape the upgraded flood defence works.
The 13/9/09 Al-Quds Day demonstration in London, in support of Palestine. It was demonstrated against by members of the English Defence League.
An exterior shot of the Defence Academy, Shrivenham, Wiltshire.
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The Irish Defence Forces parachute Team are made up exclusively of Defence Forces members who compete in international competitions and oversee parachute training, which is an essential military skill, within the Defence Forces. 16th June 2011
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the fourth week of June, 2017.
The levels of activity fluctuate along this stretch of the riverbank, and especially around the Irish Rail bridge, informed by the tides and priorities.
Since Summer 2016, this is where the heavy-duty engineering works have been taking place.
This is a section of the flood protection scheme that I have not covered in detail -- it's inconvenient for me to access, and others cover it much better.
Standing on the new riverside walkway alongside Seapoint Court, we could see construction activity sited along the Ravenswell Road, temporarily closed due to on-going works.
That was the site of the old Bray Golf Club -- hotly contested as a (potentially) poorly considered as a site for a shopping centre development complex, and still an area of ground that has to act as a flood plain in the event of tidal surges.
As well as raising a heightened flood protection wall, they've created an access ramp down to the riverside.
The area in the background, site of the old Bray Golf course, was both a works compound and vehicle route for the transportation of material to/from the other sectors along the River Dargle involved in construction works.
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Between Bray Bridge and the Railway Bridge there was a wooden footbridge linking Ravenswell Road and the Seapoint Road, this bridge was built at the time of the railway coming to Bray.
It closed in 1870 and was removed shortly afterwards.
"The Little Book of Bray and Enniskerry" by Brian White.
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The Irish Rail Bridge, Bray Harbour:
Phase 1 flood defence works to the Irish Rail bridge commenced in August 2016.
Phase 2 flood defence works will be completed during May to September 2017. This work is being undertaken directly by Irish Rail.
The work includes strengthening the integrity of the bridge by creating buttresses around the base of each pillar.
To do this they have to pile-drive sheets into the river bedrock.
The work is complicated by;
(a) the need not to damage or disturb in any way the actual bridge itself (Irish Rail train and DART carriages pass overhead on an hourly basis), (b) the confined spaces under the bridge, and (c) the twice-daily rising tides from Bray Harbour which spill upriver into the newly expanded basin.
The length of the Ravenswell Road is to be landscaped into a pedestrian 'experience', with plants, seating and viewing points created in the sea-wall. I think this might link up with a new road and pathway being constructed around to Little Bray.
Through the past few weeks/months, we can see the construction in and around the Irish Rail bridge, where new and extensive reinforced concrete collars are built up to support the existing support pillars/piers. The river and sea beds are also engineered to control the flow of tides and river flows.
For all the convenience, speed and efficiency that modern machinery offers, the scale and nature of this specialised construction works still requires the team of workers to get down and 'hands-on' with the river-bed and the associated fittings that go to shape the upgraded flood defence works.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the Bank Holiday weekend of August 2014.
As far back as October 2014, I'd previously crossed over the river to record in close-up detail what was happening on the ground in the whole Slang/Rehills section.
Now, with the main tranche of work here completed, I reckoned it time to pay another visit.
Wanted to record the area before they seeded it and the vegetation took over.
Although the entrance gate was locked for the weekend, the water levels were low enough to allow me to walk across at a particularly narrow section.
Israeli soldiers conducting search missions during the search for three missing teenagers June 16, 2014 in Halhul, West Bank. Israeli soldiers have so far detained more than 150 suspects in the search for three teenagers who went missing in Jewish settlements in the West Bank late last week.
Photos: Ilia Yefimovich
The Givati Reconnaissance Brigade's Final Test
The Givati Reconnaissance Brigade concluded its training in an exercise testing its soldiers' skills in navigation, camouflage, urban warfare and assaults in open areas. The soldiers completed the exercise using the weapons that they had specialized in during their basic training.
Images Copyright: Israel Defence Force
IDF Joint Exercise
The IDF's Givati Infantry Brigade and the 46th Armor Battalion, a battalion in the 401st Armored Brigade, joined forces for an exercise this past week.
Photo Credit: Sgt. Shay Wagner, IDF Spokesperson's Unit
Israeli Soldiers from the Herev Battalion (Sword Battalion)training in the Golan – 2011
The IDF Sword Battalion (Gdud Herev) is an Arabic-speaking unit of the Israel Defense Forces, also known as Unit 300 and formerly known as the IDF Minorities Unit. Non-Jewish minorities also serve in the Druze Reconnaissance Unit and the Bedouin Trackers Unit. In 1987, "Unit 300" was officially renamed the "Sword Battalion."
