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Community advocacy for sustainable mobility in Galway Visit our Website : galwaycommuters.ie Check out our AGM : galwaycommuters.ie/agm Starbucks petition : my.uplift.ie/petitions/object-to-an…

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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 12h
Does anyone know what Cllr Niall McNelis means by this? ACP approved the #BusConnects Cross City Link, which includes a bus gate on the Salmon Weir Bridge, in 2024. How did Galway become a "different city" in just two years? @galwaycommuters.bsky.social @galwaycycling.bsky.social @irishcycle.com
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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 13/10/2026
Vote against trial bus gate on Salmon Weir Bridge is not voting against public transport, say Cllrs irishcycle.com/2026/10/13/v...
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Vote against trial bus gate on Salmon Weir Bridge is not voting against public transport, say Cllrs
— Group says it never viewed the trial as a given and were not expecting just a rubber stamp. — Council official says he’d be “absolutely stunned” if a trial didn&#821…
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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 12h
The idea came from @galwaycommuters.bsky.social. After the motion was passed by the SPC, the Coalition issued a press release saying that the proposals could be progressed after that vote by Councillors. "The press release, which can still be read online, makes it clear that it wasn't a done deal."
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Starbucks drive-thru has been rejected 🎉
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Dublin Commuters @dublincommuters.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Send the Message: Stop the Fare Hikes 📣 Public transport users can stop the fare hikes before budget day 2027, but you need to pressure your TD’s now!! If you’ve never contacting a TD before, there’s a template email you can send from the link below 👇 galwaycommuters.ie/fares/
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Reminder our AGM is tomorrow!
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Ourselves and the Dublin, Cork, Limerick, and Drogheda commuter coalitions have released a joint statement on the NTA'S fare increases, you can the full statement here read here
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Catering is coming to the Galway Dublin line! While this is temporary it's a great start and we're hopeful it'll be successful enough to warrant a permanent catering service.
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Galway doesn't need another Starbucks, or another drive-thru on an already congested road. It needs a proper public transport system. You can find a link to the petition in our bio
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
If you haven't been to our AGM before this where we elect members of our committee, tell you all the work we've done since our last AGM and go over plans for the next year. It's also a great opportunity to meet and talk to others interested in trying to make Galways transport situation better
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
- AGM NOTICE - It's been a year already, we're hosting our next AGM on the 9th of September at 7.30pm at Murrays Coffee House in Salthill.
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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
REMINDER: By-election "traffic & congestion hustings" this evening, Wednesday 15th April 2026 at 7pm. Venue: Park House Hotel, H91 PCF8. All candidates have confirmed attendance. Via @galwaycommuters.bsky.social
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Also if you can't make it we'll be streaming on YouTube so no excuses! m.youtube.com/watch?v=0GNh...
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Bye-Election Traffic & Congestion Meeting
An opportunity to meet your bye-election candidates and hear their solutions to Galway's chronic congestion problems
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Tonights the big night! Hope to see you all at 7pm sharp tonight #ireland #galway
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
We are Calling for End to Infrastructural Stasis with Coming of Ring Road Clarity. Read our latest press release here: galwaycommuters.ie/news/2026-04...
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Dublin Cycling Campaign @dublincycling.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Fuels counter-protest this evening! ⏰ 5.10pm 📍 Garden of Remembrance 🚲 Cycle to Dáil End fossil fuel dependence 🌏
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Galway Cycling Campaign - Feachtas Rothaíochta na Gaillimhe @galwaycycling.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
April 15th. The mindset behind our transport choices over the past few decades needs to be interrogated. Galway has been left behind when it comes to transport, with knock-on effects to our health, safety, housing and sustainability. Come along and put questions to our election candidates.
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Big news 📣📣. April 15th in the park house hotel were hosting a meeting on transport traffic congestion and all things stopping you getting to work or school on time.
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 01/04/2026
In 2025 an Irish pedestrian, motorcyclist, cyclist or e-scooter user was killed on average every 4 days and I fear that this year will be even worse
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
We've been hearing about plans for decades. The bus corridors are through planning, they just need funding. Why has the government neglected to provide it? Must we stay in traffic forever? www.rte.ie/news/connach...
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Galway congestion woes remain despite many plans
Galway's longstanding traffic congestion stems from the volume of vehicles, particularly cars, using the city's roads on a daily basis.
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The minister should be fighting for extra current funding at a cabinet level. These are not mutually exclusive things. We can have both.
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
As reported in the below link funding from the Government has been secured to progress the Corrib greenway bridge to planning. This is a great development and we'd like to thank everyone for their attention to this matter and Cllr. Hoare for announcing the good news. irishcycle.com/2026/02/27/f...
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Cllr.Alan Curran @alancurran.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
7 deaths on our roads over the weekend including a 16 y/o girl walking her dog. Why the obsession over hi-vis? Why the reduction in active travel funding? Where are the 30km/h zones? Where are the red light cameras? Why no enforcement? Why aren't intelligent speed systems default on new cars?
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Galway councillor claims RSA messaging amounts to ‘victim blaming’ – ‘Children are not killed because of a lack of high-vis vests’
A Galway councillor has called for a “no confidence” vote and a major overhaul of the Road Safety Authority (RSA), claiming its education campaigns place responsibility on vulnerable road users rather...
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
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
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Thanks for speaking out on this issue Ciarán
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Tom Dowling 🇮🇪 @tomtdowling.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Cases pursued against drivers are rare. knocked off my bike on my way to work,full high‑vis gear. As I lay on the road waiting for the ambulance, the driver admitted she hadn’t seen me. The Gardaí never arrived. I spent 12 weeks on crutches with soft‑tissue injuries. I could have died.
