Colman O'Sullivan
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Journalist working in Dublin for RTÉ. Msc in Climate Change, DCU Views not RTÉ's (or DCU's) DM's open
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In Dublin hundreds of people at anti mask protest on Custom House Quay marched over to Grafton Street where they chanted "take off your mask" at shoppers and staged sit down protest chanting "no more masks" and "no more lockdown" Thanks to
@PaulDeighano
for pictures
@rtenews
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A big crowd on Customs House Quay at the IrelandForAll rally and people still marching around from O’Connell Street. Organisers now say at least 50,000 people here
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Dublin has less rain than Amsterdam and fewer frosty mornings than Copenhagen, both cities where cycling is very popular throughout the year
@TodaywithClaire
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Some click bait today about e-bikes. With commute+work trips I cycled 60km+ on my ebike today - plenty of carbon saved & calories burnt - couldn’t have done it on a regular bike. E-bikes are game changers - expected to outsell e-cars by 4 or 5 times- great tool for climate action
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Former Minister of Justice & Defence Alan Shatter has told a rally in support of Israel outside Leinster House that Ireland has a history of being on wrong side of history when Jews are persecuted
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Cyclists in Rural Ireland calling for lower speed limits and a network of roads safe for cyclists. They're calling for a network of "Rothar roads" where drivers travel at speeds to which allow them to react safely to people on bikes
#bikeweekire
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Good news, RTÉ News to increase climate coverage, the biggest story we will ever cover
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The bike boom continues & it seems women and older people lead the way. AIB has released figures based on transactions by more than 1M credit and debit card customers. Spend in Bike Shops in first 9 months of 2020 ⬆️32% overall, by Women ⬆️ 41%, by over 65's ⬆️48% 1/2
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Recently went over this- 10,000km on the e-bike in about 2 years use E-bikes are a game changer- it is a significant investment but the cost per km is lower than almost any other way of getting around and the benefits are too many to list in just 240 charac
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Taking this case was a long and stressful process for
@ColmHand
He did all journalists in Ireland a service by doing that. Proud to work with him, and he’s a fine camera man
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1/ A man has been arrested at a protest at the Israeli Embassy in Dublin. He got over the fence outside the embassy and threw red paint over a door. He was arrested and led away by Gardaī. There are still several hundred protesters outside the Embassy
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Man driving SUV while texting on phone- was at this for at least a kilometre as I watched from bus- video slowed down so you can see- just so routine to see this dangerous Behaviour
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Working with RTÉ News cameraman Michael Lee on his last time filming the cabinet arrivals. We’ll all miss him but I don’t think he’ll miss hanging around in the cold
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O’Connell Street, Dublin, Ireland, normally the epicentre of St Patrick’s Day, quiet today, if you’re missing the big parade check out
#RTEVirtualParade
#Covid19
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2 years in jail for unaccompanied learner driver who took the life of a 14 year old because he was texting while driving. Judge says sentence of 3yrs 6months, 18 suspended is not too lenient but "measured just and fair". Her aunt told court family are "broken beyond repair"
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I saw some people driving up Kildare Street in their SUV’s on a November day in Dublin when temperatures reached 17C beep their support for this gentleman,
#unreal
#tooreal
#climatecrisis
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Today we have a crisis tomorrow we have a catastrophe Fr Peter McVerry tells
#RaiseTheRoof
rally at GPO warning of 40k mortgages in arrears
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🧵Strong stuff from the OECD in this report "Road space reallocation must be focused on completely transforming and reshaping streets and roads" 1/
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Ceiliúradh Lá Domhanda an Rothair daoibh go léir. Happy
#WorldBicycleDay
and a fine day for it too
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Kissing gates, Eamon Ceannt Park, D.12 is Covid 19 another argument against them?
@DubCityCouncil
@WHO
@HSELive
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Globally sales of e-bikes expected to be a multiple of electric vehicle sales. 40m annual bike sales by 2023 compared to 12m electric vehicles by 2025. Is Ireland betting on the wrong electric transport revolution?
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"We believe immediate action is needed to avoid a tragedy on the roads" 17 National School Principals across South Dublin call for infrastructure to allow children to active travel to school safely
Strong joint letter for safe cycling infrastructure for schools.
Signed by 17 (!) principals across the south city.
They're dead right. Cycling for all!
