-- "I’m happy with my position" councillor says when challenged by a local advocate. A Galway councillor, Cllr Shane Forde (Fine Gael), has vowed to block any future project to make roads safer for pedestrians and cyclists while he's still on the council. This morning he posted a photo of the September traffic on Castlepark Road on Facebook, and said: "This is the direct result of multiple traffic lights on the new scheme and the taking away of the slip lane at ATU.

An underpass that will form part of the Great Western Greenway and allow greenway users to avoid crossing Westport's N5 northern bypass at grade is due to open later this week. Cllr Peter Flynn (Fine Gael) said: "Five years of lobbying — and finally, it’s happening! The underpass connecting the greenway routes out of town to Atterish, and the main greenway to and from Newport will open in the coming week."

-- "I’m happy with my position" councillor says when challenged by a local advocate. A Galway councillor, Cllr Shane Forde (Fine Gael), has vowed to block any future project to make roads safer for pedestrians and cyclists while he's still on the council. This morning he posted a photo of the September traffic on Castlepark Road on Facebook, and said: "This is the direct result of multiple traffic lights on the new scheme and the taking away of the slip lane at ATU.

-- Social Democrats Cllr says he's "mystified" by the delay, adds his party supported the trial.-- "We've now had two full summers" with no action, campaigners say. A senior Dublin City Council official has told the council's mobility committee that plans for a Strand Road cycle path idea "has not gone away". There is no clear publicly available reason for the city council's delay in implementing the trial, but.

-- Just 1.1km added to network in 2026 with 6km expected next year. LONG READ: Everybody is frustrated by the slow delivery of Dublin City's active travel network, this month's Mobility and Public Realm Committee was told, but councillors sounded at breaking point, with a number commenting that they'd be dead or long retired from politics before the network is finished.

-- Social Democrats Cllr says he's "mystified" by the delay, adds his party supported the trial.-- "We've now had two full summers" with no action, campaigners say. A senior Dublin City Council official has told the council's mobility committee that plans for a Strand Road cycle path idea "has not gone away". There is no clear publicly available reason for the city council's delay in implementing the trial, but.

-- Just 1.1km added to network in 2026 with 6km expected next year. LONG READ: Everybody is frustrated by the slow delivery of Dublin City's active travel network, this month's Mobility and Public Realm Committee was told, but councillors sounded at breaking point, with a number commenting that they'd be dead or long retired from politics before the network is finished.

A new article by economist Colm McCarthy against the planned 19km MetroLink from central Dublin to Swords has prompted a call for newspapers to fact-check their columnists. Councillor Feljin Jose, the Green Party's spokesperson on transport, made the call after McCarthy wrongly claimed in the Sunday Business Post today that "The only available evaluation of MetroLink’s costs and benefits was released as part of the TII’s preliminary assessment in 2022."

— For every €1 invested in active travel , it generates almost €4 in benefits to society.– Cyclists in Ireland do not have to use cycle paths. A video of an Irish motorist recording a p…

Construction workers this week were busy working on a section of the new cycle path between the Liffey Cycle Route at City Quay and the Clontarf route at Connolly Station on Amiens Street. The active work sites are currently around the Talbot Memorial Bridge, where the footpath on the western side is to be widened and a two-way cycle path will be provided beside it, and along the east edge of Custom House, where the contra-flow cycle track and a traffic lane are to be transformed into part of the two-way cycle path.

It's not the first Dutch-style roundabout in Ireland, but a roundabout on Templeville Road in Dublin is the first Dutch-like design to be retrofitted at an existing busy roundabout. The roundabout is adjacent to Templeogue College, where Templeville Road meets Wainsfort Road and Cypress Grove Road. As reported in 2023, Ireland's first Dutch-style roundabout was opened on Church Fields Link Road in Mulhuddart, Dublin 15.

It's not the first Dutch-style roundabout in Ireland, but a roundabout on Templeville Road in Dublin is the first Dutch-like design to be retrofitted at an existing busy roundabout. The roundabout is adjacent to Templeogue College, where Templeville Road meets Wainsfort Road and Cypress Grove Road. As reported in 2023, Ireland's first Dutch-style roundabout was opened on Church Fields Link Road in Mulhuddart, Dublin 15.

A man in his 80s has died yesterday in hospital due to injuries sustained in a collision involving a car driver on the R341 Ballyconneely Road in Clifden, Co Galway on Monday, September 21st. "The collision – involving a car and a bicycle – occurred at approximately 2:40pm. The cyclist, a man in his 80s, was brought by ambulance to University Hospital Galway for treatment of serious injuries.

Up to 25 cargo bicycles outside a school; must it be the Netherlands? No, it’s becoming the norm at some Dublin schools along newer, higher-quality cycle routes. Parents use cargo bikes to ca…

A new website promoting Ireland's greenways -- mostly rural shared walking and cycling routes -- has been launched by the Department of Transport. Greenways.gov.ie includes route information and maps for most of Ireland's longer greenways. The website includes details such as the distance, elevation, estimated travel times, the surface finish of the greenways, and the facilities available along different parts of routes, including public transport access, park and ride and toilets.

