BrianHickey.bsky.social
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www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... Worked with a team in Finland re active travel, they genuinely could not fathom why people objected to cycle lanes here. "But you are making their lives better?" Ah no, you see, we hate cyclists.
Judge's comments show bias against cyclists is 'deeply embedded' in Irish society
There are five actions we can take to save lives on our roads, if we choose to implement them
www.irishexaminer.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:32 PM
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... Worked with a team in Finland re active travel, they genuinely could not fathom why people objected to cycle lanes here. "But you are making their lives better?" Ah no, you see, we hate cyclists.
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Here's three minutes of me cycling through Zwolle city centre on mostly motor-free or low-traffic streets. Everyone benefits from this design: more trade for cafés, pleasanter places to walk and cycle, quieter homes for local residents, and vibrant public spaces. Design for people and cities thrive
January 2, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Here's three minutes of me cycling through Zwolle city centre on mostly motor-free or low-traffic streets. Everyone benefits from this design: more trade for cafés, pleasanter places to walk and cycle, quieter homes for local residents, and vibrant public spaces. Design for people and cities thrive
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In news that should surprise no one…
280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles
E-bikes and scooters displace 4x as much demand for oil as all of the EVs in the world.
arstechnica.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:10 PM
In news that should surprise no one…
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Industrial livestock doesn’t just pollute our waterways & wipe out biodiversity, it also threatens our very existence.
On a per capita basis, Ireland is among world’s worst livestock polluters.
On a per capita basis, Ireland is among world’s worst livestock polluters.
October 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Industrial livestock doesn’t just pollute our waterways & wipe out biodiversity, it also threatens our very existence.
On a per capita basis, Ireland is among world’s worst livestock polluters.
On a per capita basis, Ireland is among world’s worst livestock polluters.
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“The absence of farming activity from our national parks "has undermined habitat conservation leading to biodiversity loss".
The absolute state of agri doublespeak today.
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
The absolute state of agri doublespeak today.
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
State called on to 'immediately cease all plans' to buy hill land
The INHFA has called on the state to 'immediately cease all plans associated with the purchase of hill lands'.
www.agriland.ie
October 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“The absence of farming activity from our national parks "has undermined habitat conservation leading to biodiversity loss".
The absolute state of agri doublespeak today.
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
The absolute state of agri doublespeak today.
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
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“The Office of Public Works spends around €1.2 million every year leasing car parking... spaces for the Revenue Commissioners cost over €100,000 annually. Parking for Leinster House itself runs to a similar figure each year. These are recurring bills, quietly signed off without any outrage”
Those outraged by a €100k bike shed should look at the annual cost of renting out car park spaces
www.thejournal.ie/readme/bike-...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/bike-...
Opinion: Those outraged by a €100k bike shed should look at the annual cost of renting out car park spaces
We have completely normalised investment in congestion, pollution and the continuation of car-first planning, writes Ciarán Cannon.
www.thejournal.ie
October 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
“The Office of Public Works spends around €1.2 million every year leasing car parking... spaces for the Revenue Commissioners cost over €100,000 annually. Parking for Leinster House itself runs to a similar figure each year. These are recurring bills, quietly signed off without any outrage”
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Vicious and hilarious.
September 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Vicious and hilarious.
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"This is the first book I have read in 27 years that kept me awake at night..."
"In his dystopian THE LIE OF THE LAND... John Gibbons has indeed done the State and generations as yet unborn some service."
Review in @irishexaminer.bsky.social by Jack Power.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
"In his dystopian THE LIE OF THE LAND... John Gibbons has indeed done the State and generations as yet unborn some service."
Review in @irishexaminer.bsky.social by Jack Power.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
Book review: Greed and duplicity pollutes our politics and environment
The Irish farm and food lobby enjoys an incredible, anti-democratic influence, that has had a disastrous and escalating impact on our countryside, our waterways, and our mountains
www.irishexaminer.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"This is the first book I have read in 27 years that kept me awake at night..."
"In his dystopian THE LIE OF THE LAND... John Gibbons has indeed done the State and generations as yet unborn some service."
Review in @irishexaminer.bsky.social by Jack Power.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
"In his dystopian THE LIE OF THE LAND... John Gibbons has indeed done the State and generations as yet unborn some service."
Review in @irishexaminer.bsky.social by Jack Power.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
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BBC News - Road injuries drop by 900 since switch to 20mph
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nearly 900 fewer people injured since 20mph introduction in Wales
Figures show a 25% reduction in the number of injuries on Wales' roads in the past 18 months.
www.bbc.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
BBC News - Road injuries drop by 900 since switch to 20mph
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Really positive review of THE LIE OF THE LAND in today’s Irish Independent by Caroline O’Doherty.
September 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Really positive review of THE LIE OF THE LAND in today’s Irish Independent by Caroline O’Doherty.
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And, not the last time...
Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time
Time to #MakePollutersPay!
#ClimateLitigation #ClimateCrisis
Time to #MakePollutersPay!
#ClimateLitigation #ClimateCrisis
Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time
Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
And, not the last time...
@thinkorswim.bsky.social
Looking forward to this. Well done.
Looking forward to this. Well done.
September 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
@thinkorswim.bsky.social
Looking forward to this. Well done.
Looking forward to this. Well done.
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A vital new environmental campaign, SAVE OUR SPRAT, was recently launched to fight the industrial pillage of Bantry Bay's sprat population for fish farm feed.
This is what the very best of local communities coming together to fight for wild nature looks like.
Please follow and support them!! 🙏
This is what the very best of local communities coming together to fight for wild nature looks like.
Please follow and support them!! 🙏
Industrial scale trawling threatens the complete collapse of sprat populations on which the incredibly rich marine ecosystem of Bantry Bay depends.
SAVE OUR SPRAT is campaigning for a moratorium on all such activity until the species recovers.
Please join or support us!!
www.saveoursprat.ie
SAVE OUR SPRAT is campaigning for a moratorium on all such activity until the species recovers.
Please join or support us!!
www.saveoursprat.ie
We here at Save Our Sprat want to stop the indiscriminate fishing of Sprat in Bantry Bay to ensure its future as a key link in the food chain on which our marine life and the people around the Bay are dependent on.
www.saveoursprat.ie
May 31, 2025 at 5:39 AM
A vital new environmental campaign, SAVE OUR SPRAT, was recently launched to fight the industrial pillage of Bantry Bay's sprat population for fish farm feed.
This is what the very best of local communities coming together to fight for wild nature looks like.
Please follow and support them!! 🙏
This is what the very best of local communities coming together to fight for wild nature looks like.
Please follow and support them!! 🙏
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When society collapses these will be our new currency
You can stop making these now. We all have one
November 21, 2024 at 4:27 AM
When society collapses these will be our new currency
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Trying – and failing – to think of a precedent for an Irish national newspaper lobbying so relentlessly on a single topic as the Business Post has around airport expansion.
#Climate crisis? What crisis?
#Climate crisis? What crisis?
October 20, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Trying – and failing – to think of a precedent for an Irish national newspaper lobbying so relentlessly on a single topic as the Business Post has around airport expansion.
#Climate crisis? What crisis?
#Climate crisis? What crisis?