"A city that moves at the pace of its people rather than its cars is a city that understands progress." - Catherine Conlon, Senior Medical Officer, HSE, Cork. Former Director of Human Health and Nutrition at safefood. www.echolive.ie/corkviews/ar...

Our collective #safety & #health, over *attempted* minutes of #convenience. We're *11 months* - 46 weeks - going. Once again, we’re occupying the footpath — since no one’s occupying #responsibility. #LiveableStreet @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social @dublincommuters.bsky.social @irishdocsenv.bsky.social

Ciarán Cannon on SUVs: Research increasingly suggests larger vehicles protect their occupants at the expense of those outside them, so why are we letting them rule the roads? jrnl.ie/7080141

Children walking to school shouldn’t need Formula 1 reflexes 🏎️🛑 Excessive traffic on narrow residential roads risks lives & harms #health. We stand on the footpath so families can stand up for #SafeStreets. #Health #ActiveTravel @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social @dublincommuters.bsky.social

Bigger cars are costing Irish motorists parking spaces and threatening lives, study finds Damien Ó Tuama, National Cycling Co-ordinator at Irish Cycling Campaign and An Taisce said that Ireland’s residential and urban streets are “turning more into giant car www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Our community was out again today - 44th weekly protest! It’s our #health at stake… 📢 BROADCAST DISRUPTION 📢 Did you know that #airpollution causes ~1,700 premature #deaths in Ireland p.a. (2024), an increase since 2021? @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social @irishdocsenv.bsky.social @hselive.bsky.social

43rd protest today! Our road wasn’t designed for rush hour traffic. It was designed for… people! 👣 Funny concept, we know. Constant #rat-running threatens #safety, #health, & #life. Little ones should be able to walk/cycle to school & survive! @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social @irishdocsenv.bsky.social

Had our 42nd weekly protest today… 📢 BROADCAST DISRUPTION 📢 We all know Ireland’s concerning #traffic fatality statistics, but did you know motorists caused 1,696 serious injuries in 2022, up from 755 in 2014? #RSA☠️ #Safety #Health #Wellbeing #CommunityNotCarCrash @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social

This is really a sad case, their poor daughter having to see it happening and losing both of her parents... A stark reminder that motorists running red lights kill up to a few people a year and there's little ever said about it. www.rte.ie/news/courts/...

FF Finance Minister meets FF Transport Minister to discuss delivery of Dart+ South West, a project neither of them have funded as the respective Government Ministers’ 🙄 *Spoilers* It’s not “on track” because there’s no money for the tracks!! www.leinsterleader.ie/news/kildare...

Current road status: 1 lane, >5000 cars a day, 0 common sense. 🚘😵‍💫 We deserve #CleanAir, #safe crossings, and the radical freedom to leave the front door without a near-death experience. 39th footpath protest this week. #SafetyHealth #DMURS #community @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social

Approx. ~2.4m private CARS in Ireland. Approx. ~14000 Gardai of which approx. ~1000 are assigned to traffic. Virtually 0 enforcement. A very high proportion of that CAR fleet are driven dangerously. We're all being put in danger by successive governments lack of interest in solving this crisis.

It is #unsafe for humans - fine for machines. 🪧That’s why we were out AGAIN this week - our 37th wk & *9 month mark* - of footpath protests!! Everyday traffic issues continue for our #ratrun… I mean, our #community! #Volume, #speed, driver #aggression. #RichmondRoad #LiveableStreet #SafetyHealth

Across the city, parents snatch their kids out of the way of red-light-breaking drivers. Despite years of talk, a promised national strategy on red-light cameras is yet to be published – let alone implemented.

We, along with the 30 other groups listed below, are appalled at the decision by Minister Seán Canney to abandon the much needed reform of the Road Safety Authority. The National Road Safety Strategy is in shambles and reform is urgently needed to save lives. @darraghobrientd.bsky.social

The Road Safety Authority is not fit for purpose: Exhibit #3,298

Having rowed back on lowering speed limits and reforming the Road Safety Authority, Minister Canney is now doubling down on the RSA's failed policies by scapegoating the most vulnerable on the road instead of following evidence-based measures to make our roads safer. irishcycle.com/2026/01/23/c...

Very disturbing to see the cuts in active transport infrastructure investments. We're so far behind other European countries. This will have real negative consequences for public health.

Students have observed hazardous driving behaviour at the at the Collins Avenue East/Malahide Road junction, including frequently breaking red lights, as well as stopping on and blocking pedestrian crossings

So a judge says "Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin?" Actually cycling is much more of a nightmare rather than cyclists. We need to focus on making walking and cycling safer on our streets. www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...

"For years, people walking and cycling have accounted for about 40% of all road deaths and serious injuries. Those who pose the least danger are paying the highest price for a broken system, a fact Judge O’Donohoe seems to have overlooked." - Ciaran Cannon 👏

It seems like only yesterday that the Taoiseach told us he would do "everything possible" to stop the killing on our roads. 🤷‍♂️

Well, that answers my question 🤦‍♂️ They've undone pretty much all the road safety measures started by the last government now.

