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Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · 6d

Great to see. Hopefully the Cork Luas won't take as long!

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 7d

Permission has been granted for Dublin's long-awaited Metrolink project linking the city centre to the airport

Metrolink given green light by An Coimisiún Pleanala

Permission has been granted for Dublin's long-awaited Metrolink project linking the city centre to the airport.

www.rte.ie

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Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · 7d

Lund 🇸🇪

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Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · 10d

Meanwhile in Cork...

Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · 10d

One of my favourite things about Lund 🇸🇪 is how pleasant it is to walk through the suburbs.

The city has a wide network of cycle/footpaths surrounded by trees and green spaces. There's underpasses under many busy roads, making journeys even safer.

Ireland has a lot to learn. #Lund #Cork

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Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · 10d

I'm here for a 2 year masters. I don't even need to cycle because it's so quick to walk everywhere!

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Conn Donovan @conndonovan.bsky.social · 14d

The Straight Road cycle lane is awful and leaves people stranded while trying to cross a busy road.

Meanwhile, the same road (N22) has light segregation, an inner kerb, and a toucan x'ing a few km away.

Please sign this petition to call for safer cycling to Bcollig.

chng.it/FqrR59rysZ

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Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · 14d

Moving to Sweden recently has really made me realise how backwards Cork is in terms of sustainable travel.

What's discussed as a major (and controversial) greenway project in Ireland is basic and abundant public infrastructure in Lund.

Overgrown gutters should not be tolerated at all.

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Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · 22d

Went hiking in Kullaberg, Skåne over the weekend. If you told me this was somewhere in West Cork, I'd believe it! #Sweden #Cork

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Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · 22d

Delivery to Sweden from @kennysbookshop.bsky.social. Great to support Irish businesses (and learn about what Ireland can do in the climate crisis) even when living abroad. Looking forward to reading @thinkorswim.bsky.social.

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Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · 26d

Even in Sweden, I can never escape the 220! #Cork

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Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · 27d

Looking forward to reading it. Should be arriving in the post in the next few days!

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Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · 28d

Would love to see this in Cork!

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Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · Sep 7

"Stone walls and the grass is green" (in Sweden)

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Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · Sep 5

Finally found the greatest use of AI

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Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · Aug 29

Being from one myself (Cork), I always love visiting the second largest cities in different countries.

Today Gothenburg did not disappoint, can highly recommend! #Sweden

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Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · Aug 24

Jakriborg, Hjärup. Located on the train line between the Swedish cities of Lund and Malmö, it looks like a historic medieval village. In reality construction began in the 1990s!

A fascinating experiment in urban planning. Do all new neighbourhoods always need to look "new"?

#Sweden #Urbanism

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Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · Aug 23

Lund, Sweden. Where walking to the shop looks like this...

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Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · Aug 20

Something you'd never see in Ireland: a bicycle traffic jam! Very common across Copenhagen.

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Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · Aug 18

Excited to start living in Lund, Sweden, where I'll be doing a masters for the next 2 years. #LundUniversity

Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · Aug 14

Looking forward to reading it!

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Brian Caulfield @briancaulfield.bsky.social · Aug 12

Never has a transport project in Ireland been as analysed, appraised, criticised and debated as much as this... my contribution to @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social this morning

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Why Metrolink is a much needed connection for North County Dublin

Never has a transport project in Ireland been as analysed, appraised, criticised and debated as much as this

www.rte.ie

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Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · Aug 11

Great video. Showing the ambition Cork needs and deserves.

Cork Cycling Campaign @corkcyclingcrew.bsky.social · Aug 11

A very interesting video on how we can give the city back to its people!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZpd...

The Urban Fabric

YouTube video by Kev Collins

www.youtube.com

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Cork Greens @corkgreens.bsky.social · Aug 7

🚍 Public transport use Ireland use is rising

📈 Journeys up 11% in 2024 to a record 343.6 million trips made.

🟢 Thanks to Green investment in buses, trains & fare cuts, more people are choosing sustainable travel every day.

Record numbers used public transport last year with journeys up almost 11%

New figures published by the National Transport Authority show passenger numbers across Public Service Obligation (PSO) services reached an all-time ...

www.echolive.ie

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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · Jul 26

Transport should support and enable healthy lifestyles, but in Dublin, it doesn’t.

Cities like Paris and Copenhagen have transformed their transport systems to prioritise people and their health, not cars.

Dublin keeps falling further behind.
#ReimagineDublin

Ola Løkken Nordrum @olaln.bsky.social · Jul 26

What getting from A to B looks like in Dublin if you want to do it safely and comfortably.

This is planning-induced transport poverty — the result of prioritising cars above all else.

The negative effects of this ‘system’ are endless.

We need change!
#ReimagineDublin

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Adam O'Reilly @adamoreillycork.bsky.social · Jul 20

Team fell asleep in the second half and never woke up. Not the fitting conclusion that this great year of Cork hurling deserved.

Hopefully the drought can end after 21 years...