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Stephen McGinn @stephenmcginn.bsky.social · 5d

This time next week we'll be just getting ready to close off the roads around the Phoenix Park for our Bike Disco Event with the OPW & Dublin City Council

The event is free, but if you can register, that would be great

www.eventbrite.ie/e/bike-disco...

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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 1d

As is, with his continued push to not only lift the Dublin Airport passenger cap but also to significantly increase numbers, Minister O'Brien seems more like a minister for worsening climate change than one responsible for climate action and a sustainable transport system.

Brilliant letter below!

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phil wright (he/him) @ukwrightphil.bsky.social · 3d

On 27 September 2025 DnB on the Bike took over the streets of #Dublin

youtu.be/dE92aORpcWU?...

Drum & Bass On The Bike - DUBLIN

YouTube video by Dom Whiting

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phil wright (he/him) @ukwrightphil.bsky.social · 3d

Dom’s full video of Techno on the Bike #Dublin 26 September 2025 is here: youtu.be/SIPijWgFrVA?...

Techno On The Bike - DUBLIN

YouTube video by Dom Whiting

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phil wright (he/him) @ukwrightphil.bsky.social · 3d

#DomWhiting put in a special Techno on the Bike appearance for September #IBIKEBop

We can’t promise a renowned DJ every month but we do have fun as we cycle through #Dublin to amazing tunes

🗓️Last Friday monthly
🕕6 PM
📍Parnell Sq N

@ibike.ie #CriticalMass #CriticalMassDub #FreeTheCycleLanes

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Mike McKillen @mikemckillen.bsky.social · 5d

air quality safe.
Needless to say I was wearing a respirator throughout the flight (FFP2), but no one else was masked.
@ukhadds.bsky.social @nousaerons.bsky.social

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phil wright (he/him) @ukwrightphil.bsky.social · 5d

What ever level of confidence we have in this govt’s road safety strategy is going to be significantly eroded by their appalling u-turn and subsequent response

a man wearing a beanie and a necklace says " it 's going down "

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phil wright (he/him) @ukwrightphil.bsky.social · 5d

a picture of an ostrich in the desert was animated by dunker k billiha

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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 5d

The science is clear: a default 30km/h speed limit in all urban areas will save lives!

Any further delay in implementing this long overdue change is unforgivable.
#Love30

Campaigners heap pressure on government to rollout 30km speed limit

The Love30 campaign is stepping up the pressure - calling on the government to stop delaying and deliver a default 30km speed limit in towns and cities.

www.fm104.ie

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phil wright (he/him) @ukwrightphil.bsky.social · 6d

Deaths and injuries are on our ministers’ hands and they’re happy with that?

phil wright (he/him) @ukwrightphil.bsky.social · 16d

#DonWhiting returns to #Dublin

🗓️27 Sep 25
🕑2PM
📍Grangegorman Lower

Anyone and any mode of transport are welcome and you can of course BRING YOUR OWN SPEAKER by simply hooking up an online livestream wherever you are in the crowd.

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phil wright (he/him) @ukwrightphil.bsky.social · 18d

The first responsibility of a government is widely considered to be the protection of its people - ensuring safety, security, and the rule of law.

We are being failed

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phil wright (he/him) @ukwrightphil.bsky.social · 19d

Such sad news

So many cyclist fatalities in such a short space of time

I can’t help but feel zero enforcement of illegal driving around cyclists and other vulnerable road users is associated with our deteriorating road safety

We need @garda.ie and judiciary to step up

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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 20d

“How’s IrishCycle.com going?” Honest answer: It needs to be better sooner rather than later

-- IrishCycle.com was funded by as low as 0.05% of total readers last year. -- The open-access, reader-funded model only needs a low percentage of readers.-- But your help is needed to make it slightly…

“How’s IrishCycle.com going?” Honest answer: It needs to be better sooner rather than later

-- IrishCycle.com was funded by as low as 0.05% of total readers last year. -- The open-access, reader-funded model only needs a low percentage of readers.-- But your help is needed to make it slightly higher than it is now.-- If you are not subscribed, please subscribe today.-- If you are subscribed, please consider taking your subscription to the next level.

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phil wright (he/him) @ukwrightphil.bsky.social · 23d

Anyone who can’t pass in seven years probably needs to be a lifelong passenger

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phil wright (he/him) @ukwrightphil.bsky.social · 25d

When will @garda.ie start reflecting when a driver was involved?

“The collision involving a car and a cyclist occurred” could so easily be

“The collision involving a car driver and a cyclist occurred”

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phil wright (he/him) @ukwrightphil.bsky.social · 26d

Out of Pearse St

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phil wright (he/him) @ukwrightphil.bsky.social · 26d

LAS director Darren Farmer told the paper:

“…so would ask drivers to avoid unnecessary journeys, and pedestrians and cyclists to be extra careful on the busy roads.”

Why not ask those with greatest responsibility to be extra careful?

phil wright (he/him) @ukwrightphil.bsky.social · 26d

@garda.ie have work to do when this is how they treat folks who submit journeycam footage to them…

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phil wright (he/him) @ukwrightphil.bsky.social · 26d

Such sad news.

RIP

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phil wright (he/him) @ukwrightphil.bsky.social · 26d

The Garda Press Office should have said that the fatal collision

"involved a cyclist and a DRIVER that failed to remain at the scene."

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phil wright (he/him) @ukwrightphil.bsky.social · 26d

If that’s the scale of intervention for naughty vulnerable road users, what does he propose for naughty drivers of cars/busses/trucks etc?

a man is laying on a bed looking at his cell phone and says that 's a bit much

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phil wright (he/him) @ukwrightphil.bsky.social · 29d

They’re in the wrong profession

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road.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 29d

"It’s taken me moving out of London to somewhere that offers the kind of riding that most people dream of, to realise that actually the day-to-day opportunities that improving infrastructure offers to daily commuters may actually be the best way to get more people on their bikes."

If you can commute by bike, savour it

While George Hill appreciates the beautiful country lanes around his new local area, the option to commute by bike safely is something he finds himself longing for whenever life takes him back to the ...

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Citizen Wolf @citizenw0lf.bsky.social · Sep 7

We all know this, but good to have it spelled out for the drivers at the back not paying attention because they're staring at their phones.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4Lq...

Why Road Safety Is NOT a Shared Responsibility (And It's Absurd to Think It Is)

YouTube video by AverageManOnaBike

www.youtube.com

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