February 24th 2017 Hundreds of cyclists have pedaled from the Department of Transport to Leinster House earlier this week to highlight the issues facing cyclists and call for increased funding. Campaigners were highlighting road fatalities involving people on bicycles and calling for better infrastructure. One cyclist has been killed in Read more…
26th April, 2016 A proposal by Fine Gael Councillor Paddy Smyth to reconfigure parking arrangements to improve cycling safety in Dublin’s Georgian quarter and Fingal County Council’s motion to establish a Cycling and Walking Officer post suggest that cyclist needs are being taken more seriously. In a video on the Read more…
In the final analysis of the environmental protection and climate mitigation policies to which political parties commit in their manifestos, we examine the Labour party and the Green party.
In an effort to break the silence on the topics of environment and climate change thus far in the general election campaign, Young Friends of the Earth and The Environmental Pillar hosted a hustings at Wynn’s hotel in Dublin, last night. If achieving trending status on twitter is anything to go by, this was certainly achieved and #GE16Environment finally made it onto the agenda.
