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@samtm023.bsky.social

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24-hour automated bus lane camera enforcement in a city of similar size to Cork, in Korea.

Why can't we do the same at home? Patrick's Street?

02.10.2025 04:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Clontarf Street cycle lane re-routed over the last month, directly onto the footpath with guaranteed conflict with pedestrians, shoving bicycle users directly out onto the road seconds later with zero priority right at the bridge.

This isn't really acceptable Cork City Council!

So disappointing.

14.08.2025 16:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Why is my bus delayed?"

Driver couldn't even pull out as your man proceeded to drive at him on the wrong side of the road, then spending several minutes collecting bins along both sides.

Parking bays free on the opposite side.

29.05.2025 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot showing Ciarรกn Mullooly, complaining about the cost increases on Russian Fertiliser.

Screenshot showing Ciarรกn Mullooly, complaining about the cost increases on Russian Fertiliser.

Screenshot showing the amount that Ireland spends on imports from Israel.

Screenshot showing the amount that Ireland spends on imports from Israel.

One of the most effective Irish protests against the apartheid system of South Africa was when the Dunnes Stores workers refused to handle South African products.

Irish importers are STILL buying Russian fertiliser and Israeli technology while innocent children burn.

Stop funding war crimes.

20.05.2025 20:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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What's the point?

No enforcement on brand new infrastructure where millions were spent. We are such a joke.

01.03.2025 22:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cycle lane bollards don't need to be ugly!

๐Ÿ“Œ Dublin

26.02.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ship Street Cork City

25.02.2025 10:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I was driven at today by the third vehicle in this photo as she attempted to park across the footpath as I was walking by.

Pushing for bollards at this location for 2+ years now as the motor shop uses the public footpaths to store other peoples vehicles.

@oliver.ie @badparkingcork.bsky.social

25.02.2025 10:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Signage one thing but additional protection such as bollards also needed here to ensure drivers are not able to simply drive straight across the cycle track which has a bend at that junction. Better solution needed.

22.02.2025 22:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just this morning another person on a bike was struck at this junction by a person driving a car.

Thankfully the person was able to walk away but very shaken and bruised.

22.02.2025 12:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Add to this dangerous driving against traffic including pedestrians, on a one way street

22.02.2025 22:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Paul Street deserves better than this crap

22.02.2025 22:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Replacement of damaged street furniture including bollards, bike stands, tree surrounds"

www.corkcity.ie/en/council-s...

Replacement of a tree surround implies the trees were coming back.

14.02.2025 12:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We employ a tree officer apparently? What are they doing exactly?

14.02.2025 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lads this is a joke. Loads have been begging for more greenery in the City and all we get is excuses. Now we know we wonโ€™t get the bigger stuff since they canโ€™t just replace trees in tree bases that are already there. Please raise a stink! Pics from @seanydunne.bsky.social

14.02.2025 11:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Imagine doing this during school time right by a crossing.

Reported.

13.02.2025 08:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bus priority measures for Rochestown Road cannot come soon enough!

Prioritise vehicles carrying 100+ people vs those carrying 1 or 2.

13.02.2025 08:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Two nights in a row now, over a busy bank holiday weekend, Bus Eireann have chosen to cancel the hourly 216 service from CUH to Monkstown.

Couple this with a two-hour frequency on the 223 route, and commuters relying on the two services are left stranded.

How is this acceptable?

02.02.2025 22:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Imagine catching 50 drivers in a single day in Cork on their phones at the wheel, and still mentioning hi-viz as a so called safety mechanism for vulnerable road users?

Clueless

01.02.2025 11:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why won't Cork City Council replace the missing bollards on Emmett Place?

I have requested this several times now.

31.01.2025 22:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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MacCurtain Street multi-million euro Public Transport Corridor

Cars driving in the bus lanes

Cars parking in the bus stops

No enforcement

A recipe for disaster and a monumental waste of money - not to mention a slap in the face for public transport commuters.

23.01.2025 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Quick wins to imporve pedestrian safety and filtered permeability for cyclists in town:

Place three permanent bollards at the junction of Parnell Place and Lapps Quay, where the "bus and cycles only" sign is ignored daily.

Buses haven't used this entrance in several years.

21.01.2025 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Quick wins to imporve pedestrian safety and filtered permeability for cyclists in town:

Place three permanent bollards at the junction of Parnell Place and Lapps Quay, where the "bus and cycles only" sign is ignored daily.

Buses haven't used this entrance in several years.

21.01.2025 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Could a directly elected Mayor of Cork get the buses to run on time? Five years ago, a plebiscite for a directly elected mayor in Cork was rejected by fewer than 1,000 votes. But is there a role for a mayor with the power to get the city's buses to run on time?

Thanks @tripeanddrisheen.bsky.social for reporting Cork City Council's debate on a directly-elected mayor.

The closeness of the plebiscite five years ago shows the appetite for change โ€” but devolving powers, not supplanting the role of councillors, may be key.

19.01.2025 11:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Free-for-all parking Sundays - Pope's Quay edition.

Zero enforcement in Cork City

19.01.2025 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Blocked drains on Cork's main street.

05.01.2025 10:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fantastic

03.01.2025 14:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Traffic calming and bike streets done properly in Manchester.

โ‚ฌ1m+ spent in Cork on Knapps Square quietway to Blackpool and it doesn't work, not to mention it looks awful.

03.01.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Noticed a Dangerous Structure notice was issued to the owners of the old Con Murphy unit on Patrick's Street on the 16th just gone.

28 days to fix.

18.12.2024 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Clip highlights ambulance rushing by traffic using Limerick bus lane that traders wantedย closed A video clip posted to social media today highlights how ambulances and other emergency services are able to rush past traffic by using a Limerick bus lane that had been proposed to be full of cars. As reported on Friday, Limerickโ€™s directly elected Mayor, John Moran, has said that, given the feedback received and policies in place, he โ€œcannot justify the pilot requestedโ€ to close the bus lane on the cityโ€™s Oโ€™Connell Street โ€œat this timeโ€.

Clip highlights ambulance rushing by traffic using Limerick bus lane that traders wantedย closed

A video clip posted to social media today highlights how ambulances and other emergency services are able to rush past traffic by using a Limerick bus lane that had been proposed to be full of cars. Asโ€ฆ

18.12.2024 00:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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