Aidan Jones
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Climate action, equality, and non-car transport. Dad. Carer. Runner. There's almost always a better, fairer way #andicycle 🌍 🔥
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At a shopping centre on a Sunday. No need whatsoever. How would the driver see my daughter???
These things have no place in urban areas
With pedestrian deaths rising, is now the right time to discuss SUVs?
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It takes YEARS to get new rolling stock. LUAS has lost capacity and workers and carers and students and elderly will be inconvenienced for years to come because of mindless violence.
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Access to cycling is desperately regressive. An office worker on 100k who hasn't commuted in 18 months gets 51% discount on a bike. An essential worker in Dunnes gets up to 31% discount. A carer or child gets 0%. Surely there's a fairer way?
@dublincycling
@IrishCycle
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I'm tired of being a vulnerable road user and a cyclist. I just want be a man bringing my child to crèche.
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The Grand Canal Way is designed to keep out* bikes, buggies and wheelchairs.
Why is this safe space designed to exclude children and disabled people?
*in this case, trap inside a cargo bike
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@rtenews
How is October 7th pertinent to the cold-blooded murder of this child and 2 medics?
It's not. RTÉ is for some reason adding "But Hamas" to every news item of appalling war crimes.
Oct 7 was 4 months ago and has nothing to do with this innocent child. Stop excusing murder.
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Often Twitter seems pointless between bad faith arguments, fanboys, bots and general bad eggs. But sometimes, it can make a real difference.
Thanks
@neasabh
for answering the questions of some random a few months ago. We have our bike a month now. Dublin feels different, better.
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Loving the cargo bike spaces in Drury St car park
@DublinCity
One fewer car on the road this morning
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Is there a safe* way to cycle across Dublin city from Connolly Station to Stephen's Green?
I don't think there is, and it's a shocking indictment of those in charge of our capital city.
* Safe enough to bring kids
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This is a microcosm of progress in Ireland. This **cycle lane** won't be completed until 2028. The first consultation was in 2017.
It will be great, but come on: 11 years for a cycle lane??
The Sutton to Malahide Pedestrian and Cycle Scheme is a proposed cycling and walking route which will serve
#Sutton
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#Baldoyle
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#Portmarnock
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#Malahide
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#walking
#cycling
#YourCouncilDay
#DoL
ásaChomhairle
#Fingal
@LGMAIreland
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I politely challenged a van driver on him blocking a cycle lane. "I know" was the first thing he said and the last was "Tell the Guards"
He knows he's wrong and he does it because there is a zero % chance of punishment no matter what I do.
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Car fanatics: "We do want cycle lanes, but not at the expense of trees"
Rational folk: "Ok so, let's take road space from cars."
Car fanatics: "No. God no!... Can we take space from the sea?... or the dead?"
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How could we explain to aliens that in Dublin city centre cars by default have green lights while pedestrians by default get a red light?
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This has got to stop. No excuses.
An infant.
RTE news : Young boy dies after being hit by vehicle in Roscommon
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Shame on the on the drivers speeding and driving dangerously; shame on politicians promoting car use for votes; shame on the RSA pleading instead of acting; shame in the Gardaí not enforcing laws; shame on the courts for lenient sentencing.
Shame on us all for putting up with it
Ah no. I was only thinking about this poor boy this morning. Worst, worst nightmare 💔💔💔💔
8 years old, struck at a pedestrian crossing. RIP
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@MichealMartinTD
Tánaiste. I implore you tonight to demand a ceasefire. You can see the desperate escalation, mounting death toll and destruction of defenceless lives in Gaza. This statement is simply not good enough.
If the UN is this ineffective, Ireland should shout louder for the innocents.
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It's great to have bike parking at Dollymount... but why is it 400 m from the beach??
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A toddler has been killed in a cul de sac by a car driver in Portlaoise.
My kids are that age. It's unbearable to think about that happening.
But it will continue to happen while we prioritise car drivers convenience over everyone's safety.
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A few years ago in full denial of climate change bringing increased storm frequency, the powers that be decided better storm defences weren't needed 🥴
Flooding on the Clontarf Seafront from
#StormBetty
high tide. Casement recently seeing a wind gust of 94 km/h.
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@otrosnosotros
40 units per hectare isn't particularly dense.
Moreover, they haven't considered users. Shopping, buggy, elderly, disabled. Entry/exit from the home involves unnecessary risk, esp when wet. To store a car
Loose gravel in the driveway for when you get the buggy down the stairs?
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@GrantSana
I know that emotional burst. Today my 3yo son who has a profound hearling loss was up with the kids in his crèche at their concert. Singing away with his magic ears. So tough for him to take part but I was the one crying!
Kids are so resilient 🤩
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@sharonlambert0
I hope if was 'stinking of urine, snot running down [my] face & falling all over the place,' that I would be treated with an ounce of compassion.
