Farron Flaherty

Morning folks.

The February Limerick Council (Metropolitan District) meeting is at 9:45am.

Will be watching on the web, as is my wont. Live tweeting/bleeting it, as is my curse. Feel free to follow along.🧵

#CouncilMeetingThread

YouTube video by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council DLR Parking Awareness

Parking on the footpath is anti social and illegal www.youtube.com/watch?v=adV8...

Cyclist crushed twice by SUV in Dublin city centre recalls ‘the worst day of my life’ in court Andrew Brett told the court that he was ‘convinced he was going to die’ during the incident.

It's noted that he was wearing high-vis even though the driver was making an illegal turn and even with high-vis and all it's only counted as careless driving and not dangerous driving: www.thejournal.ie/courts-cycli...

Lower limits on Cork’s streets “will take many decades” if the public does not send a clear message to Cork City Council Members of the public in Cork City are being asked to get behind the wider adoption of 30km/h speed limits in the city, campaigners have said. The move to set 30km/h speed limits in cities and town…

Lower limits on Cork's streets "will take many decades" if the public does not send a clear message to Cork City Council irishcycle.com/2026/02/06/l...

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3 takeaways Eoin, 3? That insane!

I spoke about the Government’s ridiculous proposal to criminalise cyclists who don’t wear helmets 🪖

The fact they even proposed this betrays their complete lack of understanding of what makes our roads unsafe for cyclists & pedestrians 🚗🚙 @labour.ie @dublincycling.bsky.social

Ministers resisted officials who advised breaking up Road Safety Authority over failings RSA criticised for growing death toll in crashes and long waits for NCTs and driving tests

Ministers vetoed RSA reform recommended by independent review. Minister Canney suggested hiring celebrities instead. Who needs evidence-based decision making when you can just use vibes?

Storm Chandra floods made three times more likely by climate change Analysis shows rainfall preceding storm left areas ‘primed’ for flooding

Meanwhile our government, the EU and governments around the world are rowing back on climate commitments

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There's a meeting of the full Limerick City (and, I suppose, the County) Council at 3pm today.

Live thread🧵, follow along if you like.

Or not: I'm not your ma.

#CouncilMeetingThread

Letter to Irish Times The notion that ever more garish clothing will compensate for distracted driving is a convenient fiction. No amount of fluorescent fabric can counteract the motorist scrolling on their phone or the driver travelling too fast.

“The notion that ever more garish clothing will compensate for distracted driving is a convenient fiction. No amount of fluorescent fabric can counteract the motorist scrolling on their phone or the driver travelling too fast.”

Sophie McDermott
#cycling #driving #danger #roadsafety

Cycling without a helmet and high-vis clothing may be made criminal offences in Ireland — Law areound cyclists being reviewed with e-scooter proposals for helmets and high-vis. Seán Canney, the Minister of State for road safety, is considering making it illegal to cycle without …

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...

Govt approves MetroLink bidding process for firms wanting to build and run 19km railway MetroLink — a planned near-19km partly underground railway between Dublin City Centre and Swords — is to move forward to the tendering stage after Government approval was given at the C…

Govt approves MetroLink bidding process for firms wanting to build and run 19km railway irishcycle.com/2026/01/21/g...

Departments in south-west France introduce tougher penalties for mobile phone usage when driving Measure comes after record numbers of drivers caught using phones on the road

Should we try this? Would it be enforced?

In France's Lot-et-Garonne area, drivers using a mobile phone while driving will face an immediate six-month licence suspension and a €135 fine, in addition to other penalties applied at the national level elsewhere. www.connexionfrance.com/practical/de...

Pedestrianisation of O’Connell St in Ennis welcomed as 90% say they support it It took a long road to get to this point. But after years of trials and campaigning, the pedestrianisation of O’Connell Street — a main shopping street in Ennis, Co Clare — has been con…

Pedestrianisation of O’Connell St in Ennis welcomed as 90% say they support it
irishcycle.com/2026/01/19/p...

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Morning all.

The January meeting of Limerick Council's Metro District is this morning at 9:45am.

Will be watching on the web, feel free to follow along as usual.🧵

Or just get on with your lives and be happy: that's good too :)

#CouncilMeetingThread

This I would also think is very rarely and only on motorways and the like. Ambulances aren’t going to be doing 150 through city streets.

I exclude emergency vehicles from the hard limit, but would of course expect any exceeding it to be tracked and audited. And specifically with trained drivers.

Not for typical vehicles. I say private vehicles but I guess I just mean non-emergency vehicles.

“Selling a machine that can go at a speed in excess of what is allowable is a huge anomaly” Seán Canney, Minister of State for Road Safety

👏👏 hear, hear

Oh wait, that was for e-scooters.
Where are these calls when it comes to private motor vehicles?

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/...

Judge's comments show bias against cyclists is 'deeply embedded' in Irish society There are five actions we can take to save lives on our roads, if we choose to implement them

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.

Judge who called cyclists ‘a nightmare’ was fined for failing to provide breath test to garda Circuit Court judge James O’Donohoe was fined €600 in Galway in 2012 after pleading guilty to failing to comply

Judge who called cyclists "a nightmare" was convicted and fined for refusing take a breathalyser. Should he be making judgements about road traffic offences?
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

The #Limerick obsession with car parking claims another victim.
Grimly fitting that Crew was directly across from where a historic (and run-down) building was demolished on the understanding that its footprint would not be used for additional private parking - can you guess what happened?

Our time with the Dolly cargo bike has come to an end. I want to thank Pat @pfitzp.bsky.social (@limerickecargobike on X) for letting us trial the bike.
The end result?
We're all in. Moving the kids via cargo bike is a no brainer.

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Flyer for Limerick Heritage Week Cycle Tour. Sunday August 17th, 12 Noon start. Colbert Train Station Plaza. All ages and abilities welcome.

Limerick Heritage Week Cycle Tour is a free event starting this Sunday(the 17th) at noon from in front Colbert Train Station.

Will take about an hour and be a casual pace with lots of stops so all ages and abilities welcome.

Paid actors cycling up and down the route, changing jackets each time to make it look like lots of different people clearly.

Horrendous. RIP

This is the second cyclist death in 2 days. Plus several hit & runs.

Whats going on our roads? I went for a cycle today & seen all sorts of crazy behavior: speeding, close passes, phone use. It’s all just standard now, not challenged, anything goes, no road policing, no enforcement

A very good summary by @farronf.bsky.social of a very bad updated plan.
Car dominance has destroyed #LimerickCity for all but a few and this exact imbalance is clear in the (ignored) feedback.
@pedestrianlk.bsky.social

When public consultation falls short: Limerick’s Market Quarter Upgrades Comment & Analysis: Limerick City and County Council’s recent proposals for the Market Quarter and Cruise’s Street public realm upgrades demonstrates an all too familiar disconnect …

📖I wrote an article about the Market Quarter public realm upgrades in #Limerick and how the updated plans ignore key public feedback from the initial consultation, or worse, go against it.

It's a 5 minute read, so check it out.

irishcycle.com/2025/05/23/w...

There is still time to make submissions and make your voice heard on this. Details are here.

mypoint.limerick.ie/en/consultat...

Unfortunately that just hasn't been reflected in the updated proposal which aside from a couple of minor improvements has actually taken a step in the other direction.