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Following from our report on a planned upgrade of the bridge at North Strand Road, it turns out that Dublin City Council are looking at upgrading more of the road, the busiest cycling route in the city. Cllr Ray McAdam sent … Continue reading →

The Danish Embassy in Dublin are again helping out with Bike Week. They are to host a Danish bicycle photo exhibition by Mikael Colville-Andersen (of copenhagencyclechic.com and copenhagenize.com fame)… Like last year, there will be a Danish contribution to the … Continue reading →

Thank you to everybody who has helped with funding for Cycling in Dublin in print! With just under two weeks to go, the project is nearly 80% funded on fundit.ie. For every €90 after the target is exceeded, the amount … Continue reading →

Dublin City Council has confirmed the date for when its experimental bicycle traffic lights on the Canals Cycle Route are to switched on. It said on twitter on Thursday: “We begin switching the Canal Cycle Way junction lights on from 14th March.” Bellow … Continue reading →

Metro Herald reported this morning that ‘nearly half of cyclists break law’ as their front page lead story — that’s at best lower than motorists or at worse about the same as them. The cyclist statistic was from a wider PR survey from Semperit Tires, … Continue reading →

Funding has been approved to upgrade a bridge on North Strand Road, the busiest cycle route into Dublin City Centre. Newcomen Bridge is recorded by the council as the single largest point of entry for cyclist over the canals and into the city centre at … Continue reading →

A cyclist was seriously injured in a collision with a truck just north of the Dublin Airport Roundabout on the Swords Road. Here’s the statement from the Garda Press Office seeking witnesses:

There’s an interesting discussion on Rothar’s Facebook page about gender and cycling, read it here, and there was some banter about cycling in heels, dresses, skirts, make up, and generally in normal clothes. Special gear is great if you’re cycling around 15km, or if you’re … Continue reading →

Full-sized bicycles are now officially banned on Luas, going against government policy. To date the RPA — the state agency in charge of Luas — and its contracted operator Veolia Transdev had used a more informal operational ban on bring bicycles on board trams. The national cycle policy firmly … Continue reading →