Clearly I would be in a bad place in need of help.
So too for this man and others, but their humanity is invisible to many people.
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@HarryHamishGray
It's a real shame this happened. Innovative bike manufacturers going bust isn't worth gloating about.
There was a huge focus on making bikes less 'stealable'. That for me is something most incumbent manufacturers ignore.
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@RTE_PrimeTime
@EylonALevy
@rtenews
It would have been far better to post a clip of
@SarahAMcInerney
pressing this horrid man rather than his pre-scripted opening monologue.
He was abusive, defensive, and loud because Sarah put real questions to him. He shouldn't be on RTÉ, but at least he was put under pressure.
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@SarahAMcInerney
What pushed him over the edge? Not shaking hands at a basketball match.
Does he know their genocide is not being well-received over here?
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@GregCantyFuzion
@DanielCFleming
@ApertureMediaIE
Some omissions in this video there Greg: 2 pedestrian crossings in both the existing and new schemes. Pedestrians will be safer on side roads in the new scheme. It doesn't mention the 20 new trees either.
1.5m is too narrow. The cycle lanes should be wider.
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In Dublin, we have even ceded footpaths to the dominion of the mighty car
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@AlanDub13
That's so incredibly dangerous. I have come to expect a certain level of dangerous driving but this is off the charts. I have so often walked or run down that path. No need for the truck to go down Station road, they can loop around by Moyne Road
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@Sineadmcgar
@LeoVaradkar
I'm furious. If we can't even ask a court to investigate genocide, what do we stand for? Nothing.
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@hynessl
@IrishCycle
Well done. What a smug individual - never a good luck. He kept saying "tried to vandslise"...so in his words you didn't vandslise the car
I often get threats of violence from other men.
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Just before we hit the 6month mark, we reached the 2000km mark. It's been such a pleasure bringing the two kids ok daily adventures.
The biggest obstacles are cars, their drivers and the total lack of cycling infrastructure.
Despite it all, it's a great aul yoke
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@AnMailleach
Yeah but that's not it. Whether you consider the land to be part of a school or part of St Anne's Park, housing doesn't need to go absolutely everywhere at the expense of such amenity
To say that only wealthy homeowners have children or use St Anne's Park is disingenuous at best
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Another hit and run. Is this because the consequences for dangerous driving and for leaving someone to die after you hit them are non-existent?
RTE news : Man dies after hit-and-run incident in Dublin
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@countykerry
This picture has two people cycling at nigh on an unlit road t without a rear light between them.
Driver behaviou is the danger Lights are important for cyclists to use. Hi Viz is bottom of the pile
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If no fairer way to directly incentivise cycling equipment purchase is practical, wouldn't it be better to allocate exchequer funds to cycling infrastructure so that everybody who cycles can benefit? Young and old, rich and poor, able and disabled?
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@hopkins_joan
I just went for a walk on St Lawrence Rd. They're right, that bike shed really made it impossible to enjoy the architecture.
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A woman driving a Ford Galaxy (so presumably has a rake of kids) accelerated really heavily towards me as I crossed the road with my baby.
In hindsight it was unbelievably aggressive behaviour. Nowhere other than in a car would someone threaten a child like that.
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@johncreedon
@rte
@drivetimerte
@RTERadio1
@RTEplayer
@LifeStyleRTE
@RTE_Culture
@RTE_GUIDE
John I've bought a Roberts battery radio specifically for listening to your show while tidying up the chaos after the kids go in bed.
I don't think men in their 30's are Roberts' target market 🤭
I always love tuning in from Coolock.
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@OCallaghanCian
Bought in 2021 for €435k... Annual rent of €180k. It's not right. It's not a mansion either: each person only has 11sqm.
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I don't enjoy having my family intimidated by youths; I think Dublin has a problem supporting/reprimanding teenagers. But I have had my life endangered far more times by motorists.
"Driver risks life of a child because of minor inconvenience" is a very story we know too well
There’s a very strong suggestion this kid was up to no good and throwing objects at drivers passing by. What next? Throwing young women under the Dart? It seems like his got his cummupance and isn’t hurt. He’ll think twice before endangering drivers again perhaps.
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The state of this. As if childcare requires a truck.
This vehicle will be around children so regularly. These little innocents will be invisible to the driver. It's actually sickening.
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@Fingalcoco
can we please kiss the kissing gates goodbye! My young son couldn't get into Baldoyle Racecourse Park because of the kissing gates.
These same gates prove a real obstacle for his newborn sister and his grandfather.
@Fingal_Cycling
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@deadstack
Yeah the start is bus chassis alright. Hopefully they can take a carriage or two out of the Luas and it's just lost carriages not a full tram
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@eoinyk
Probably more accurate to say the most beautiful place that has been marred by a runway.