The Minorities Unit was formed in the early summer of 1948 by incorporating a unit of Druze defectors from the Arab Liberation Army and small numbers of Bedouin and Circassians.[1] The unit was attached to the Oded Brigade and fought in Operation Hiram in October 1948. It has fought in every war since. Today, most members of the unit are Druze, but there are also Bedouins, Circassians and Christian and Muslim Arabs. The unit has produced several generals.
The Minorities Unit has a small elite Sayeret special forces branch.
Druze and Circassian men are subject to mandatory conscription to the IDF.[2] In the mid-1950s, the Druze leadership appealed to David Ben-Gurion, then Minister of Defense, to draft Druze men on the same basis as Jews. The State Defense Act of 1949, which called for drafting all individuals in the country, allowed the minister to issue exemptions for certain groups. The Druze asked that their exemption be canceled. [3] Originally, they served in the framework of a special unit. Since the 1980s, Druze soldiers have joined regular combat units, attaining high ranks and commendations for distinguished service. 83 percent of Druze boys serve in the army according to IDF statistics.[4] According to the Israeli army, 369 Druze soldiers have been killed in combat operations since 1948.[5]
There is a long-standing government policy of encouraging Bedouins to volunteer and offering them various inducements. In some Bedouin communities a military career is seen as a means of social mobility. Muslim and Christians Arabs are also accepted as volunteers.[6]
In 1987, the unit was officially renamed from "Unit 300" to the "Sword Battalion." (Gdud Herev)[7]
When the fascist Scottish Defence League announced they were going to hold a protest today against the building of a mosque for the local Islamic community a counter demo was swiftly organised. When the fascists did arrive they were swiftly bundled into a mini bus (yes, it was that huge) by the police to the boos and jeers of a much, much larger crowd. The counter demo then marched into the centre of the city where two sides were kept well apart. I don't think there was any trouble and I know which side had the better of the day.
You've got to stand up to fascism.
The Dynamic Defence Display, a combined land, air and sea performance by the Singapore Armed Forces during the National Day Parade 2017 Preview 2
Brother's Keeper Operation in Judea & Samaria
On the night of June 12, three Israeli teenagers suddenly went missing in Judea and Samaria. Our forces are relentlessly searching for them, operating under the presumption that they were kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists. These exclusive photos show the efforts of the IDF soldiers in Judea and Samaria.
The names of the abducted Israelis are Eyal Yifrach (age 19), Gilad Shaar (age 16), and Naftali Frenkel (age 16). Our mission is to bring them home as quickly as possible. We will do everything to #BringBackOurBoys
For more updates:
The Israel Defense Forces Facebook
The Israel Defense Forces blog
Looking along the berm of one of the beach defences on the waterfront between Colwyn Bay and Rhos on Sea.
This is an HDR image made from 9 exposures (-4 to +4) processed in Photomatix.
Estonian Defence Force Soldiers live fire training while serving with BKN09 in Mali
Photos: srs Valner Väino
@kaitsevagi.edf
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the fourth week of August, 2016.
On one of my infrequent trips down to the Harbour area, just to check out progress here. Throughout the summer, this is where the heavy-duty engineering works have been taking place.
This is a section of the flood protection scheme that I have pretty much ignored -- it's inconvenient for me to access, and others cover it much better.
Check out 'Turgidson'.
Standing on the new riverside walkway alongside Seapoint Court, we see construction activity sited along the Ravenswell Road, temporarily closed due to on-going works.
That is the site of the old Bray Golf Club -- hotly contested as a (potentially) poorly considered site for a shopping centre development complex, and still an area of ground that has to act as a flood plain in the event of tidal surges.
As well as raising a heightened flood protection wall, they've created an access ramp down to the riverside. Further temporary soil shelves have been laid to allow construction machines to work alongside the riverbed. That access is critical to pursue work on the nearby Irish Rail bridge.
The area in the background, site of the old Bray Golf course, is both a works compound and vehicle route for the transportation of material to/from the other sectors along the River Dargle innvolved in construction works.
The Irish Rail Bridge, Bray Harbour:
Phase 1 flood defence works to the Irish Rail bridge commenced in August 2016.
Phase 2 flood defence works will be completed during May to September 2017. This work is being undertaken directly by Irish Rail.
The work will include strengthening the integrity of the bridge by creating buttresses around the base of each pillar.
To do this they have to pile-drive sheets into the river bedrock.
The work is complicated by;
(a) the need not to damage or disturb in any way the actual bridge itself (Irish Rail train and DART carriages pass overhead on an hourly basis), (b) the confined spaces under the bridge, and (c) the twice-daily rising tides from Bray Harbour which spill upriver into the newly expanded basin.
Mumbles, Gower Peninsula.
Work is progressing on the sea defences at Mumbles, built 120 years ago which are being raised to protect from flooding.