A new website promoting Ireland's greenways -- mostly rural shared walking and cycling routes -- has been launched by the Department of Transport. Greenways.gov.ie includes route information and maps for most of Ireland's longer greenways. The website includes details such as the distance, elevation, estimated travel times, the surface finish of the greenways, and the facilities available along different parts of routes, including public transport access, park and ride and toilets.

A man in his 80s remains seriously injured in hospital after a collision involving a car driver in Clifden, Co Galway on Monday. A spokesperson for the Garda Press Office said: "Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a serious injury road traffic collision that occurred on the R341 Ballyconneely Road in Clifden, Co Galway on Monday 21st September 2026." "The collision – involving a car and a bicycle – occurred at approximately 2:40pm," the spokesperson said.

Comment & Analysis: The problem with common sense is that it's not all that common. This is not something I thought I'd ever write, but Voltaire, the 18th-century French philosopher, offers a good starting point for thinking about cycling and headphones or earphones. Before getting too deep into philosophy, we're talking about this (again) because the chairperson of Ireland’s parliamentary Committee on Transport, Michael Murphy, a Fine Gael TD, …

Work is well underway on the latest section of the Dodder Greenway on Dodder Road Lower, between Ely’s Arch and Orwell Road. The road is now permanently one-way, with the two-way cycle path still under construction. The images below show the cycle path kerb is now in place, but significant work remains, including surfacing and the crossing at the Orwell Road end.

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-- A few tickets are also left for Tom Flood's 'Reframing Road Safety' talk on Tuesday. With Tom Flood -- one of the world's best-known communicators on active travel -- in Dublin this week, a special edition of the Bike Bop cycle is to take place at an earlier time of 3pm on Wednesday, September 23rd. The Bike Bop cycles are group cycles that usually have a number of cargo bikes carrying speakers playing music, and the cycle take place at a relaxed pace.

Up to 25 cargo bicycles outside a school; must it be the Netherlands? No, it's becoming the norm at some Dublin schools along newer, higher-quality cycle routes. Parents use cargo bikes to carry children as an alternative to cars, and businesses use them to carry goods as van replacements for some trips. Cllr Lorraine Hall, a councillor for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, is highlighting that a range of box bikes and long-tail cargo bikes are now pulling up outside primary schools in Blackrock and Dún Laoghaire near routes such as the Coastal Mobility Route (pictured).

-- For every €1 invested in active travel , it generates almost €4 in benefits to society.-- Cyclists in Ireland do not have to use cycle paths. A video of an Irish motorist recording a person cycling beside a new cycle path -- which is not finished -- has gone viral with over 366,000 views on Facebook alone.

Commuter groups, opposition parties, and others are encouraging people to join a protest against public transport fare hikes this evening in Dublin outside Leinster House at 6pm. The planned protest comes after the Government was criticised for 15-35% increases in public transport fares from 2027, and the National Transport Authority yesterday confirmed further hikes are likely if inflation continues to rise.

Commuter groups, opposition parties, and others are encouraging people to join a protest against public transport fare hikes this evening in Dublin outside Leinster House at 6pm. The planned protest comes after the Government was criticised for 15-35% increases in public transport fares from 2027, and the National Transport Authority yesterday confirmed further hikes are likely if inflation continues to rise.

The Cabinet has approved Dublin’s MetroLink project to proceed to the tender stage with a reviewed Detailed Business Case estimating a cost range of €14.44 to €17.49 billion, and a central es…

Users of the 49km Great Western Greenway should "get off their bloody bikes" and open and close gates at driveways where landowners have issues with cyclists crossing their driveways, a Mayo councillor has said. There are around 100 driveways along the route between Westport and Achill Island, although the majority of driveways are on sections where the route is shared with motorists on low-traffic access roads.

Users of the 49km Great Western Greenway should "get off their bloody bikes" and open and close gates at driveways where landowners have issues with cyclists crossing their driveways, a Mayo councillor has said. There are around 100 driveways along the route between Westport and Achill Island, although the majority of driveways are on sections where the route is shared with motorists on low-traffic access roads.

As a cyclist I want the authorities to act with clarity. Lime bikes and renters can be annoying, but the true threat is those who dangerously flout the law, says the Guardian’s senior political corres...

Users of bicycle share in the capital are being asked to respond to a survey to find out more about how the on-street shared systems are used. The survey is part of an academic research project at University College Dublin with the aim pf helping understand who is using bike share in Dublin and how they are using it. The project is funded by Horizon Europe, the EU research and innovation programme.

-- "Congestion Action Plan" was reported as "to be published in the coming weeks", but it's still not released. Minister for Transport Darragh O'Brien's congestion plans include park-and-ride and bus routes already planned and, in some cases, projects already built, with no standout new ideas, an opposition spokesperson claimed. When contacted, the Department of Transport last week did not clearly refute the claims and mostly confirmed them.