Sea anemones and jellyfish don’t have brains, but the way their neurons behave during sleep shows some surprising similarities to humans

📢This protest is brought to you by council delays & car fumes. We're into #Week20 of rolling community protests this Wed. Here's pics from the last few weeks! @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social @donnacooney1.bsky.social @karlstanley.bsky.social @dublincommuters.bsky.social @dublincycling.bsky.social

Dubliner's have been disrupted by noise and air pollution throughout 2025, with Dublin City Council's the Air Quality Monitoring and Noise Control Unit offering a roadmap for how to improve

Thank you to the gang from Irish Sport for Palestine for joining us for tonight's #IBikeBop - we had a blast! #CriticalMass #CriticalMassDub #Palestine #Gaza

As part of the CHA, we recently launched our report “Active Travel: The Magic Pill.” It shows that embedding active travel into daily life brings major health and environmental benefits for everyone. And yet, @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social continues to build active-travel 'infrastructure' like this.

A number of events took place across Ireland to mark the UN's World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

Today is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. Everyone has been affected, or knows someone who has been effected, by accidents on our roads. Sadly, the number of deaths on Irish roads has been rising for the past number of years.

#Week15 milestone - going since 6 Aug! #Uninterrupted weekly protests by a #community under significant #traffic duress. When will our Council #meaningfully engage? To help enact DCC policy? @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social @donnacooney1.bsky.social @karlstanley.bsky.social @mariesherlock.bsky.social

What a great night in Dundalk on Saturday! Thank you to every one who turned out and to Louth Disability Cycling Group for inviting us to the Town! #Dundalk #Louth #IBikeBop (📽️Caroline Kerley)

A brilliant, poignant letter from by our very own Dr Caoimhe Clarke in The Irish Times this morning! #ActiveTravel #ActiveTransport

#Week13 of consecutive community protest, a call to trial #filteredpermeability for all users #safety on #RichmondRoad. We'd rather our children walk than dodge. @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social @dublincommuters.bsky.social @donnacooney1.bsky.social @karlstanley.bsky.social @mariesherlock.bsky.social

Yet another study linking air pollution to adverse health outcomes. There is no safe level of air pollution.

#Week12 of our weekly community action calling for a trial of #filteredpermeability (barrier-based solution) for a safer #RichmondRoad! Sustainable mobility? We can’t even cross the street safely. #Safety #LiveableStreets @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social @dccbeta.bsky.social

Great initiative. Not just cities either Roads in the countryside are narrow. Every morning on my way to my daughter’s nursery, Im forced to stop or veer into ditches by SUVs that are pristine & seemingly incapable of going slightly off road. It’s hair raising seeing them charge unwaveringly at you.

This delay and the dilution of language to “where appropriate” are not harmless compromises. They will cost lives.

Thank you to everyone who lent their support last week - you are much appreciated 🙌 The @gardai.bsky.social were fantastic. Lots of coverage that we hope raises awareness of our daily lived experiences (& action - @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social 🤔). #liveablestreets #filteredpermeability #community

Thank you to everyone who lent their support today - you are much appreciated 🙌 The @gardai.bsky.social were fantastic. Lots of coverage that we hope raises awareness of our daily lived experiences (& action - @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social 🤔). #liveablestreets #filteredpermeability #community

Yet another example of the harm cars cause to our society and yet another example of Dublin City Council’s failure to act.

Good work by @richmondroadra.bsky.social residents to highlight the impact on their lives.

It really shouldn't! 🫠 Thanks for your support @ibike.ie - a couple of great quotes from the cyclists coming through this morn & LOVING it! 🚴‍♀️😍🪷

Yes please!! 😍

Out this morning with the folks from Richmond Road - we’re looking for a way to make the street safe for the residents who are hemmed in by dangerous, out-of-control vehicle traffic.

Joined Residents @richmondroadra.bsky.social protesting for a safe Liveable Street End to dangerous traffic/HGV'S on their street Agreesive frustrated drivers, driving on pavements, beeping, shouting. They want a trial filtered permeability. LiveableStreet StreetsForPeople SafeStreets Slowdown

It's a bit jarring to see how little has changed in terms of public realm and traffic for Richmond Road in the last 20 years (and longer). In fact, the 2007 Richmond Road Area Action Plan has the following line "Richmond Road remains a 'rural' type road with little change since its inception".

We'll be peacefully, joyfully taking to our street tomorrow morn 07:30- 08:15, to drive real engagement from @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social on a #filteredpermeability trial to create #safe space for people. 🪧 Please join us if you can! @donnacooney1.bsky.social @karlstanley.bsky.social

Hi BlueSky! Here's some action from #Week3 of our #footpathprotests for a #liveablestreet on #RichmondRoad 📢 We need @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social to release Richmond Rd traffic report & work with us to trial #filteredpermeability. Been at it 9 weeks now - with big plans for 8th - watch this space!