Paul Waldron
@majorpaul.bsky.social
Grandad. road safety campaigner. Climate emergency is real
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Thanks to everyone for the kind words on my campaign launch on Wednesday, it was the perfect midweek boost. Today I was my first canvas outside the North Inner City.
February 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Thanks to everyone for the kind words on my campaign launch on Wednesday, it was the perfect midweek boost. Today I was my first canvas outside the North Inner City.
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Schrodinger's congestion
Dublin's deputy lord mayor says bus lanes not needed at weekends as he doesn't see congestion but claims bus lanes add to weekend traffic irishcycle.com/2026/01/22/d...
Dublin’s deputy lord mayor says bus lanes not needed at weekends as he doesn’t see congestion but claims bus lanes add to weekend traffic
Dublin City’s deputy lord mayor has said that the operating hours of 24/7 bus lanes should be reduced because they are not needed on weekends, as he doesn’t see congestion then, but in …
irishcycle.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Schrodinger's congestion
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"Jose says that the Department of Transport officials appear to be confused this week." Perhaps an understatement given the many conflicting and confusing statements around mandatory helmets and high-hiz this week.
A requirement that cyclists wear helmets and hi-vis would be a challenge for bike-share companies
The government seems to be considering making helmets and hi-vis mandatory for people using some category of bikes, though it’s not totally clear which.
www.dublininquirer.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"Jose says that the Department of Transport officials appear to be confused this week." Perhaps an understatement given the many conflicting and confusing statements around mandatory helmets and high-hiz this week.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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“Please stay calm as we steal the election”.
February 6, 2026 at 7:53 PM
“Please stay calm as we steal the election”.
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Democrats have revealed themselves to be feckless against the rise of MAGA hyper-authoritarian excesses. A party unwilling to call out Israel’s perpetual criminality will prove useless against state sanctioned murder at home.
February 6, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Democrats have revealed themselves to be feckless against the rise of MAGA hyper-authoritarian excesses. A party unwilling to call out Israel’s perpetual criminality will prove useless against state sanctioned murder at home.
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Shannon Airport was used as a refuelling stop by private aircraft carrying Palestinians deported from the United States to Israel by ICE agents earlier this year, according to an investigation by The Guardian
jrnl.ie/6949867
jrnl.ie/6949867
Shannon Airport used for refuelling by US deportation flights carrying Palestinians to Israel
Two ICE-chartered flights carrying shackled deportees stopped in Co Clare en route from the US to Israel, The Guardian has reported.
jrnl.ie
February 6, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Shannon Airport was used as a refuelling stop by private aircraft carrying Palestinians deported from the United States to Israel by ICE agents earlier this year, according to an investigation by The Guardian
jrnl.ie/6949867
jrnl.ie/6949867
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It's completely beyond me how authorities can continue to ignore this fundamental issue, especially given that we KNOW that with climate breakdown floods will only keep getting worse.
Pay farmers to rewild NOW.
Pay farmers to rewild NOW.
If you're a victim of repeated flooding, you need to start looking at land use upstream.
One of these sponges up vast amounts of water, releasing it slowly, the other does not. One reduces flooding, the other *increases* it.
Without addressing this core driver, it'll just keep on getting worse.
One of these sponges up vast amounts of water, releasing it slowly, the other does not. One reduces flooding, the other *increases* it.
Without addressing this core driver, it'll just keep on getting worse.
February 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
It's completely beyond me how authorities can continue to ignore this fundamental issue, especially given that we KNOW that with climate breakdown floods will only keep getting worse.
Pay farmers to rewild NOW.
Pay farmers to rewild NOW.
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Half the country under water, but this is what Jack Chambers and this government think of Ireland's commitment to climate action, as if we needed any further proof that they couldn't give a shit.
I assume he owns a house on a hill.
I assume he owns a house on a hill.
Minister disbands department’s climate division in move branded ‘reckless’ by Greens
Jack Chambers has moved climate to unit within new infrastructure division
www.irishtimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Half the country under water, but this is what Jack Chambers and this government think of Ireland's commitment to climate action, as if we needed any further proof that they couldn't give a shit.
I assume he owns a house on a hill.
I assume he owns a house on a hill.
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We should assume the rain over the last few weeks is the absolute baseline as a country we need to be prepared for. And we need to plan for the 526.9mm Spain recorded in 24hrs the other day. That level of rain here is both unthinkable and inevitable.
February 6, 2026 at 9:53 AM
We should assume the rain over the last few weeks is the absolute baseline as a country we need to be prepared for. And we need to plan for the 526.9mm Spain recorded in 24hrs the other day. That level of rain here is both unthinkable and inevitable.
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The Road Safety Authority is not fit for purpose: Exhibit #3,298
Too late!
See below from recent #RSA campaign for 2nd Class (8 year olds) asking them to pledge to wear hi-vis clothing in pretty much every outdoor situation nigh or day. Full pledge in Alt-Text
See below from recent #RSA campaign for 2nd Class (8 year olds) asking them to pledge to wear hi-vis clothing in pretty much every outdoor situation nigh or day. Full pledge in Alt-Text
February 6, 2026 at 2:33 PM
The Road Safety Authority is not fit for purpose: Exhibit #3,298
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After Midelton was flooded in 2023 Leo Varadkar said we needed a Land Use Plan. The Plan is ready but @micheal-martin.bsky.social won't publish it.