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NTA announces €72.8M for active travel in rural areas, more than entire cycling and walking budget for 2019. Projects in 19 local authorities. It is in addition to €240M for Dublin, surrounding areas®ional cities. 1st ever rural active travel investment programme 1/5
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We hear of Irish farmers’ impact on climate, but the climate also impacts Irish farmers. This spring barley planted late due to wettest March ever, is now stunted by drought. Yield will be reduced. Ireland is one of the countries least affected by climate but already impacted
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Iranians in Dublin protest for women’s rights in their homeland and in support of
#MashaAmani
protests there. This is a small protest but they say it was organized at short notice and there will be more
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Inspiring. An example of how cycling can keep people healthy at all ages and how it's lack of infrastructure not age or physical disability that denies people the choice
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Looking at the messages on the tributes to the young man who lost his life while cycling near Donnybrook last week would break your heart. He was obviously much beloved. Sympathy to his family and friends
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Darwin Awards are given posthumously to people who die doing crazy things, using a hairdryer in the bath, tightrope walking when drunk etc. What things might earn humanity a collective Darwin Award? Maybe SUV’s, the only transport sector where emissions are rising? Any others?
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TD to raise penalising of cyclist who reported dangerous overtaking
This really poor decision making by some members of
@GardaTraffic
@gardainfo
needs to stop now. It has the potential to make our roads and streets even more dangerous for cyclists.
@HMcEntee
@LeoVaradkar
@MichealMartinTD
@EamonRyan
I will be raising this in
@OireachtasNews
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Around 500 people at an anti lockdown rally in Dublin have heard Covid 19 restrictions described as unnecessary & unconstitutional, wearing face masks as idiotic and hydroxychloroquine as a safe&effective treatment
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Kids in the city- 6th class from St Audeons NS cycle around Dublin city centre with delegates from The Child in the City World Conference. To hear how they think the city could be better listen to
@morningireland
tomorrow
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The anti-restrictions protest has marched from Garden of Remembrance via O’Connell Street&D’Olier Street to GPO. Chants include “No Mask Mandate”
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Green Party's Eamon Ryan says he regrets saying he'd like to see the reintroduction of wolves to Ireland. Thinks science is valid but it distracted from his point about reestablishing native forestry, says Green Party is on the side of farmers, they need to be paid properly
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@RyanTubridyShow
The posties are getting some help pedaling those big boxes Ireland's An Post to roll out electric cargo bike fleet with GreenAer
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For anyone looking at getting a bike to get to work and maybe the school run on the way the new rules for the bike to work scheme came into effect on 1st August; for regular bikes ceiling is upto €1,250 and e-bikes €1,500
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A doctor told me today this year's Flu Vaccine is effective against the strain currently doing the rounds. It takes week or two after the jab for it to become fully effective, flu season runs til 31st March, still well worth getting it
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One week to go til a major cycling conference opens in Dublin. Would be interested to hear what change those who cycle in the city would like to see- give one thing. For example Make cycle lanes 24/7
#allIwantforvelocity2019
@DublinVelo2019
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Our youngest used to sleep on our family bike, when it was going up hills very slowly with 4 onboard.
#meandmybike
#WorldBicycleDay
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New report says Dún Laoghaire's Coastal Mobility Route is one of the best active travel routes in Dublin. DLR Council says it will start public engagement on whether to make it permanent by end of June
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Delivery riders are vulnerable in so many ways. Sympathy to the family of Thiago Cortes. Gardaí are looking for help from anyone who was in the North Wall Quay area on Monday night
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On the Tax Strategy Group's proposed changes to VRT they hit the most polluting vehicles hardest and for those who choose to buy a less polluting petrol or diesel model changes are modest. For example significant hit for those buying a Hyundai Tucson- very popular here but...1/4
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At other stops on Grafton Street the protestors heard calls for an end to fast fashion and animal based agriculture and protection of the marine environment
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And the bigger the car, the more pollution from the tyres, so SUV’s electric or ice making this problem worse; How car tyres could be adding microplastics to the environment via
@RTENews
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Scoláirí, múinteoirí agus tuismitheoirí
@ScoilLorcain
ar stailc Students from
@ScoilLorcain
take to the streets for
#climatestrike
#AoinenahAer
áide
#FridaysforFuture
#Gaeilge
@rtenews
@RTERnaG
@NuachtRTE
@news2dayRTE
@GretaThunberg
#SchoolStrike4Climate
@rtenews
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Any appetite for this here? There are some motorbikes around which sound like the exhaust has been modified to make them noisier
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New Taoiseach swept through gates into cabinet without a word for journalists who got up early this morning
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Irish Ferries apology to passengers after damage to vehicles and cargoes on Cherbourg-Dublin ferry
#StormImogen
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A small small, physically distant ceremony to mark National Services Day at Collins Barracks, Dublin. Media being kept at a distance as we report
@RTENewsNow
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SUV's more than cancelling out the reduction in emissions from people switching to electric cars
"Average emissions from new passenger cars in Europe increased *for the third consecutive year* in 2019... several reasons have contributed ... including the increasing demand for sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and other larger and heavier cars"
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NTA funding for walking & cycling projects in 2021 is €240M more than double last year- Dublin to get about half of total. Projects too in Galway, Limerick, Cork and Waterford.
