Neasa Bheilbigh (Mother on a Rothar)

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

Old man on bike cycling on road in rural Ireland

Here’s me bringing my Dublin notions to destroy the rural way of life.

Please write us a bedtime story for the ICC website!!

I have only ever been hit by a car while wearing hi viz...what am I doing wrong???

Ok. You're right. But why stop at cyclists? Let's make pedestrians wear high-vis and helmets too! It's safer right? Actually, let's make absolutely everyone wear high-vis and helmets at all times everywhere (except people in cars obviously!) so people driving cars feel better

Why Mandatory Helmet and Hi-Vis Laws are not the Answer to Road Danger Issues Irish Cycling Campaign is the member for Ireland of the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF), and we support the ECF’s position on reducing road danger and their position on helmets. In summary, it is ...

Why Mandatory Helmet and Hi-Vis Laws are not the Answer to Road Danger Issues

www.irishcyclingcampaign.ie/why-mandator...

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

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

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.

Great way to push people away from cycling.

We live in a country where the goverment refuse to lower speed limits to 30km/hour and instead want to dress everyone in hi viz so motorists can drive like they want and the gov can cut funding to cycling infrastructure. Pathetic.

Ireland’s urban speed-limit plan falls short of default 30 km/h approach Ireland’s revised policy on urban speed limits stops short of introducing a national default 30 km/h limit, a measure already adopted in Spain and Wales and planned in Greece.

"ETSC regrets that Ireland has stepped back from a clear national default. International experience shows why a default works."

A reminder that 85 of our urban areas are clearly defined & default could be implemented immediately in those cities and towns.

etsc.eu/irelands-urb...

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Leaked internal documents from Germany’s Defense Ministry reveal that Berlin coordinated its testimony with Israel ahead of its April 2024 appearance before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) where Nicaragua accused Germany of complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza through arms exports.

The criticism re Gaeilge was mainly because she was Minister for the Gaeltacht for 3 years & only spent a week learning it.

Using the pandemic as a excuse for not learning it was just silly, considering she was long gone from the Gaeltacht Ministry at that stage.

The Reincarnation of Cornelius Agrippa The only witch trial the Inquisition lost. Based on historic events.

Excited to see my very talented pal Martin Sullivan in St. Nicholas' this weekend www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-reinca...

Le grá, ó Ghaillimh ❤️

Turnout Mayo

What's going on in Ballinrobe? 👀

Leg it down or pedal it down and throw Catherine a vote...10minutes left!

Old cartoon of woman leaning over a ballot box & holding a hammer Caption: “When she gets it, what will she do with it”

🇮🇪 Presidential Election Day

1918 was the first time Irish women were permitted to vote, & even then only ~women over 30 who owned property~

Is é do vóta do ghuth 🗳️ #Aras25 #SpeirGorm

You can post a photo of your bike at your poĺling station, with #ibikeivote

Delighted to be able to Vote 1 for Catherine Connolly today.

She's a woman of dignity, integrity and warmth.

She is the best of us.

Bean uasal, iontach agus ionraic. #CatherineforPresident

Ag súil go @catherinegalway.bsky.social a fheiceáil amárach ag an ócáid clainne seo.

Looking forward to cycling with Catherine Connolly tomorrow.

She's always supported us & the Cycle Bus crew - so delighted to get out to show our support for her tomorrow.

“The energy was absolutely insane!” says Dom Whiting — the DJ on a bike — as he returns to Dublin this Saturday Dom Whiting, who attracts large crowds of people cycling, scooting and more along with him as he DJs on a tricycle, is returning to Dublin this Saturday, September 27th. Whiting said in a Facebook post: "Ireland Ireland Ireland!!! Drum & Bass On The Bike is heading to Dublin this Saturday, 27th September, starting at 14:00hrs from Grangegorman Lower Dublin, Ireland."

“The energy was absolutely insane!” says Dom Whiting — the DJ on a bike — as he returns to Dublin this Saturday

Dom Whiting, who attracts large crowds of people cycling, scooting and more along with him as he DJs on a tricycle, is returning to Dublin this Saturday, September 27th. Whiting said in…

‘Ireland’s teens are succeeding in school, but struggling in life.’ Could cycling help? In the Netherlands, safe cycling infrastructure liberates kids from their parents – and parents from their kids

"Cycling alone isn’t going to remedy Ireland’s shocking happiness and mental and physical health scores, but the Dutch are getting plenty right, it seems."

www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Catherine is not in the same lane as Wallace or Daly. She went to Syria in the hope of getting into Gaza. She's clarified her position on all of this.
People will try to muddy the waters but she is an utterly decent person. I just wish there were 100 more Catherine Connollys in the Dáil.

www.catherineconnollyforpresident.ie/connolly-cam...

Bígí le Catherine Connolly le haghaidh cruinniú ar líne chun tús a chur le gluaiseacht na ndaoine.

Labhróidh Catherine agus cainteoirí eile, agus cuirfear tuilleadh eolais ar fáil ar na bealaí gur féidir leat cuidiú leis an bhfeachtas.

Motherfucking wind farms…

In a meeting today, Sidsel Birk Hjuler pointed out a facet of motonormativity that even I had failed to see: why do we talk about people using people-sized vehicles as MICROmobility? How did people driving around with 4 empty seats get normalized as "mobility"?