Kevin Burke

The ieBusiness Podcast: Publican Benny McCabe slams overbearing regulations The publican is one of Cork's top proponents of city living

Benny MaCabes takes on Cork City are always worth listening to. It's a very positive, optimistic podcast despite the headline. www.irishexaminer.com/business/com...

If a street done in isolation, with no changes to environment yes I'd agree. Area based zones followed by the required physical changes to the geometry of the street and yes, a level of enforcement are proven to work.

Lower speed limits will help Ireland reduce road deaths Wales cut road casualties by 28% after reducing speed limits. Yet only one of the new lower speed limits introduced in Ireland's Road Traffic Act 2024 has been implemented

Full article available here www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Ciaran Ferrie's piece in @irishexaminer.bsky.social nails the Govts capitulation on the Speed Limit Review. Identifying the urban roads that should be 50km (arterial) and 30km (everywhere else) is a relatively simple technical exercise with a small bit of guidance. Absolute cowardice.

Very good stuff from Sadiq Khan at the Labour Irish society event. He said there are two reasons he loves coming to Labour Conference.

“One is the reception at the Labour Party Irish Society reception.

“The second is to get away from all the Sharia Law in London”

If this intends to make it legally compulsory for every adult in Derry to carry something called a "Brit Card", then I'm willing to offer some high-paid consultancy on why this plan might be flawed.

In today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social I present a more targeted approach to VAT on eating out.

An approach that would help Ireland’s Climate Action Plan, by reducing food imports and exports, reducing the carbon footprint of our food.

Use more locally produced food and join a new lower VAT rate.

On first listening, I'd mistakenly heard the chorus as "I'm gone all delusional"!!!!

Commons Rd (2nd Elective hospital- Blackpool- Watercourse Rd-City-Turners X- Black Ash - possibly bridge over TVP and Douglas. P+R as an interchange to Airport. Spur if possible. Masterplan Capwell garage & St Finbarrs hospital for MU

Its needed and will be a welcome addition to the housing stock in Cork. More scope to do more with BusConnects, P+R, bridge over the Link to TvP and hopefully a future N-S Luas.

Nice piece by Paul Rouse in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social on the GAA as a positive force for integrating immigrants.

Certainly more night clubs open anyway. I do remember going to the GPO in Galway around 1998. They were giving curry and chips as part of the entry fee!

Clubbing options in mid-to-late 1990s in Cork.

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One of the top BE guys in Cork reckoned we didn't need the Luas given the stare-of-the-art bus service we have in Cork a couple of years back. Its beyond a joke waiting for no-shows and buses not aligned with AVL satellite info.

as someone whose family has lived and worked on farmland in Ballinhassig for over five generations with our farm still thriving 2day I wholeheartedly support the development of the Cork to Kinsale Greenway This project offers a unique opportunity to celebrate our landscape connect communities and create a lasting legacy of sustainable recreation and tourism Our farm has weathered generations of change and we believe the Greenway can be part of a positive future one that respects the land while opening it up in thoughtful inclusive ways However it is deeply concerning that so many unsubstantiated claims have dominated public discourse around this initiative Misinformation and fearmongering have too often drowned out reasoned voices Those of us who support the Greenway have, t times, faced hostility and even threats simply for expressing our views at consultations and meetings. That is not the kind of community dialogue we should be fostering i myself have been a victim of said threats for speaking positively when I too have land along the proposed corridors over the past year I've had the privilege of visiting several Greenways across Ireland and witnessing firsthand the positive impact they've had, both locally and beyond I have spoken to landowners and homeowners that were once part of the movement against the Greenways in their own areas Many of these projects faced similar backlash during their planning stages yet the concerns were ultimately proven unfounded and are now welcomed with open arms We must ensure that a perspectives are heard respectfully and that decisions are guided facts not fear The Greenway has the potential to enrich rural life support local businesses and provide safe scenic routes for families cyclists and walkers all while coexisting with active farming It also offers a vital connection to nature for those who may not otherwise have access Ultimately nobody going to lose their home and there are far more benefits to be gained than lost

A lot of scare mongering about the proposed Greenway to Kinsale.

