New film documents Dubliners’ resistance to subordination of social life to profit
“The market is a monster,” says filmmaker James Redmond. “It turns living spaces into dead space.”
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In Clontarf, drivers visiting the West Wood Club block the fancy new cycleway and footpath
It’s “Not acceptable that major public infra[structure is] being consistently disrupted by a single private business and its clients,” a local councillor said Tuesday.
Local residents opposing Dublin Airport expansion are up against a wealthy industry with global influence
After the Dutch government was forced to back off a recent effort to reduce flights at Schiphol Airport, an industry leader said he hoped “we won’t see other governments embarrassing themselves” with similar attempts.
Here it is: our new cycle collision tracker
We hope you’ll use it to report hazards, near collisions, and collisions. Hopefully, over the long-term, this will help make cycling safer – and get more people out of cars and onto bikes.
Gates go up across the roadway at one end of Hardwicke Street, in the north inner-city
The council has not responded to queries about whether there are plans to put gates across the footpaths too, and further down towards the other end of the road.
In Skerries, a debate about where to run a link in Fingal’s coastal greenway
The council has asked residents in an old part of town to weigh in on the current proposal.
Having learned from trials, council is now planning a long-term bike-share scheme for Fingal
During a pilot, at one point a fifth of users were parking Tier Mobility’s e-bikes in places they shouldn’t have, after using them.
Outside Lusk, road changes and a new cycle lane trigger debate around safety and space
A council spokesperson said that Fingal County Council has reached out to representatives of recent protests “so that a solution can be found”.
You’re invited: Please come test our new cycle collision tracker
We’d love it if you could join us at the Teachers Club on Parnell Square on the evening of Thursday 22 February from 7.30pm.
Councillors and researchers question the effectiveness of clamping cars, as fines gain in popularity
“My understanding is that Dublin City Council is [the] only one currently using clamping as a parking enforcement method,” an NTA spokesperson said.
In Lispopple, “we provide the bus service, but we don’t provide any stops”
The 197 bus runs by the Kettles Country House Hotel every hour, but you can only get on or off there if you’re headed one direction.
In Naul, parents plead for better footpaths and slower traffic so their kids can walk to school
As the school has grown and the morning drop-off has become more crowded and chaotic, the issue’s gotten more urgent, they say.
Plans to expand Dublin Airport clash with global effort to slow climate change
Adding more flights and passengers would mean more greenhouse gas emissions, planning documents submitted last month by airport operator DAA show.