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Dublin City, Ireland
Joined September 2009
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phil wright (he/him) retweeted
Frustration at Ireland’s failure to systematically adopt proven road-safety measures used across Europe has been expressed by @Marie_Casserly who is calling for urgent political leadership, accountability and evidence-based investment.
More 👇👏
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What a dangerous idiot. Discipline him @EalingCouncil
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Many of our local councillors don’t seem to accept this health bonus when they oppose lower speed limits & protected cycle paths & tracks.
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“Cycling would be an amazing tablet, if you could take it.” - Dr. Shane O’Hanlon. Cycling delivers huge health benefits. The NTA estimates that every €1 invested in active travel infrastructure generates almost €4 in economic and societal benefits.
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These are the people Minister @DarraghOBrienTD et al want us to share responsibility with
🚦No intention of stopping for the lights
✅Nct ❌Tax
@GardaTraffic not interested in prosecuting Traffic Watch reports in DMR
No wonder road safety is declining so quickly
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Suspected hit and run cyclist (60s) found seriously injured on West Cork Road
If true, this is yet another hit & run on a person cycling a bicycle @OCallaghanJim
Bicycle riders: GET YOURSELF A BIKE CAMERA and hold these cowards accountable!
corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/s…
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A few memories from the campaign.
1. With the fabulous @soniaagrith 😊
2. With the awesome @SeanKellyCC 😊
3. One of many visits to Dáil Éireann 😊
phil wright (he/him) retweeted
Yet another #activetravel user killed on our roads in #Ireland.
That’s 12 bike users dead to date.
I attended the @RSAIreland annual road safety conference last Thursday #RSAConf26.
We are supposed to be using #VisionZero precepts, but where are the
rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/101…
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government ministers in charge of road safety & roads policing when this toll continues?
Thoughts & prayers don’t cut any mustard with me.
Listen to NYC Mayor Mandami: instagram.com/reel/DdU8sJPiS…
You are failing active travel users.
@DarraghOBrienTD @OCallaghanJim @CanneyTd
phil wright (he/him) retweeted
If (and it’s a BIG IF) @GardaTraffic @RSAIreland @DarraghOBrienTD were serious about the rampant use of hand held devices when driving, this is what could be done 👇
Instead we 🇮🇪 get scant enforcement along with Public Holiday urging and pleading.
Let’s do better #VisionZero
More than 25 motorists were stopped during a 2 day operation targeting drivers using their mobile phones at the wheel in #Kent.
Officers used a specialist unmarked HGV to spot motorists seen driving in an unsafe manner on Kent's motorways.
More here: kent.police.uk/news/kent/lat…
phil wright (he/him) retweeted
𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆:
🦺 They tell us to wear hi-viz.
💡 They tell us to have lights.
👀 They tell us to be seen.
🫵 They tell us 'road safety is a shared responsibility'.
Meanwhile, in #motordom:
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“Perhaps that is the clearest measure of how backwards the system has become: the State has the evidence and the public demand for change. What it seems to be missing is the will to simply do it.” - @SineadOS1
Sinéad O'Sullivan: An impromptu civilian road safety investigation unit emerged in Kerry, where residents counted collisions, measured footpaths and cross-referenced design standards irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
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Tom Flood on Claire Byrne yesterday morning before delivering the keynote address at the workshop @tcddublin.
23 min in.
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phil wright (he/him) retweeted
Councillors in #Ireland please do the right thing in speed limits’ reviews.
#VisionZero requires that you do this.
"The Finnish capital has not experienced a single pedestrian fatality in the past 12 months, thanks to Vision Zero.
Given these successes, to quit Vision Zero and succumb to failure is a death sentence for thousands — especially children."
planetizen.com/features/1358…
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What do you think happened here?
Volkswagen driver and a cyclist collided on Sunday. Both were travelling in the same direction from Broughton towards Skipton. The cyclist died at the scene.
examinerlive.co.uk/news/loca…
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All the time, they don’t care, plenty of Close passes along the quays all the way to the tunnel.
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A pedestrian hit at 25 MPH gets bumps & bruises.
A pedestrian hit at 40 MPH gets a funeral.
You guys, slow down.
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'No single solution to wrong-way driving,' cttee to hear rte.ie/news/2026/0923/159257… via @rte
Ultimately this is as a result of close to zero enforcement that leaves it far too easy to drive illegally without fear of detection and a hopeless judicial system.