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I have a car and a few bikes. Ideally want to use the car little as possible.
TLDR: the challenge we face is that the car is just too easy and cheap, and the bike isn't easy or cheap enough. We need to rebalance the scales
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@MaiaDunphy
There is zero enforcement on restricted breeds. There are clear rules which most owners ignore, including muzzled and on leash. The Gardaí and owners need to take this seriously. It's only a matter of time before it happens again. The poor child 💔
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Rampant illegal parking all around Garda HQ today. On Double yellow a and on grass. What's the point of parking laws?
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@IBIKEDublin
@neilclan
You mean the safe cycle to schools works has been halted by the former Minister for Education?!
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@lauren_tuite
This type of nonsense is exactly why €360M in Ireland won't go nearly as far as €250M in France.
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I sometimes wonder if the worst thing to happen the planet in that last century was Al Gore losing Florida in 2000
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John Creedon is always essential listening... Especially right now
John Creedon's radio show is essential listening at the minute. A great, broad selection of Sinead O'Connor tracks and tributes. A nice feeling to share the experience with thousands of others reflecting on a brilliant talent lost.
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@AlanDub13
It's been like that for nearly 20 years. The tragic thing is there's underground parking they don't use because It's quicker to park like that and... there's never been any enforcement.
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@FHmediastuff
@GalwayCityCo
Discussions shouldn't start with speed limits.
The debate should be 'what do we want?'
Safer roads.
More people walking and cycling.
Cleaner air.
Quieter streets.
So we should adopt solutions to achieve this. 30km/h is a known solution. Instead of adopting it, we're debating it.
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@OisinOhAlmhain
Permeability in Dublin is terrible. New estates are built with fences around them to prevent people walking through.
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@hopkins_joan
100%, Joan. Have the council seen St Lawrence Rd? That bike unit is the least of the problems! Circa 500 cars parked and thousands driving up and down cause more visual clutter, not to mention safety & noise. I regularly pass that house and each time I see it it makes me smile
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@AlanDub13
But how could this have happened?! That bollard was in Hi-Viz, reflective clothing! 🤔
Poor guy. All he wanted to do was protect the children.
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@Fingalcoco
@LGMAIreland
Looks fantastic, but surely the project can be expedited? 5 years is too long to wait.
Cycling that route is so dangerous...ans there's a climate emergency.
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@Oh_Deer_Diner
It's desperate. I brought reusable water bottles in my belt and organised a handover for two more at halfway. It's very doable to avoid this with a bit of planning. But the organisers encourage all this waste, so the runners go along with it in the main.
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@pauldclynam
@Aidan_Regan
Children get better opportunities because their parents have more money. How is that fair?
Parents make sacrifices for their kids even if those kids don't go to private schools.
And why should kids be (dis)/advantaged because of the priorities of their parents?
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@sarsfieldsride
@dublincycling
And the worst offender was in a Grand C4 which means they definitely have young kids themselves... Probably in the car at the time they were endangering your daughter. The mind boggles
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Since the paths haven't been gritted, I guess we just have to walk on the roads...
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@cianginty
@IrishCycle
The spokesperson added: “No damage was caused to the vehicle and no injuries were reported.”
Strange to even mention car damage, never mind say it ahead of the status of tuw child.
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@DublinCommuters
The most frustrating part is that making pedestrians wait doesn't even speed up car journeys. The time taken to cross the road is unchanged. So it just delays pedestrians 🙄 it's senseless
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So Israel is bragging about abducting the head of Gaza's largest hospital? After killing newborns and shutting down the hospital...they are using the hospital as a base and taking medical personnel hostage?
It's beyond parody... disgusting and driven by racism
Following indisputable evidence indicating the Shifa Hospital served as a Hamas command and control center, the director of the hospital was apprehended and transferred for questioning by the ISA.
Not only did Hamas exploit the hospital's electricity and resources to build and
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This is just nuts. Why would DCC not just buy these apartments. It's financial incompetence of the highest order! It's a waste of taxpayer money for decades to come. At the end of a 25 year financial commitment, DCC don't own an asset.
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@IrishCycle
I'll keep saying it. (In)Convenience is a major factor in switching to bike-first lives. I have to bring my cargo bike around the back lane. The car sits right out the front.
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@brigidrahilly
Bought my first raincoat 10 years ago. The lads were disgusted with me buying something so utilitarian.
I realised I cycle everywhere except in lashing rain when I'd get the bus...but then I'd get soaked through my worthless coat. I called it my Bus Jacket. The name has stuck
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@a_odonovan1
@AlanDub13
There's underground parking under each of those blocks. It's convenience and a lack of enforcement that causes this, not a lack of parking
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@JaneMahony
@DubCityCouncil
@LaceyDermot
@DannyByrneFG
@CByrneGreen
@GeogheganCllr
Twenty years of illegal parking and they get only one fine?
