Remembering Cathleen O'Neill, who beat down a path for other women
“A force bigger than life itself,” said a eulogy by O’Neill’s friend Carmel Jennings. “Working-class warrior,” said Rita Fagan, another friend of O’Neill’s.
From safe routes to schools to car-free zones, we need leadership from councils and parents alike, writes a TU Dublin transport and urban design lecturer.
Many councils say new apartment blocks must have between one and two car-parking spaces per home. This might sound sensible, but research says otherwise.
“Every time, we choose to switch on our car engines – to drop the kids to school, nip down to the shop or drive to work – we make this worse,” says TU Dublin lecturer Sarah Rock.