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A must read by our very own @johnlegge.bsky.social! "We need to hold the Government to account on making our roads safer as a matter of urgency."

My opinion piece in today’s Irish Times

Dr John Legge calling out the lack of political will to act on road safety.

🌍🌱 Today, Earth Day, we joined demonstrators outside the Dáil to support the motion to: - Re-commit to its 2030 climate targets. - Cease legislative efforts to undermine the critical Climate Action Act. - Increase funding for Ireland’s Nature Restoration Plan - Implement a just energy transition

A thought-provoking and insightful piece — well worth a read. “Governance by Liveline” aptly sums up how Ireland is being run.

Our statement on the Galway Ring Road. Building more roads on a world on fire is truly an act of insanity.

Say what you will about the fuel protests - I’m loving the pedestrianization trial of the quays

Very proud with a full heart after counter-protesting the Fuel Price Blockade ❤️ with @irishdocsenv.bsky.social The events of the last few days and weeks throw the reality of our fossil dependency into sharp relief. Now is the time to take swift action and break free from fossil fuels.

Contrary to what these letter writers might think, recommissioning gas and oil exploration, and turf-burning power stations is neither courageous nor does it provide energy security. Instead, it will increase emissions and harm human health. Time to end fossil fuels, not look fore more!

Let's combat soaring fuel prices with default 30km/h urban speed limits (among other things). My letter in The Irish Times this morning.

We have built our house on sand with fossil dependency. Instead of recognising this, our government has chosen to stick a band aid on the issue. Committee member of @irishdocsenv.bsky.social , @olaln.bsky.social brilliantly calls out this fallacy in @thejournal.ie today! 🌍

Fuel subsidies in a climate crisis: As prices rise at the pumps, the Government should instead be changing course on fossil fuel use to secure our future. jrnl.ie/6999209

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

Fuel prices are going up again. A quick thread on the wonders of e-bikes

This is stark. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Victim-blaming dressed up as a question, combined with a basic misunderstanding of statistics from @antonsavage.bsky.social.

We firmly oppose this measure, as existing evidence indicates that such laws do not, in fact, protect people who cycle. The union should be calling for better active transport infrastructure instead of deflecting responsibility to the most vulnerable people on the roads.

Our statement regarding last week's proposal to introduce a mandate on helmets and high-visibility gear for people who cycle 🚴‍♂️ Such a measure would be folly - for everybody on the road. Helmet and visibility mandates do not make cycling safer. Transport planning centred on people, however, does 🌍

irish government to require all pedestrians and cyclists to dress like this so that drivers will maybe look at them

Conscious any discussion on transport is polarising but can we agree on: 🚗 Less speeding in cities and towns 👮‍♀️ A Garda focus on speed enforcement 🛣 Road design and landscaping to reinforce this 🚴‍♀️ Cycling facilities that protect children (and ourselves) 🏍 Confiscation of illegal souped-up e-bikes?

What a wildly stupid idea. Mandatory helmets and high viz is a proven remedy to reduce the number of people cycling. It effectively kills off things like Dublin Bikes. That's why no other EU country does anything like this. Pure madness.

Fucking gombeens. Love to be seen to do something and it's inevitably the stupid knee-jerk wrong thing rather than the more difficult necessary evidence based thing that will upset some of their gombeen friends

Ok, let’s do this🙄 We’ll start with an explainer covering: 🕒What is a 15-minute city 🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford 👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article 🧵 1/25

did a little experiment with two cars on our street the 5-year-old is 105cm (3' 5") in bare feet. she could clearly see the steering wheel of the toyota, couldn't even see the windscreen of the yank tank I asked her where they'd hit if they hit her: "the little one my tummy, the big one my head"

"When cars come first, everyone loses"

It'll be kinda funny if forcing me to wear a helmet is the final straw that breaks me What makes cycling safer is treating cycling as a real form of transport, making motorists drive safely, and separating cyclists from the big heavy dangerous motorised machines with protected cycle lanes

Letter from Dr John Legge responding to the recent discourse on proposals to mandate high-visibility clothing for vulnerable road users.

Active travel means healthier people, especially healthier kids. We should be doing everything we can to support it. (Thanks to the D12BikeBus for letting me film them this cold morning!)

GRMA to all our loyal supporters for making the journey to London today to support us. 💚🤍🧡

This is the 'engagement' that the Irish government has been using to justify remaining on X. These are the top replies to a randomly chosen recent post.

Poignant letter by Dr Lisa McNamee in the Irish Times this morning.

Some people say the political cultures of the 26 and 6 will be hard to integrate. The shared enthusiasm for deliberately destroying our waterways to please the intensive farming lobby seems very compatible.

Our letter today.

The NTA’s 2024 Travel Survey is out. Car use is rising. Active and public transport are stagnant. The consequences aren’t future risks — they’re here, for our health and the planet. And make no mistake: this isn’t policy failure. It’s policy intent, locally and nationally.

Our Road Safety Strategy is broken! The RSA, Gardaí, and Local Government are pushing a campaign that tells people to “be seen” instead of calling out the real causes of deaths: speeding, red-light running, dangerous/illegal parking, and the near-total lack of enforcement. Stop blaming victims!

I contributed to this important article by @gerherbert.bsky.social regarding the safety on our roads. So many of these deaths are preventable tragedies m.independent.ie/life/red-lig...

How much high vis should we wear to counteract drivers using their phones while driving?

Wow the IT actually printed my letter #speirghorm

I am calling on the Irish government to learn the lessons from our peer countries and implement a default 30km/h speed limit in all built up areas, as previously promised. Lives depend on it. #SpeirGorm #Love30

🧵 Some ppl refer to the Irish right-wing party, Fine Gael, as ‘Blueshirts’, as part of their origin is derived from a Fascist movement. Let’s look at how this conservative party was formed, given that the party’s candidate Heather Humphreys is running in the Presidential Election [1] #SpéirGhorm

The science is clear: a default 30km/h speed limit in all urban areas will save lives! Any further delay in implementing this long overdue change is unforgivable. #Love30

The response from the Minister's representative at yesterday's meeting in Leinster House was shocking. It's very clear that this government is not taking road safety seriously and people will die as a result. www.fm104.ie/news/fm104-n...

I’ve had a lot of responses to this piece, so I want to clarify a few things. Writing and posting views like this isn’t easy. It often leads to pushback, even when the criticism isn’t aimed at individuals.

hi, medical toxicologist that knows a lot about Tylenol here👋 Claiming that tylenol use in pregnancy causes autism is fearmongering here's what you need to know 🧵

The 27 year old woman who was killed in Cork yesterday was cycling on a 50kph street in an urban area. The default 30kph limit promised by the govt may not have saved her life but it will save lives in the future. We can't allow them to renege on that promise. www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

Irish media reporting on road collisions too often dehumanises victims and hides driver responsibility. Cyclists and pedestrians are people first — the language we use matters. Read our full statement below.

The meeting was a disaster for everyone except two people. Trump got his photo op and his ego boost. Putin got his photo op, whitewashing of war crimes and no sanctions. No one in Ukraine, Europe or the United States benefited in any way.

Look at this cool map by @briggsrogers.bsky.social visualising the number of reports to collisiontracker.ie per 30m/sq, including accidents, near misses and hazards.