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 🌍

Huge gratitude to our sisters + brothers in @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social, @ibike.ie, @dublincommuters.bsky.social, @cyclingireland.bsky.social + others for fronting to giving real evidence to Oireachtas Committee this morning! ⭕ 30km/h limits DEFAULT 🦺 RSA not fit fur purpose 🚨 Enforcement FAILING

Five years ago, the wonderful John Broderick called me and said “Galway needs a Christmas song and I have the words written. Will you write the music?” I sat down at the piano, “Old Galway Town” was completed and the remarkable Michelle Lally brought it to life. youtu.be/-wWqKYPnC1Y?...

Good arguments made in this @thejournal.ie piece by @ciarancannon.bsky.social www.thejournal.ie/prev/6832794...

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... someone finally said it …

I’m on da radio right now! On wonderful LCRfm 102.9, bringing you great music from the jukebox at The Grey Lake Cafe. Listen in here; lcrfm.ie and say “hello!” in the replies below. Thanks! ❤️📻🎶

On air at 10.00pm, The Grey Lake Cafe on LCRFM, with music from Síomha, Paul Brady, Richard Hawley and many more. Tune in on lcrfm.ie Would love to hear from you. ❤️📻🎶 #Radio #Galway

Sunday Sounds Supertramp Crowded House Foals Squeeze Genesis Bruce Hornsby Steely Dan Justin Hayward Prefab Sprout Paul Simon Ballroom Thieves Stacey Kent Robert Glasper #TheGreyLakeCafe on LCRfm 102.9. Listen back; player.autopod.xyz/932098

Spoke today on Claire Byrne live advocating for better cycling safety with @ciarancannon.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/podcas...

Also applies to Sunday…….❤️📻🎶

Saturday Sounds The Eagles First Aid Kit Tori Amos Aaron Rowe Curtis Stigers Diana Krall Buffy Sainte-Marie Clint Eastwood/Jamie Cullum Olafur Arnalds Ger O’Donnell Pugwash The Waterboys Beach Boys REM at #TheGreyLakeCafe on @LoughreaRadio. Listen back; player.autopod.xyz/920086 #radio

Sunday Sounds Playing for Change Taj Mahal Keb’ Mo’ Yazoo Alison Moyet Laura C Elbow Tom Robinson Prefab Sprout Charlie Winston Cilla Black Olafur Arnalds All on the jukebox this week at #TheGreyLakeCafe on LCRFM. Listen back here; player.autopod.xyz/913574 ❤️🎶📻

It was kind of inevitable….thanks to my fellow presenters on LCRFm for this little keepsake. By the way, I’m on air right now at lcrfm.ie with music from Crowded House, Lisa Hannigan, Herbie Hancock and many more. Would love to hear from you.

#TheGreyLakecafe on LCRFM, 10.00pm tonight, with music from Deacon Blue, Mary Coughlan, Fiona Apple and many more. Tune in on lcrfm.ie and say hello here.

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Imagine if we could invent a form of transport that moved thousands of people around our towns and cities every day, didn’t emit any greenhouse or noxious gases, almost completely eliminated road deaths, and…..made people healthier and happier as they used it. #daretodream

On air now with France’s Black talking about the music that moves her, three songs that she returns to again and again. Listen in on lcrfm.ie

Tonight I’m celebrating the 1st anniversary of the opening of my mythical, magical #GreyLakeCafe on Loughrea Community Radio. In honour of this special occasion, I’m delighted to be joined by the wonderful Senator Frances Black. Listen in at 10.00pm on lcrfm.ie #music #radio

On air right now at lcrfm.ie. Music from Boz Scaggs, Alabama 3, Sarah Bareilles and many more at #TheGreyLakeCafe on @LoughreaRadio. Would love to have you visit.

Join me at 10.00pm tonight for some wonderful music at the #TheGreyLakeCafeCafe on @LoughreaRadio. We pay a special tribute to our dear departed friend and inspiration, Aine Morgan. You can tune in here; lcrfm.ie.