Tanks and Combat Engineering Train in Golan Heights
The Armored Corps and the Combat Engineering Corps trained in the Golan Heights last week. The region acts as the border between Israel and Syria.
Images Copyright: Israel Defence Force
Israeli Troops Conduct Anti-Terror Training Exercise
Israeli soldiers from a Counter terrorism unit take part in a drill simulating a terrorists attack on a school in the early morning of October 5, 2011 in Kiryat Uno, Israel. The Israel Navy have recently introduced anti-terror technology including simulator called the ''Bridge'' which comprises of 20 plasma screens and will commandos, navel and marines to counter terror threats more easily.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the second week of May 2017.
This image was snapped outside the Riversdale apartment complex, adjacent to La Vallee.
Doesn't need much more explanation!
In fact, the sign disappeared quicker than the canine excrement.
Palestinian women stand at the entrance to a building as Israeli soldiers stand guard during a search for suspected Palestinian gunmen following the killing of an Israeli soldier the previous night in the West Bank city of Hebron September 23, 2013. An Israeli soldier was shot dead on Sunday during a Jewish festival in Hebron, a hotbed of tensions where some 500 Israeli settler families live among 100,000 Palestinians. He was the second Israeli serviceman killed since Friday by suspected Palestinian gunmen as tensions rise in the occupied territory despite a resumption of stalled U.S.-brokered peace talks in July.
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and its international partners conduct a military assault against a rebel stronghold on the Rainbow Ski-field near St Arnaud in the Tasman district during SK15.
Ex Southern Katipo 2015 (SK15) is a combined, joint, international training field exercise focussed on developing, exercising and evaluating the NZDF’s independent amphibious capabilities and ability to project forces anywhere in the South West Pacific. SK15 provides the opportunity to ensure continual preparedness to operate independently or with our coalition partners. The scenario involves a fictional South West Pacific country that has requested international intervention to restore law and order. The scenario allows for an emphasis on amphibious operations within the context of a larger stability and security operation.
Rimon Unit Trains in the Golan
The Rimon special-forces unit exercised last week in the forests of the Golan, in their first winter exercise. Training in mud and the pouring rain, these soldiers always work hard to protect Israel in the north. February 2, 2014
Images: Copyright Israel Defence Force
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the first week of October 2014.
The guys were now working to reinforce the riverside of the sheetpiling, buttressing with large boulders, and an overlay of smaller gravel. Most of the sheet piles were driven into place. Work now involved re-inforcing the base of the sheet wall.
On this side of the river, that work required the placement of steel-rod reinforced concrete pouring. Weekend stroll along the riverbank to get a closer look at the structures.
Wanted to monitor the effects of the overnight deluge of rain. Took the opportunity also to fully explore the Slang (Rehill) area on the other side of the bank.
Hadn't been there before.
Spectacularly bright and sunny day (a bit difficult for photos), interestingly different view of the buildings we work in.
Apart from occasional soft surface, there was little evidence of flooding.
That would occur a few days later!
Lotar Eilat Counterterrorism Unit Infantry Training.
Lotar Eilat, the unit that protects Israel’s southernmost city is trained in the most advanced counterterrorism tactics and ready to go from standby into battle in just a few minutes. 16th December 2013
Photos: Israel Defence Force
The Desert Reconnaissance Battalion
The Desert Reconnaissance Battalion acted professionally during a company exercise.
Photo credit: Barak Chen,
IDF Spokesperson Unit
Elite Meitar Unit Succeed in Unexpected Drill
On Febuary 26, Meitar, a unit of the Artillery Corps participated in an unexpected drill, and proved that they are always prepared at a moment’s notice.
Photo Credit: Ido Hagin, IDF spokesperson’s Unit
401 Reconnaissance Battalion Exercise in the Galilee
These soldiers serve in the Reconnaissance Battalion of the IDF Artillery Corps' 401 Brigade. Last week, they participated in a unit-wide exercise in the beautiful mountain ranges of northern Israel's Galilee region.
Photo credit: Tal Lisos & Ben Ram David, IDF Spokesperson's Unit
Two OK shots from tonight - went down with high hopes for a nice sunset, which more or less came right, but the sea was very far out, so didnt get the water movement I had hoped for. Directionally the sunset isnt ideal at the moment for getting full lighting conditions and the defences, so have kind of got half a sunset in each picture.
Camera // DSLR-A900
Exposure // 3.2
Aperture // f/22.0
Focal Length // 17 mm
ISO Speed // 100
Dr Alex Zelinsky Chief Defence Scientist alongside CPL Christopher Donavan from the School of Infantry displaying the new improved uniform for Australian Combat Soldiers.
Israeli Soldiers from the Tsabar battalion during combined arms training exercise with a platoon from the 46th Armored Battalion - September 2013