It's still a long way off from being implemented. Sorry if the article gives a different impressive, but at least it's been talked about more.

Only allow ‘direct vision’ trucks in City Centre to avoid cyclists being crushed, says councillors Dublin councillors have agreed to support a motion seeking to allow only trucks with 'direct vision' in Dublin City Centre. After a senior official said that there would be limitations with the idea, the issue will be referred to the council's mobility committee. The motion follows the death of 27-year-old Johnny Santos Xavier De Abreu, who was killed on April 1st after only three weeks in the country.

Only allow ‘direct vision’ trucks in City Centre to avoid cyclists being crushed, says councillors

Dublin councillors have agreed to support a motion seeking to allow only trucks with 'direct vision' in Dublin City Centre. After a senior official said that there would be limitations with the idea,…

After criticisms of delays, council confirms new section of South East Greenway to open Billed as connecting the Norman Town of New Ross to the Viking city of Waterford, the latest section of the along-awaited South East Greenway is due to open this month. The 7km section from Waterford City to Curraghmore has been "substantially complete for the last 12 months", but is awaiting the construction of car parks on both ends, and other elements.

After criticisms of delays, council confirms new section of South East Greenway to open

Billed as connecting the Norman Town of New Ross to the Viking city of Waterford, the latest section of the along-awaited South East Greenway is due to open this month. The 7km section from Waterford City to…

After criticisms of delays, council confirms new section of South East Greenway to open Billed as connecting the Norman Town of New Ross to the Viking city of Waterford, the latest section of the along-awaited South East Greenway is due to open this month. The 7km section from Waterford City to Curraghmore has been "substantially complete for the last 12 months", but is awaiting the construction of car parks on both ends, and other elements.

After criticisms of delays, council confirms new section of South East Greenway to open

Billed as connecting the Norman Town of New Ross to the Viking city of Waterford, the latest section of the along-awaited South East Greenway is due to open this month. The 7km section from Waterford City to…

Galway ring road planning inspector’s report has little grasp on reality Comment & Analysis: The idea that a project is established in local and national policy should hold some weight, but the An Coimisian Pleanala Inspector’s Report on the N6 Galway City Ring Road…

Galway ring road planning inspector’s report has little grasp on reality irishcycle.com/2026/04/09/g...

Law to give councils direct access to crash data planned for “first half of 2026” A long-awaited legal fix to give council officials direct access to collision data is expected to progressed in the first half of the year, the Minister of State covering road safety has said. The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has not shared crash location data with local councils directly for a decade. GDPR was used as the reason why the RSA stopped sharing the information.

Law to give councils direct access to crash data planned for “first half of 2026”

A long-awaited legal fix to give council officials direct access to collision data is expected to progressed in the first half of the year, the Minister of State covering road safety has said. The Road Safety…

Skoda steps in to the battle between bike bells and headphones YouTube video by Hannah Fry

Skoda, you know, the car guys, have developed a bicycle bell with a sound that gets through noise-cancelling headphones.
They're sharing the technology for free, rather than using it for profit.
I love that.
@ibike.ie @irishcycle.com
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The twisting tales of cycle lanes “destroying” areas around Ireland Comment & Analysis: Just the other day, a concerned resident in Cork City posted a comment on this website’s Facebook page — it was a dreadful story about how residents in the city are ha…

The renamed Facebook page against the project, ‘Voices for Knockfree, Knockpogue & surrounding areas’, prominently includes the claim that “Narrowed roads are a mortal danger to the young and elderly residents” — a claim that has no basis in fact. irishcycle.com/2026/04/10/t...

The twisting tales of cycle lanes “destroying” areas around Ireland Comment & Analysis: Just the other day, a concerned resident in Cork City posted a comment on this website's Facebook page — it was a dreadful story about how residents in the city are having their car parking stolen for cycle lanes. A similar picture is emerging around the country. The only thing is that it's untrue. This is what they posted: …

The twisting tales of cycle lanes “destroying” areas around Ireland

Comment & Analysis: Just the other day, a concerned resident in Cork City posted a comment on this website's Facebook page — it was a dreadful story about how residents in the city are having their car parking stolen for cycle…

Galway ring road planning inspector’s report has little grasp on reality Comment & Analysis: The idea that a project is established in local and national policy should hold some weight, but the An Coimisian Pleanala Inspector’s Report on the N6 Galway City Ring Road shows little willingness to analyse the validity of such policies or how they conflict with other policies. At least not in terms of the outcome of similar roads all around the world.

