Andy Cycles
@andycyclesdublin.bsky.social
History and Politics Grad. Bike mechanic, aspiring author and a sports reporter in a previous life.
https://substack.com/@andycowan1?r=28f30a&utm_medium=ios
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Andy Cycles
@andycyclesdublin.bsky.social
· Dec 21
Chapter One - What Does Redundant Mean?
December 2009.
open.substack.com
Anybody interested in Irish fiction. I’ve just started releasing my book on Substack. I’ve no idea if this format will work but just want it out there. Book is called Its on Me. open.substack.com/pub/andycowa...
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Dublin City Council, smugly: Bet it would be great to have some white water rafts right now, huh? It's almost like someone's great idea was shut down prematurely.
January 27, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Dublin City Council, smugly: Bet it would be great to have some white water rafts right now, huh? It's almost like someone's great idea was shut down prematurely.
This is why being forced to wear hi -viz is so frustrating. Those of us who commute by bike understand that you can be as lit as a Christmas tree and it makes absolutely no difference. It’s just a method of victim blaming.
I don’t think it matters how much hi-viz a person is wearing when an Amazon delivery van is reversing down the footpath at speed - just saw this on Griffith Ave in Dublin. The footpath’s wide enough to fit a van so sure enough some delivery driver will attempt to bomb down it backwards. #RoadSafety
January 26, 2026 at 8:36 PM
This is why being forced to wear hi -viz is so frustrating. Those of us who commute by bike understand that you can be as lit as a Christmas tree and it makes absolutely no difference. It’s just a method of victim blaming.
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ReformUK is just 17 Tories in a trenchcoat.
January 26, 2026 at 4:43 PM
ReformUK is just 17 Tories in a trenchcoat.
Not sure I have ever read a more grim paragraph.
January 26, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Not sure I have ever read a more grim paragraph.
Latest chapter of my novel is live on Substack. Six chapters in. Free to all. andycowandub.substack.com/s/its-on-me
It's On Me | Andy’s Substack | Andy Cowan | Substack
It's On Me is a story about Jamie McCormack.
Jamie is 27, from Swords County Dublin and has been sacked from his job in BPR Insurance under what he believes to be pretty dubious circumstances.
Thi...
andycowandub.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Latest chapter of my novel is live on Substack. Six chapters in. Free to all. andycowandub.substack.com/s/its-on-me
I carry a nice stack of Shelbourne stickers for this purpose. Also applies to Bohs, Pats and Rovers stickers.
January 26, 2026 at 1:53 PM
I carry a nice stack of Shelbourne stickers for this purpose. Also applies to Bohs, Pats and Rovers stickers.
Suella wondering if it’s possible to pull the ladder even higher up behind her and her family.
BREAKING: Suella Braverman, the former Conservative home secretary, becomes latest Tory MP to defect to Reform UK. “I feel like I’ve come home,” she tells rally.
January 26, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Suella wondering if it’s possible to pull the ladder even higher up behind her and her family.
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Journalists!
Your job is not to report what the authorities say - it's to examine what they say, try to verify it, and report the results of that process.
Ergo, your lede is: Overwhelming video evidence shows federal authorities lied in the aftermath of the killing of a man in #Minneapolis.
Your job is not to report what the authorities say - it's to examine what they say, try to verify it, and report the results of that process.
Ergo, your lede is: Overwhelming video evidence shows federal authorities lied in the aftermath of the killing of a man in #Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Journalists!
Your job is not to report what the authorities say - it's to examine what they say, try to verify it, and report the results of that process.
Ergo, your lede is: Overwhelming video evidence shows federal authorities lied in the aftermath of the killing of a man in #Minneapolis.
Your job is not to report what the authorities say - it's to examine what they say, try to verify it, and report the results of that process.
Ergo, your lede is: Overwhelming video evidence shows federal authorities lied in the aftermath of the killing of a man in #Minneapolis.
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Because the Irish government never met a victim it didn't want to blame.
Cycling without a helmet and high-vis clothing may be made criminal offences in Ireland
-- Law areound cyclists being reviewed with e-scooter proposals for helmets and high-vis. Seán Canney, the Minister of State for road safety, is considering making it illegal to cycle without a helmet and…
-- Law areound cyclists being reviewed with e-scooter proposals for helmets and high-vis. Seán Canney, the Minister of State for road safety, is considering making it illegal to cycle without a helmet and…
Cycling without a helmet and high-vis clothing may be made criminal offences in Ireland
-- Law areound cyclists being reviewed with e-scooter proposals for helmets and high-vis. Seán Canney, the Minister of State for road safety, is considering making it illegal to cycle without a helmet and high-vis on public roads in Ireland. It has already been reported by other media outlets that the Department of Transport was looking at compulsory helmets and high-vis for e-scooter users, but confirmation that the legal review also included bicycle users was outlined in an answer to a parliamentary question in recent days.
irishcycle.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Because the Irish government never met a victim it didn't want to blame.