Unfortunately the noisy minority get the headlines

Thought this was a great contribution from Conn Murphy (farmer ) in Ballinhassig to the whole thing (southern star epaper)

Ten years of DLR LexIcon in Dún Laoghaire: ‘People thought it was a vanity project and too much money’ Award-winning but initially controversial building has become Ireland’s busiest public library

Ten years of DLR LexIcon in Dún Laoghaire: ‘People thought it was a vanity project and too much money’

"She says libraries are of the few non-religious buildings open to the community that people can just come into and sit down."

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

England is ours and always will be

Whispers *that's the French flag mate*

In my day, we didn't come back til after the hurricane season in September....

Safe Routes scheme sees travel by car to one Cork school dip by 60% Overall, 412 schools are in the programme. Almost 15% are located on “higher-speed rural roads”, where speed limits of 80km/h or 100km/h were in ...

It also provides a wider route context for more people to be able to walk, cycle, wheel or job to local shops, pubs and schools in rural areas. www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

Worth 3-5 mins of your time submitting a positive submission to this. A traffic-free greenway route between Cork City & Kinsale that gives a new lease of life to assets like the Chetwynd Viaduct, supports our economy & improves road safety is in the public interest corkkinsalegreenway.ie

Would be confident that the level and eateries in PW will improve in the coming years as well!

From @colmoregan.bsky.social piece @irishexaminer.bsky.social today & a tribute to the quality of work undertaken by both LA's to date (with more to come). When taking some Dutch cycling experts there last year, they commented that parts will need to be widened to accommodate future demand

Paris has removed the paving from its city hall square and transformed it into an urban forest. Stunning! 🤩

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, sit, and socialise along the main shopping street of Alkmaar, the Netherlands, which is lined with buildings, trees, flowers and plantings, benches, and terraces.

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, sit, and socialise along the main shopping street of Alkmaar, the Netherlands, which is lined with buildings, trees, flowers and plantings, benches, and terraces.

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, sit, and socialise along the main shopping street of Alkmaar, the Netherlands, which is lined with buildings, trees, flowers and plantings, benches, and terraces.

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, sit, and socialise along the main shopping street of Alkmaar, the Netherlands, which is lined with buildings, trees, flowers and plantings, benches, and terraces.

Knowing it needed to adapt to survive the challenges of the 21st century, Alkmaar’s main shopping street of De Laat has undergone an extraordinary revitalisation; engaging the community in a reimagining process that introduced lush vegetation, water features, pedestrian priority, and ample seating.🧵

New Friends of the Earth Cork group to survey city’s bus services Friends of the Earth Cork launches with plans for a public bus survey, energy poverty action, and grassroots sustainability campaign

Even using the Leap card, its cheaper for a family of 4 to park in town for a couple of hours than it is for a return bus journey from inner suburbs. Its not equitable and needs to change www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

100%.

Many politicians obsess with “growth”, but growth of what?

“The economy” they might retort - but what part of the economy?

GDP is an appalling measure. It rewards many destructive dynamics alongside good dynamics- and with politicians hellbent on increasing it by any means - we’re screwed.

Cillian Murphy would make an ‘interesting’ James Bond — Succession star Brian Cox Cork actor Cillian Murphy has previously said: 'We wanted the kids to be Irish, and they were sort of at that age where they were preteens and they had very posh English accents and I wasn’t appreciat...

Given Cillian's alma mater in Ballinlough the upcoming Bond title is surely Golden Fry. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/pe...

Limerick records highest number of motorists fined for parking on pavements in Munster Munster accounted for just under 800, or 45%, of the 2,196 fixed charge notices issued nationwide between January 1 and June 30 this year

www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41... Given the practice is so widespread and obvious, the authorities in Limerick are to be congratulated for their dileligence on challenging this ASB.