Galway ring road planning inspector’s report has little grasp on reality

Comment & Analysis: The idea that a project is established in local and national policy should hold some weight, but the An Coimisian Pleanala Inspector’s Report on the N6 Galway City Ring Road shows little willingness to…

Split image showing De Beauvoir Town before and after traffic filtering. The top black-and-white photo shows Northchurch Road lined with parked cars. The bottom modern colour photo shows the same street with bollards blocking through traffic; a person stands with a bicycle in the road while a child cycles nearby, with more greenery and a calmer, people-focused street scene.

52 years ago today, 8 April 1974, experimental road closures were introduced in De Beauvoir Town.

They were later made permanent, creating Hackney’s first low traffic neighbourhood: safer streets to travel through, & space for families & children to play

hackneycyclist.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-...

Why is public transport in Mayo mainly used by people with free travel or no other options? -- Good public transport frequency on paper can obscure major problems. Comment & Analysis: The combined public transport connections between Mayo's largest towns, Ballina and Castlebar, offer reasonably good frequency. So, why is it mainly used by people with free travel or no other options? It's around 35-39km between the two towns, depending on the route, and it's about a 35-40 minute drive.

Why is public transport in Mayo mainly used by people with free travel or no other options?

-- Good public transport frequency on paper can obscure major problems. Comment & Analysis: The combined public transport connections between Mayo's largest towns, Ballina and Castlebar, offer reasonably…

“Cars continue through that crossing while children are trying to cross” There is a need to address “lethal” conditions for school children in a Dublin suburb as motorists speed through the area with schools and make turns across red lights with little regar…

"Cars continue through that crossing while children are trying to cross" irishcycle.com/2026/03/31/c...

“Cars continue through that crossing while children are trying to cross” There is a need to address “lethal” conditions for school children in a Dublin suburb as motorists speed through the area with schools and make turns across red lights with little regar…

"Cars continue through that crossing while children are trying to cross" irishcycle.com/2026/03/31/c...

There seems to be enough space for a path through the towpath route, space for tables and car parking.

138 km/h in a 50km/h zone one of over 1,000 drivers caught speeding over Easter weekend as three killed and five serious injuries recorded Three road users -- including two motorists and a pedestrian -- have died in separate collisions since Friday. On Friday, a woman in her 40s was knocked down in a collision involving a truck driver, and she passed away on Sunday; on Monday, a man in his 50s was pronounced deceased at the scene of a collision where he was the driver Castletownroche in Co Cork; and, on the same day, a driver in his 60s was also pronounced dead at the scene at a collisions also invoving another car on the N53 at Rassan, Dundalk, Co Louth.

138 km/h in a 50km/h zone one of over 1,000 drivers caught speeding over Easter weekend as three killed and five serious injuries recorded

Three road users -- including two motorists and a pedestrian -- have died in separate collisions since Friday. On Friday, a woman in her 40s was knocked down…

Flexibility is needed to make public transport attractive, but so are some rules — balance is key Comment & Analysis: “Train travellers share experiences of what one describes as a ‘crackdown’ on ticket flexibility” is the description of Conor Pope’s Pricewatch column in T…

Flexibility is needed to make public transport attractive, but so are some rules -- balance is key irishcycle.com/2026/04/05/f...

“Health and safety” trumps public access as beer garden blocking State-owned canal towpath route defended after millions spend on greenway In theory, public investment of tens of millions of euro over decades should have left the Grand Canal Greenway accessible to wheelchair users, accessible/adapted cycles, parents with children in prams, cargo bikes, bicycle trailers, and touring cyclists with fully loaded panniers. But this is not the case. While the route between Sallins and Dublin City is now open, the newest section includes a restrictive "kissing gate" barrier that goes against greenway guidelines and disability access laws.

“Health and safety” trumps public access as beer garden blocking State-owned canal towpath route defended after millions spend on greenway

In theory, public investment of tens of millions of euro over decades should have left the Grand Canal Greenway accessible to wheelchair users,…

“Health and safety” trumps public access as beer garden blocking State-owned canal towpath route defended after millions spend on greenway In theory, public investment of tens of millions of euro over decades should have left the Grand Canal Greenway accessible to wheelchair users, accessible/adapted cycles, parents with children in prams, cargo bikes, bicycle trailers, and touring cyclists with fully loaded panniers. But this is not the case. While the route between Sallins and Dublin City is now open, the newest section includes a restrictive "kissing gate" barrier that goes against greenway guidelines and disability access laws.

“Health and safety” trumps public access as beer garden blocking State-owned canal towpath route defended after millions spend on greenway

In theory, public investment of tens of millions of euro over decades should have left the Grand Canal Greenway accessible to wheelchair users,…

This article is about the UK but, with a few details changed, it could be about Ireland:

Pilot project to look at benefits of short-term bicycle lockers launched in Dublin City — The lockers will cost €1 per hour for the first two hours. A pilot project in Dublin City Centre will look at the benefits of short-term bicycle lockers for visitors to the area. “The…

Pilot project to look at benefits of short-term bicycle lockers launched in Dublin City irishcycle.com/2026/03/20/p...