Absolutely. Dublin City as is evident from walking around it is absolutely hated by those who are entrusted with it’s management.
To be fair, this is entirely consistent with everything DCC leadership has done in the past 25 years
www.independent.ie/regionals/du...
www.independent.ie/regionals/du...
Dublin City Council housing chair suggests ‘encouraging people away from the city’
The chair of the Dublin City Council (DCC) housing committee has suggested the local authority adopt a policy to “encourage people away from the city”.
www.independent.ie
January 23, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Absolutely. Dublin City as is evident from walking around it is absolutely hated by those who are entrusted with it’s management.
So happy to see Jack Moylan doing so well at Lincoln City. Man of the match with a brace. Shelbourne legend.
January 22, 2026 at 9:59 PM
So happy to see Jack Moylan doing so well at Lincoln City. Man of the match with a brace. Shelbourne legend.
Best political message I’ve seen in a long time. I can’t remember the last time or if an Irish party has ever resonated like this.
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Best political message I’ve seen in a long time. I can’t remember the last time or if an Irish party has ever resonated like this.
Is everyone else’s life been overrun by Vinted? As a cyclist, having access to the French second hand market has not been good for my no spend plans. This arrived this morning.
January 21, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Is everyone else’s life been overrun by Vinted? As a cyclist, having access to the French second hand market has not been good for my no spend plans. This arrived this morning.
Imagine being told by a draft dodger you are no longer allowed serve.
January 20, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Imagine being told by a draft dodger you are no longer allowed serve.
Your telling me David ‘I took a truckload of Qatari blood money and sold my soul ‘ Beckham might be a shitty person? Colour me shocked.
January 19, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Your telling me David ‘I took a truckload of Qatari blood money and sold my soul ‘ Beckham might be a shitty person? Colour me shocked.
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He should resign his seat! #IrishPolitics
Fianna Fáil TD Michael Cahill – convicted last week of dangerous driving – was previously found liable by a court for causing a crash that left a young girl with “difficulty learning to walk”.
He was ordered to pay £6,000 compensation to the girl.
www.ontheditch.com/girl-had-dif...
He was ordered to pay £6,000 compensation to the girl.
www.ontheditch.com/girl-had-dif...
Difficulty walking after crash with dangerous driving TD
Cahill was caught driving 190 kilometres per hour on a Cork motorway.
www.ontheditch.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:58 PM
He should resign his seat! #IrishPolitics
There was a lovely noodle bar on Dundas Street West & Roncesvalles in Toronto. Closed six months after we moved there. The woman who ran it reminded me of my grandmother who I missed very much when living there. Opened my horizons to new foods. The beef teriyaki was incredible.
Sunday night timeline cleanse
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
January 19, 2026 at 1:43 PM
There was a lovely noodle bar on Dundas Street West & Roncesvalles in Toronto. Closed six months after we moved there. The woman who ran it reminded me of my grandmother who I missed very much when living there. Opened my horizons to new foods. The beef teriyaki was incredible.
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The replies to any RTÉ News Tweet.
January 18, 2026 at 11:47 AM
The replies to any RTÉ News Tweet.
Elon Musk beefing with Michael O’Leary. I hope they tear lumps off each other.
January 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Elon Musk beefing with Michael O’Leary. I hope they tear lumps off each other.
Came back to my bike yesterday in the office with a flat tire. Changed the tube but noticed that the old tube didn’t seem punctured. Put air in it last night when I got home and this morning it’s still holding air. Totally paranoid someone let the air out deliberately. Is that even a thing?
January 16, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Came back to my bike yesterday in the office with a flat tire. Changed the tube but noticed that the old tube didn’t seem punctured. Put air in it last night when I got home and this morning it’s still holding air. Totally paranoid someone let the air out deliberately. Is that even a thing?
So incredibly grim but predictable.
I was able to use Grok to "undress" images of myself, including ones when I was underage, after it had geolocked the service. At first Grok thought there was a legal loophole in Ireland allowing it to undress images of women, then it thought it was banned under EU law.
January 15, 2026 at 2:28 PM
So incredibly grim but predictable.
I lost a job a while back after making a tiny mistake. No warning. On a contract so had no recourse. No due process to appeal it. Just had to get on with it. Every time I see Burkes face I’m made angry by the amount of due process he has been given and how he has abused it every step of the way.
Wilson’s Hospital School is to seek the reimprisonment of Enoch Burke after the teacher returned to its premises this morning following his release from prison yesterday
Wilson’s Hospital moves to reimprison Enoch Burke after he returns to school less than 24-hours after release
Wilson’s Hospital School is to seek the reimprisonment of Enoch Burke after the teacher returned to its premises this morning following his release from prison yesterday.
www.independent.ie
January 15, 2026 at 2:18 PM
I lost a job a while back after making a tiny mistake. No warning. On a contract so had no recourse. No due process to appeal it. Just had to get on with it. Every time I see Burkes face I’m made angry by the amount of due process he has been given and how he has abused it every step of the way.