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The Fridays for Future climate protest by children returns tomorrow- started in 2018 - in the 4 yrs since CO2 concentrations have risen about 10 parts per million- may not sound much but it's fastest rise ever If you go back before 1955 when things really accelerated...
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Irish people have joined Ukrainians living in Dublin to express solidarity with
#StandWithUkraine
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Frustration amongst wheelchair users about many things, including as you can see below kissing gates
A survey by the Irish Wheelchair Association has found that the majority of its members face difficulties navigating pavements, parking and pedestrian crossings. |
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Quick reminder
@age_cycling
trishaws with pilots are available
@TheBikeHub_ie
in Dún Laoghaire to bring people along the lovely coastal mobility route. For people who because of age, disability or mobility issues would not otherwise be able to enjoy it. No charge
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Very opaque from Irish Times. Who has paid for this advertising content?
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Christmas has started for them and their host families, children from Chernobyl arrive at Dublin Airport
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SUV's - a different type of review, worth listening to or reading the transcript of this
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‘The climate is in meltdown’ - Irish vegetable growers feel the heat
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Earlier a few protesters stamped on and then burned a small Israeli flags which had been left with flowers and sympathy cards outside the embassy. Others replaced the flowers which had been knocked over
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Trying conditions in Wicklow mountains this morning but all in a days work for
@stuarthalligan
to bring you another climate story on
@rtenews
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@sacheu
@IMMAlab
Derek Cawley of
@IrishDocsEnv
and Simon Murtagh of
@OxfamIreland
spoke to
@rtenews
at today's climate protest in Dublin city centre
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The Citizens Assembly on a Directly Elected Mayor for Dublin has voted a very wide range of powers from climate change and transport to Art&Culture, Sport and support for the Traveller and Roma communities should be transferred immediately to the office once it is established
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Thanks to all for their help on this
A new facility which gives people access to cycling regardless of their age, ability or income is opening in Dun Laoghaire. The Bike Hub will provide bicycles which can be used by people with disabilities and also provide donated bikes for people on low income.
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Hundreds of people have gathered at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin to mark the 10th Anniversary of Savita Halappanavar’s death. They will march to Dublin City Hall and are calling for easier access to abortion for women in Ireland
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emissions from cars have continued to rise despite advances in engine efficiency. They are also a greater danger to pedestrians and cyclists so much so that there have been calls to ban them from cities 4/4
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You could make a series on this because of the many varied and interesting viewpoints and strong voices, crammed as much as we could into a TV News report, more detail in the article. many thanks to
@AccessForAll7
@NCBI
@TheBikeHub_ie
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Enabling people to make healthy choices could make a massive difference
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Not only do the impacts increase massively with warming above 1.5C,the risk of runaway climate change where we lose ability to limit it increases; 50-50 chance of temperatures hitting 1.5C threshold via
@RTENews
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Very sad to see this, particularly during
#bikeweek2020
it seems not only in rural Ireland where roads not safe for children to cycle to school. Thanks to
@D12BikeBus
for bringing this to my attention
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Punitive charges for SUV's. this is a city in Germany, but France also doing this Could this, should this happen in Ireland?
Vehicles have been getting bigger & bigger. This German city is making SUV/truck owners pay 6X more for an annual parking permit, with € going to improving public transit. Those with disabilities or needing such a vehicle for work are exempted.
Comments?
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Hundreds of cyclists are gathering outside Leinster House for protest their message is
#stopkillingcyclists
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Damning opening lines to this article “I couldn’t remember when I last felt afraid on my bicycle. Not just anxious, but genuinely fearing for my life. I do now, after I cycled in Dublin last week”
How cycle friendly is Dublin? – BICYCLE DUTCH
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