Deis do na meáin sóisialta @galwaycitycouncil.bsky.social athdhúiseacht, ag comhoibriú leis na cosmhuintir? Time for @galwaycitycouncil.bsky.social to follow suit? Nice leadership from @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social , ádh mór 👏

It's no longer compelling that Galway needs both a ring road and public transport. Yet public transport is needed, urgently, and is being delayed. Two election candidates agreeing on the big things: @niallgalway.bsky.social and Noel Thomas (II, not on BlueSky). www.galwaybayfm.ie/podcasts/gal...

An chaor aduaidh aréir, iarthar bruachbhailte na Gaillimhe. Spleodrach. An chéad uair riamh go bhfaca mé iad cé go mbíonn suim agam iontu le fada; chaith mé tréimhse ag staidéar san Ioruaidh fiú.

Hang it in the Louvre: Dingle and St Brigid’s create a masterpiece of a final

After decades of underinvestment, public transport investment needs to be at least five times the spending on roads, guaranteed for at least a decade. Time to be brave.

The fewer cars the better buses run: that’s why we did the Congestion Charge. Many new bus routes as a consequence of it cos buses run more to time. So I think it’s also causation: if you limit city centre private cars, public transport improves.

Great to see the NTA Active Travel Funding allocations for 2026! Approx €18,5m for Limerick which will deliver a lot of key projects over the coming year. www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/u...

Ní fhaca mé ach an dhá nóiméad deireanach den chluiche ach is maith liom nach raibh ar tg4 athrú go dtí an teanga eile : laoch na himeartha, uachtarán clg, agus captaen daingean - sár-óráidí uile 🙌

Last night I met a guy who said everyone in his office uses ChatGPT "because you just type in two lines and it generates a whole email for you!" And I *very correctly* replied that "no one wants that 'whole email' they just want the two lines - and they all hate you"

And they’re off. The annual mass escape from Dublin Castle, commemorating the real jailbreak of 1592 by Red Hugh O’Donnell & the O’Neill Brothers. Competitors will cover 62km through the night, across the mountains to Glenmalure Valley. That’s if they make it, unlike Art O’Neill, who died en route.

Does anyone know what happens if you refuse to give a roadside breath sample? Do you just drive off? Does a Garda wait with you or bring you to the station? Do you drive to the station? What happens? www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...

Tá na déagóirí alraight 🚮

Nice to see our motonormativity work in this somewhat alarming article from @irishcycle.com irishcycle.com/2026/01/13/j... The BigJobber video linked at the end is a really interesting example, and one you might even want to bookmark for future arguments...

Shane Coleman's comments are toughtful and balanced. Glad to see @newstalkfm.bsky.social avoided the temptation to treat such a serious matter as cycling rage bait. Words matter. We all want to get home safely to our families this evening. www.facebook.com/share/v/17V9...

-“Judges have become a nightmare. You can never anticipate what they are going to do.” Sub-editors have become a nightmare. You can never anticipate what they are going to do. They’ll stick a daft sentence or two into an otherwise on the nose piece.

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... Worked with a team in Finland re active travel, they genuinely could not fathom why people objected to cycle lanes here. "But you are making their lives better?" Ah no, you see, we hate cyclists.

Great work from our colleague at @navancycling.ie mapping greenways across the country. Hopefully you'll get to join more dots this year and in the years to come as a network of greenways grows across the country @emcreative.ie 👏 www.irishcyclingcampaign.ie/greenways/

Interesting to see other judges commenting on this controversy about a Circuit Court judge taking judicial notice of his own experience. This kind of peer pressure is definitely warranted in this case. It would be good if the judge in question apologised… www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

I've emailed GIS at the Department of the Taoiseach this morning to ask that the Government of Ireland leaves X.

Outstanding action there @johnbreslin.com 💪

This is shocking loose, crude talk - something we expect the judiciary to be above I’m gutted for all cyclists out there-we need more cycling for a safer calmer faster moving city Judge O’ Donohoe should retract If not, I think the Judicial Council must intervene www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

‘Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin’: Judge reduces €50,000 damages award by 80% By the same token, I have to declare experientially that drivers seem to be out-of-control on our roads managing to kill 190 in 2025. www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

if there is anything I appreciate about Irish judges is their steadfast commitment to judicial impartiality and resisting the urge to put the boot in www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

Zebra crossings all around Eyre Square instead of queues of people waiting at beg buttons.

Youth Independent Mobility should really be a key metric in a city's success. We all win.

The more journalists here the better. Of course people might be wary of building what can just be bought and wrecked! Anyway parking is the elephant in our planning system. If you plan the number of cars in a city you can control traffic. Parking as a revenue stream leads to perverse incentives.

A superb argument from a journalist we are lucky to have about why the "we can't leave Twitter to the trolls" line is nonsense

The U-turns on road safety by this government would make your head spin. Lower default speed limits, RSA reform and red light camera pilot all abandoned while deaths and serious injuries are rising. independent.ie/opinion/comm...

Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.

Mayor Mamdani said over the weekend that he wants the Department of Transportation to add daylighting before someone has been killed rather than wait to ban parking at intersections after a completely avoidable tragedy. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/05/m...

If you cycle paths don't allow for parents to help a child going up hill or social cycling generally, they aren't really being designed for all ages and abilities:

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

it’s honestly incredible to hear a mayor talk like this about transportation and the harm that comes from cars

Excellent Irish Examiner piece by Paul Rouse on sport, migration and social cohesion: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

"What we need is a transport system that supports heath. This means safe, high-quality infrastructure for walking and cycling integrated with high quality public transport that is complimented by car use when needed." Excellent article by Dr. Catherine Conlon. www.thejournal.ie/readme/road-...

Fond memories of that pre-match chat when my eldest earnestly reasoned with me that if I'd never had kids to be bringing to sport all the time that I'd have more time for cycle campaigning.

There is no one more desperate to change car culture than someone stuck in it that has had their awakening.

It's hard to process this latest military action because there are versions of this boorish behaviour at all levels of ordinary life and it's a delicate balance what to tolerate and what not. The optimist in me hopes we might pivot from burning oil. Don't let CIA discover the Boomtown Rats.

Cargo bikes are growing in popularity all across the country with families ditching their 2nd car or even going car free. Benefits: 💶Low running cost ⏰️Guaranteed commute time 🛒Great for trip chaining to school, work, shops, playground 🤗Fun to cycle - no sweat! www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

‘I survived. I’m not Dennis the Wino any more. I’m Dennis the Legend’

The government has paused expansion of public transport. BusConnects in Dublin, Cork etc. along with new LocalLink routes for rural areas are all now at risk. Happy New Year from FF, FG & Lowry!

Broadmeadow Way Greenway works delayed by months again as working in protected bay area and alongside railway slows progress A tender for contractors to start new sections of work on the Broadmeadow Way Greenway between Donabate and Malahide is being finalised, Fingal County Council has said. But…

www.bbc.com/future/artic... “This year, after the removal of rats and feral cats from Floreana, the bird stunned conservationists by making a surprise re-appearance on the island.” No surprise to parents who try to walk about our public spaces with their children. @brenttoderian.bsky.social

The Irish Cycling Campaign is pleased to read that government's active travel funding is secured: www.irishcyclingcampaign.ie/government-c... @darraghobrientd.bsky.social @antaisce.bsky.social

@galwaycitycouncil.bsky.social is starting to use "forgiving kerbs" on cycle paths. The slope means clipping a wheel on the kerb is less likely to cause a spill. More of this please. This pic shows Bóthar Stiofáin, Knocknacarra which is still under construction. #activetravel

Kids these days.