Prince Bonnie Raitt Paul Heaton Niall McCabe Eric Bibb Elton John Brandi Carlile Rita Wilson Willie Nelson Michael McDonald Van Morrison Bill Frisell Sunday sounds at #TheGreyLakeCafe on @LoughreaRadio. Listen back here; player.autopod.xyz/818602

Prince Bonnie Raitt Paul Heaton Niall McCabe Eric Bibb Elton John Brandi Carlile Rita Wilson Willie Nelson Michael McDonald Van Morrison Bill Frisell Weekend sounds at #TheGreyLakeCafe. Listen back here; player.autopod.xyz/818602

Going live at 10.00pm here with #TheGreyLakeCafe on Loughrea Community Radio. Music from Paul Heaton, Brandi Carlile, Eric Bibb and many more. Tune in to lcrfm.ie, would love to have your company. #WorldRadioDay2025

Eric Bibb, on the jukebox this week at #TheGreyLakeCafe on lcrfm.ie. Thursday night, 10.00pm. #Radio youtu.be/lwAlGbRmDOU?...

New Order Matt Rollings Maria Doyle Kennedy Talking Heads The Blue Nile Kate Bush Talk Talk Mick Flannery/Anaïs Mitchell Sinéad O’Connor Olafur Arnalds/Talos Maria Schneider Weekend sounds at #TheGreyLakeCafe on @LoughreaRadio. Listen back; player.autopod.xyz/812502

Weekend tunes at #TheGreyLakeCafe on @LoughreaRadio Steely Dan James Taylor Ultan Conlon Zach Bryan Rhiannon Giddens Adam Simons Dermot Kennedy Alanis Morrisette Paul McCartney Lindisfarne Eric Bibb Prefab Sprout Anaïs Mitchell Paul Brady Marianne Faithfull player.autopod.xyz/806387

Sunday evening sounds at #TheGreyLakeCafe Paul Simon Prince Molly O’Mahony Prefab Sprout Maria Doyle Kennedy Fionn Regan Gillian Welch Randy Crawford Mavis Staples Keb Mo Aaron Neville Jools Holland Crowded House Bruce Springsteen Listen here; player.autopod.xyz/788319

Music tonight at #TheGreyLakeCafe from Molly O’Mahony, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Aaron Neville and many more. On air now at; lcrfm.ie Would be great to have your company.

Writing in @thejournal.ie this morning about the need to be honest with ourselves in deciding how our beautiful city of Galway evolves over the coming years, in light of recent legislation and High Court judgements. Now is the time for responsible decision making. www.thejournal.ie/prev/6598715...

Crowded House Diana Krall Brian Kennedy Síomha John Martyn Blue Rose Code Beth Nielsen Chapman Donald Fagen Aoife O’Donovan James Taylor Kate Bush Norah Jones Jacob Collier Weekend listening at #TheGreyLakeCafe on @LoughreaRadio. Listen back here; player.autopod.xyz/788319

On air shortly at lcrfm.ie Would love to hear from you on WhatsApp 0830285545 or [email protected]

Welcome to join me at #TheGreyLakeCafe on @LoughreaRadio, 10.00pm tonight. Music from Eric Bibb, Betty Wright, @fiachnaobraonain.bsky.social and many more. Listen in on lcrfm.ie #radio

READ: “3,337 Parisians were equipped with GPS trackers to record their journeys…for journeys from the outskirts of Paris to the center, the number of cyclists now far exceeds the number of motorists, a huge change from just 5 years ago.” Evidence of leadership. www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

Curtis Harding Talking Heads Madness Labi Siffre John Martyn Jon Batiste Lana Del Rey Natalie Merchant Martina Flaherty Declan O’Rourke Mary Coughlan A tribute to Johnny Duhan Weekend listening at #TheGreyLakeCafe on @LoughreaRadio. On podcast here; player.autopod.xyz/741177

****taps microphone**** “Is this thing on?”