Updated Suir Road / Davitt Road junction design creates more issues than it solves Comment & Analysis: Dublin City Council has a dual issue with its active travel network -- it is frustratingly slow at delivering a network for cycling, and, even with that slowness, many of its routes are of poor quality. I'm not sure what to write to try to get the council to collectively snap out of it or to get councillors to act.

Updated Suir Road / Davitt Road junction design creates more issues than it solves

Comment & Analysis: Dublin City Council has a dual issue with its active travel network -- it is frustratingly slow at delivering a network for cycling, and, even with that slowness, many of its routes are of poor…

Flexibility is needed to make public transport attractive, but so are some rules — balance is key Comment & Analysis: "Train travellers share experiences of what one describes as a ‘crackdown’ on ticket flexibility" is the description of Conor Pope's Pricewatch column in The Irish Times this week, but I'm left feeling we ask the wrong questions at the wrong times. I think flexibility, even outside the rules of what's classed as "flexible tickets", is needed. The point of ticket inspection should be to (1) find those who are avoiding paying, (2) set people right who are making mistakes, and (3) maybe a bit of berate people a bit for using a ticket at the wrong time when the train is packed.

Flexibility is needed to make public transport attractive, but so are some rules — balance is key

Comment & Analysis: "Train travellers share experiences of what one describes as a ‘crackdown’ on ticket flexibility" is the description of Conor Pope's Pricewatch column in The Irish Times this week,…

Updated Suir Road / Davitt Road junction design creates more issues than it solves Comment & Analysis: Dublin City Council has a dual issue with its active travel network -- it is frustratingly slow at delivering a network for cycling, and, even with that slowness, many of its routes are of poor quality. I'm not sure what to write to try to get the council to collectively snap out of it or to get councillors to act.

Updated Suir Road / Davitt Road junction design creates more issues than it solves

Comment & Analysis: Dublin City Council has a dual issue with its active travel network -- it is frustratingly slow at delivering a network for cycling, and, even with that slowness, many of its routes are of poor…

New 4km section of South Kerry Greenway opens today Kerry County Council is opening the second section of the South Kerry Greenway this afternoon, with a 4km segment of the route from Glenbeigh to Drom West to be opened from 2pm today. "Following the opening of the first section of the South Kerry Greenway to the public at Kells before Christmas, a further 4km of the amenity will be open by the end of this week.

New 4km section of South Kerry Greenway opens today

Kerry County Council is opening the second section of the South Kerry Greenway this afternoon, with a 4km segment of the route from Glenbeigh to Drom West to be opened from 2pm today. "Following the opening of the first section of the South Kerry…

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Teenager knocked off bicycle, seriously injured in crash involing car driver in Galway An appeal for witnesses has been made after a teenager was knocked from their bicycle and seriously injured in a collision involving a car driver on Tuesday night in Co Galway. A Garda Press Office…

Teenager knocked off bicycle, seriously injured in crash involing car driver in Galway irishcycle.com/2026/04/03/t...

That's included, but they think ventilation would be secondary to reducing idling. Electrifying is overdue, but it will take years for Dart+ to fully kick in.

Air quality in Connolly Station could be improved by reducing train idling – peak time for polution is not rush hour, reseraches find Air quality at Connolly Station is not at its worst level during peak commuting time, but rather pollution from trains builds up when diesel multiple units are left idling at lower-frequency times, researchers from Trinity College Dublin have found. All fixed monitored locations across the station exceeded the EU's annual limit for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentration, and PM2.5, fine particulate matter less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter, exceeded the World Health Organisation's 24-h limit during 90% of the monitoring period.

Air quality in Connolly Station could be improved by reducing train idling – peak time for polution is not rush hour, reseraches find

Air quality at Connolly Station is not at its worst level during peak commuting time, but rather pollution from trains builds up when diesel multiple units are left…

New 4km section of South Kerry Greenway opens today Kerry County Council is opening the second section of the South Kerry Greenway this afternoon, with a 4km segment of the route from Glenbeigh to Drom West to be opened from 2pm today. "Following the opening of the first section of the South Kerry Greenway to the public at Kells before Christmas, a further 4km of the amenity will be open by the end of this week.

New 4km section of South Kerry Greenway opens today

Kerry County Council is opening the second section of the South Kerry Greenway this afternoon, with a 4km segment of the route from Glenbeigh to Drom West to be opened from 2pm today. "Following the opening of the first section of the South Kerry…