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We are organising a week-long celebration of cycling in the Phoenix Park during Bike Week together with the Office of Public Works (OPW
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Dublin drops from 11th to 15th in The Copenhagenize Index 2015 - Bicycle-friendly Cities which was published on Tuesday June 2nd with followin
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It’s great news to hear 94% of submissions were in favour of a having a cycleway and 48% were in favour of the two way cycle track along the north quays.
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We’re back in the Picnic! Dublin Cycling Campaign is delighted to be invited back to be part of the fabulous Global Green Area of the Electric Picnic festival this year.
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Bicycle thefts are a great nuisance for cyclists but what can be done to stop them? We have taken a look at the two most prominent bicycle nations: the Netherlands and Denmark.
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Free access to secure bike lockers and bike stands is being provided at a number of city centre locations throughout Limerick to boost the number of people cycling to work or shop in the city
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The Campaign’s new 30 km/h Action Group has started work. We want to achieve a reduction in speeds to improve cycling and walking by campaigning for a default 30 km/h in built-up areas.
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Everyone loved it, obviously. And the world didn’t fall apart.
The images above give a summary of the results of the Bike Theft survey we conducted in December 2014.
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Colm Ryder and Damien Ó Tuama (pictured) - both from Dublin Cycling Campaign and Cyclist.ie - attended the cycling conference in Belfast on Thursday 30th April.
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Dublinbikes is celebrating 10 million journeys today.
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A campaign urging national school pupils to promote cycling safety awareness has been launched by Wexford County Council.
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The first phase of the Navan to Kingscourt Greenway is ready to start if funding is secured from the Department of Transport, following Meath County Council’s provision last week of €300,000 for th
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Cycling has seen a significant increase amongst the various modes of transport into Dublin City Centre from 2006 to 2014, with an increase in average daily numbers of 5,510.
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If you’re looking for a little adventure this May Bank Holiday weekend you don’t have any further to go than Leitrim Village.
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The Bike to Work tax break scheme is to be extended for another five years.
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With more people taking to the bike, there is further good news for cyclists with reports that the Bike-to-Work scheme is to enter into its second stage.
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The Irish Cycling Show is taking place at the RDS, Dublin.
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Sligo Greenway Cooperate Society Ltd which was officially launched in recent week is continuing to make strides in its campaign to have a greenway created on the track of the disused railway line r
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The much heralded Connemara Greenway – a proposed 30 mile walking and cycling route from Oughterard to Clifden – is now in “limbo” territory, according to the Chairman of the Connemara group of Cou