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Dublin Commuters @dublincommuters.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Yesterday we spoke to the Oireachtas Committee on Transport & we highlighted the various failings of this Government on road safety The ongoing failure of Vision Zero The Systemic failure of the RSA And the impact of Default 30kph U-Turn
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Opening Statement to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport - 04.02.26 - Road Safety
Opening Statement.MOVThank you, Chairperson and members of the committee, for the invitation to speak today on the topic of road safety. My name is Jason Cullen, chairperson of Dublin Commuter…
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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I was wearing hi vis when a motorist drove into me. Passengers in the car got out to tell me the driver was really upset because she didn't see me. I didn't have much sympathy as I was picking gravel out of my hands. I was visible. She didn't look.
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Bye bye TFI bikes, you were so useful 🥲. Dead by the hand of a minister who ignores evidence and makes decisions based only on vibes.
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
It's great to see such sensible priorities in road safety. We are all just so sick of the constant & stringent Garda patrols catching the speeding and distracted drivers that evidence shows kills. Instead they should be tackling children on their ride to school! www.thejournal.ie/e-bikes-scoo...
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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.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
New research finds negligible benefit from "minimum passing distance" laws requiring drivers to give cyclists space when overtaking them. Protected bike lanes are far more effective. doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Hundreds of places in Galway where a small, collaborative CPO could make active travel safer & more pleasant. If other cities can do it, why can't we?
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The summary report on the proposed bus gate in Bun a chnoic / cnoc an Óir came in. And for a quick summary :
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Brian Caulfield @briancaulfield.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
A lessons the past 12 months has taught us about our creaking transport networks is that they are extremely vulnerable. The aftermath of Storm Chandra has shown us, again, that in an era of increased extreme weather events, our infrastructure is not fit for purpose www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Brian Caulfield: Storm Chandra commuter chaos is made far worse by a dysfunctional transport system
Aftermath of Storm Chandra has shown once again that in an era of increased extreme weather events, our infrastructure is not fit for purpose
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Reporting from the indo on this: @seontrack.bsky.social @dublincommuters.bsky.social m.independent.ie/regionals/du...
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Rail advocacy groups call on Iarnród Éireann to abandon X amid Grok controversy
Four commuter advocacy groups have jointly written to Iarnród Éireann requesting that the company relocate its service updates from X (formerly Twitter) to its own official channels.
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
God this storm is brutal, let me check the only place I can reliably see if my train is delayed...
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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 27/01/2026
NTA continues to force Irish Rail to stay on X despite child sexual abuse material scandal Irish and international experts have said social media platform X was generating child sexual abuse material, as well as nonconsensual "undressing" images of adults, but the National Transport Authority…
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NTA continues to force Irish Rail to stay on X despite child sexual abuse material scandal
Irish and international experts have said social media platform X was generating child sexual abuse material, as well as nonconsensual "undressing" images of adults, but the National Transport Authority (NTA) is continuing to hold Irish Rail to a contractual obligation to post updates and to reply to messages on the platform formally known as Twitter. The NTA's lack of movement on the issue reflects the Irish Government's position to stay on X, but the authority did not answer questions relating to whether there has been any mandate from Governmenal level or if it would remove the contractual obligation put on Irish Rail as a public service obligation provider.
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Dublin Commuters @dublincommuters.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
We fixed your headline for you RTE The driver killed the woman with his vehicle… please speak to your editors www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
If any policymakers or campaigners in Ireland want to discuss the evidence base for these policies I'm happy to talk
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Also relevant is our loading gauge, which is a good bit larger than the UKs. We rarely make use of it mind you...
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
It was a sensible enough decision when every large railway would build their own rolling stock & it was going to be a totally self contained network (still is). Not so sensible in hindsight when we have allowed rolling stock manufacturing to be controlled by ~5 companies...
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Unfortunately true, we can't buy off the shelf vehicles like other countries can. We can buy existing train designs and change the bogie size though, this is what's happening with DART+.
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
You're not dropped from the team. You're just not on the list, you're not getting a jersey and you won't be there on Sunday 😉
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What If Galway @what-if-galway.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Interesting to see how this pans out "Galway City Council is intent on progressing a pedestrian and bicycle link across the stone abutments of the former Clifden Railway Bridge, despite national funding cancelled for this piece of the Connemara Greenway" www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...
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Council aims to bridge funding gap
Galway City Council is intent on progressing a pedestrian and bicycle link across the stone abutments of the former Clifden Railway Bridge, despite national funding cancelled for this piece of the Con...
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
We've all been at a station waiting for a cancelled train with no way of knowing. IÉ and the NTA can and must do better
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Irish Cycling Campaign @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Sadhbh O’ Neill says that the reduction of road deaths in Ireland is being strangled by a lack of political courage. @sadhbhoneill.bsky.social @thejournal.ie www.thejournal.ie/readme/irela...
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Ireland's dangerous roads: When cars come first, everyone loses
Sadhbh O’ Neill says that the reduction of road deaths in Ireland is being strangled by a lack of political courage.
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The cars need more space when there are fewer of them? Self-defeating logic that only undermines bus lane compliance. A day rarely goes by where we don't see a car in a bus lane, usually out the front window of the bus...
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
And it's the only place that we can get up to date information of Public Transport delays. You know, the abuse imagery & Nazi website?
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Maybe a little exaggeration but not by much...
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Galway Commuters @galwaycommuters.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
This would honestly be more useful communication than @irishrail.bsky.social currently have...
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