Seems light-touch rather than heavy-handed to me.
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@rejoyce1976
@DubCityCouncil
@dublincycling
@KevSheedy
No no no. That would inconvenience 3 drivers. You see each driver is worth about 500 cyclists
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@DublinCommuters
Yesterday confirmed two €1bn projects. One will double the capacity of the DART. The other, a new road will increase car volumes & will have "profound negative impact for home owners" & "significant negative direct and indirect impacts" on archeological and built heritage sites
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So good to have a big proper bike rack at Burrow Beach
@Fingalcoco
@LoveBurrowBeach
Sure beats driving!
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@MacL0ve
@SusanTheSilent
And the media have to stop ignoring this no matter how hard it is for the drivers involved
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So it seems that 130+ people bring killed in 10 months is an acceptable number.
What number would be unacceptable? At what point do we take real action?
There have been 130 fatalities on our roads thus far in 2022.
We all have a role to play in assuring we keep this to a minimum.
Road traffic collisions claim lives and irreparably change others.
#SlowDown
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@EamonMelia
@greenparty_ie
Such misinformation, Eamon. The carbon tax on 20kg of coal is about €2. The big change is the war in Ukraine. What's your angle?
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@transportkev
Handlebar bag is great for touring but could be really useful knocking about town for phone/keys/wallet/mask especially for a dress/trousers with no pockets. Waterproof too!
Ortlieb back roller panniers are just so durable. Rack should be standard on a bike - like a car boot.
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@Sineadmcgar
Honestly I don't know. EU institutions, figureheads, and leading nations have proven themselves to be morally bankrupt in recent months. It's very hard to unsee the it
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@AccessForAll7
@Aidan_Regan
There's no need to caveat every tweet. Blue badge and adapted vehicles are implied to be treated differently.
Besides cars like Ford S Max, Fiat Doblo, aren't SUVs. Land Rovers or Range Rovers need to be removed. They're not first choice for lugging wheelchairs
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@stephen_coyne
Great for it to be in use again, but I'd fear that this type of commercial use would make a better 'business case' for the council than starting a proper food market with low rates for everyday vendors.
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@RuarcSorensen
@colmanos
Nah don't think so... But there are people near me who rival this kind of behaviour
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@ccferrie
On the other side of the tracks in 2019, DoE recommended 2 sites be reserved for schools; Inspector agreed. The Board overruled only reserving one site. This is a direct result of that decision: no secondary school for 7,000 homes.
Developer school demand reports are a joke.
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@flying_cabbage
@Deiscirt
@vincentbrowne
You're missing the safest option: not overtaking the car doing 70.
#carbrain
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Cargo Bike News:
Fighting erupted under the rain cover with the two children each vying to hold the bread.
Tensions rose as the younger took several bites out of the loaf. Despite reports of significant damage, lunch was not ruined. More to follow
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@GrantSana
Yeah so proud! I'm sure you were too of your nephew. It's fantastic when teachers don't hide from kids differences and allow them to shine
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@FHmediastuff
@GalwayCityCo
@CloHiggins
My sister was at her local DCC safety forum. Residents were requesting that kissing gates be put in several places. For some reason, people love excluding buggies, wheelchairs and bikes.
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@aoifelongeng
@lauren_tuite
@dublincycling
@IrishCycle
100% agree! I started to include in my tweet but it was getting too long.
'Two people sitting side by side on a bus. One pays less than the other for the journey. The one with the bigger salary is the one who pays less.'
You'd think it's a typo!
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@obraonain
@businessposthq
Worrying that at the end of the vid, there was a taxi in the bus gate. Taxis provide a vital service, no question. But there's likely a single passenger in each that would delay up a bus of 100 passengers
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@cianginty
It's almost funny how children and their safety are the excuses to own an SUV. Meanwhile these same people don't care for children and their safety when it comes to driving, parking their SUV...or objecting to cycling & pedestrian infra, lower speed limits.
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@tconnellyRTE
It's utterly depraved, however, unsurprising. It's a continuation of genocide supported by the EU, UK and Europe. This international carte blanche means they don't even hide their war crimes. Shameful. Sickening. Wrong.
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@IrishCycle
They removed planning restrictions for rooftop solar... Would make sense to do similar for bike storage.
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@Polaris501
@SiHalpin
@GalwayCityCo
An adult in a large metal box aggressively making noise at ~110db is intimidating to a child.
It's not the child who needs to change their attitude
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@Ciarabelles
"Hey I lost your number so thought I'd get you on this. Did you hear Chris got a new job?"
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@CitizenW0lf
I think driver rage and ambivalence to traffic signals and vulnerable road users is getting worse. Many drivers can't see that they're the problem. Not pedestrians. Not cyclists. It's cars that delay cars.
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