Wexford Councillor Catherine “Biddy” Walsh, long known for her concerns around electric scooters and public footpath safety, has had a change of heart —

The number of pedestrian and cyclist deaths is now at the highest level in six years.

The Irish Times has been criticised for publishing a letter which jokingly refers to an anti-cycling trope just as three people cycling lost their lives on Irish roads in one week. One campaign group, which criticised the letter, said it amounted to "stoking hostility between road users", and another outlined how it downplays the regular red light running by motorists.

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-- It's simple: Stop speeding and you'll keep your money. Comment & Analysis: There were nearly 160 people killed on Irish roads and many more severely injured in the last decade. If we had to apply railway safety rules to roads, our roads would be shut down. There's a lot more we could do to balance safety and mobility, but the Government is listening to the people who shout and cry about tipping the balance even a fraction towards safer roads.

The Government’s U-turn on implementing a default 30km/h limit in urban areas means that the speed limits can now only be lowered by a “slow and complicated review of every single road …

A Wexford cyclist is recovering in hospital after being struck by a car on the outskirts of Wexford town on Tuesday evening.