Eoghan Ua Laoghaire Mac Giolla Phádraig 🇵🇸

Taken from reddit. But this Galway commuter has tracked their rainy days while cycling! Very interesting, and as an ex Galway commuter myself, id believe it. I would say 1/5 days required rain gear.

YOU ARE NOW ENTERING FREE MINNEAPOLIS painted on a wall in the style of the Free Derry Corner.

This rules. I love how delighted they all look!

It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this

Scramblers already illegal on public roads, Department confirms after misleading media coverage — Charges to release a seized scrambler are to be increased.– Extended ban to make any use of scramble in parks and car parks illegal. — “It must be emphasised that using th…

Scramblers already illegal on public roads, Department confirms after misleading media coverage irishcycle.com/2026/02/03/s...

I am reminded of the words uttered by a Giro cycle helmet designer in an interview with Carlton Reid in Forbes journal:
“We do not design helmets specifically to reduce chances or severity of injury when impacts involve a car,” said Richter.
“The number of variables is too

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Another example of #HiVisFail for our government in #Ireland intent on mandatory hivis & helmet wearing for all bike users.

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Infuriating! Make cycling safer by preventing vehicles from crashing into them, not by policing what they wear.

All bicycles included in draft plan for mandatory helmets and high-vis, Department confirms — Plan was expected to be put to the Cabinet today before it was withdrawn from the meeting of Government Ministers. A reported plan by Ireland’s Government to make the wearing of helme…

I have no words for this absolute disaster. There's so much research showing this kinda step doesn't work re safety, and will destroy any chance of getting people on bikes and will end city bikes of any description #speirgorm #ireland #cycling #cyclists

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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.

Agreed, either sh*t or get off the Jacks! Hoarding planning permissions for their balance sheet is a sin imo

Agreed. Following Beaumont Dr's with expertise in head trauma advice on transport policy, despite their vast knowledge, isn't right. They're subject to a sampling bias based on the v tough cases they deal with.

There's going to be a lot of people quoting flawed research that apparently supports helmet wearing using wild percentages, but it's been shown to be low quality research and for ethical and/or resource issues will such.

Meanwhile, higher quality research and looking at the wider picture...

Turns out our bookings got modified mid day, so a-G train got replaced with mk4 as you said, and I assume everyone got a new seat

@railusersie.bsky.social 17:00 cork train from Heusten missing a carraige, lot of confusion on seats and bookings etc.

Helmets and hi-vis clothing to be made mandatory for e-bikes and e-scooter users Cabinet will sign off on plans to explicitly ban the use of scramblers on roads this morning.

And there we have it folks, having failed to do anything to halt the injury and death toll on our roads the government now plans to criminalise cycling.

This will kill bike share schemes around the country. @bleeperactive.bsky.social

www.thejournal.ie/e-bikes-scoo...

The Irish Cycling Campaign will be appearing before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport today.
The focus today is on Road Safety.
We look forward to discussing the importance of a public health-led, safe systems approach to road danger reduction.
#VisionZero #Love30

We got very lucky South today. Dublin was Sposed to be a washout

Cork Views: 'It’s time to restore faith in our bus system' The 2026 New Year’s resolution for transport should relate to rebuilding trust through delivery, says Cllr Peter Horgan, Chair of the Transport ...

Great points by @horganp.bsky.social

'It’s time to restore faith in our bus system'

I'd add:
Cleaning the buses (they're filthy)
Ventilation, probably not solvable on the existing fleet but newer buses.
Remove taxis from bus lanes
Priority, priority, priority....

www.echolive.ie/corkviews/ar...

High Court action against legal fees cap expected Minister for Environment wants to cap State legal payments to €65,805

1400 submissions on the JR costs cap & the majority appear to be questioning the legal validity of this.

But instead of, you know, actually listening to the public, instead the Gov is said to be 'bracing for a legal challenge'. How about they just don't do it?!

www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

"Each Traveller graduating today makes it a little bit easier for our younger generation to engage with a system that was once so harmful to our community."

“Early this morning, Israeli forces stormed the UNRWA Headquarters, a United Nations site, in East Jerusalem.”

Statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini:
www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...

Unfortunately it's true. Framing collisions and road deaths as accidents can remove the agency from the people who are responsible, those who chose to distract themselves or drive drunk or speed etc.

No worries! Also didn't realise you're from Mallow, went to Davis (the tech)

*O'Donughue?

Time to challenge corporate power in Ireland Greta Thunberg and Bohemian Football Club together stress need to put communities before companies

One of the best pieces I've read in The Irish Times in years!

Spot on @jenniecstephens.bsky.social!

An illustration showing couriers and posal carriers delivering on a Dublin Street.

"The idea for this cover was an ode to the post workers, couriers and delivery drivers who just (literally) carried the Christmas season on their backs," writes @selkies.bsky.social, about the image she made for the cover of our most recent print edition. www.dublininquirer.com/cover-image-...

There's two "Bóthar na Mine" In Galway if I'm not mistaken. Industrial sprawl vs residential sprawl I spose is the difference!

"Under current provisions, if an NGO, civil society group or individual is successful in a judicial review, the unsuccessful public authority will generally pay the winner’s legal costs."

The lawbreaking authorities do not like paying for their bad decisions.

So they plan to change the rules.

Renee Good (then Renee Ganger) in Ireland www.bbc.com/news/article...

Ms Good was also a wife, mother, widow of a USAF veteran, past visitor to the north of Ireland as a young missionary for peace, and more.
A masked man with a gun and uniform decided to execute her in an instant, believing that he could kill her with impunity.