Instead, he's legally designating rivers as "highly modified"
jrnl.ie/6946724
Instead, he's legally designating rivers as "highly modified"
jrnl.ie/6946724
Ireland in the storms: Flood barriers won't save us if we keep draining the land
After flooding in the past, successive governments promised protections, but instead, doubled down on dredging and delayed land-use reform, leaving communities exposed, writes Pádraic Fogarty.
jrnl.ie
February 6, 2026 at 9:33 AM
After Midelton was flooded in 2023 Leo Varadkar said we needed a Land Use Plan. The Plan is ready but @micheal-martin.bsky.social won't publish it.
Instead, he's legally designating rivers as "highly modified"
jrnl.ie/6946724
Instead, he's legally designating rivers as "highly modified"
jrnl.ie/6946724
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Here at the Washington Post headquarters after the mass firing of hundreds of journalists.
We won’t let democracy die in darkness.
#savethepost #washingtonpost #wapo
We won’t let democracy die in darkness.
#savethepost #washingtonpost #wapo
February 5, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Here at the Washington Post headquarters after the mass firing of hundreds of journalists.
We won’t let democracy die in darkness.
#savethepost #washingtonpost #wapo
We won’t let democracy die in darkness.
#savethepost #washingtonpost #wapo
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I spoke about the Government’s ridiculous proposal to criminalise cyclists who don’t wear helmets 🪖
The fact they even proposed this betrays their complete lack of understanding of what makes our roads unsafe for cyclists & pedestrians 🚗🚙 @labour.ie @dublincycling.bsky.social
The fact they even proposed this betrays their complete lack of understanding of what makes our roads unsafe for cyclists & pedestrians 🚗🚙 @labour.ie @dublincycling.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I spoke about the Government’s ridiculous proposal to criminalise cyclists who don’t wear helmets 🪖
The fact they even proposed this betrays their complete lack of understanding of what makes our roads unsafe for cyclists & pedestrians 🚗🚙 @labour.ie @dublincycling.bsky.social
The fact they even proposed this betrays their complete lack of understanding of what makes our roads unsafe for cyclists & pedestrians 🚗🚙 @labour.ie @dublincycling.bsky.social
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At some point in a better future. We will ask ourselves how was it, for so long, acceptable that a human gets one licence to drive any tin box of any power rating or size forever without re-testing. Even if they abuse that power. 🌍 Cyclists & pedestrians killed by the hour. One day that will change
February 6, 2026 at 7:58 AM
At some point in a better future. We will ask ourselves how was it, for so long, acceptable that a human gets one licence to drive any tin box of any power rating or size forever without re-testing. Even if they abuse that power. 🌍 Cyclists & pedestrians killed by the hour. One day that will change
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With criminality this serious ending in death, what other crime would escape national news? This was only BBC local. What more must happen for a lifetime ban? Driving is a privilege, not a right. Our culture — and sentencing — needs radical change.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Man who drove 135mph jailed for 10 years after fatal M40 crash
Police says CCTV footage shows Trad Almaghrabi leaving the scene on foot.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
With criminality this serious ending in death, what other crime would escape national news? This was only BBC local. What more must happen for a lifetime ban? Driving is a privilege, not a right. Our culture — and sentencing — needs radical change.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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#NationalPrayerbreakfast
Trump is so far from Christianity, alien to its precepts. Yet they applaud him.
Trump is so far from Christianity, alien to its precepts. Yet they applaud him.
February 5, 2026 at 2:19 PM
#NationalPrayerbreakfast
Trump is so far from Christianity, alien to its precepts. Yet they applaud him.
Trump is so far from Christianity, alien to its precepts. Yet they applaud him.
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⁉️Mandatory helmets on bikes⁉️
I welcome the Tánaiste’s reassurance that new laws will not make cycling without a helmet a crime.
It had been reported yesterday that under new laws banning the use of scrambler bikes, it would also be a crime to cycle a bicycle without wearing a hi-vis and a helmet.
I welcome the Tánaiste’s reassurance that new laws will not make cycling without a helmet a crime.
It had been reported yesterday that under new laws banning the use of scrambler bikes, it would also be a crime to cycle a bicycle without wearing a hi-vis and a helmet.
February 5, 2026 at 4:53 PM
⁉️Mandatory helmets on bikes⁉️
I welcome the Tánaiste’s reassurance that new laws will not make cycling without a helmet a crime.
It had been reported yesterday that under new laws banning the use of scrambler bikes, it would also be a crime to cycle a bicycle without wearing a hi-vis and a helmet.
I welcome the Tánaiste’s reassurance that new laws will not make cycling without a helmet a crime.
It had been reported yesterday that under new laws banning the use of scrambler bikes, it would also be a crime to cycle a bicycle without wearing a hi-vis and a helmet.
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Conscious any discussion on transport is polarising but can we agree on:
🚗 Less speeding in cities and towns
👮♀️ A Garda focus on speed enforcement
🛣 Road design and landscaping to reinforce this
🚴♀️ Cycling facilities that protect children (and ourselves)
🏍 Confiscation of illegal souped-up e-bikes?
🚗 Less speeding in cities and towns
👮♀️ A Garda focus on speed enforcement
🛣 Road design and landscaping to reinforce this
🚴♀️ Cycling facilities that protect children (and ourselves)
🏍 Confiscation of illegal souped-up e-bikes?
February 5, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Conscious any discussion on transport is polarising but can we agree on:
🚗 Less speeding in cities and towns
👮♀️ A Garda focus on speed enforcement
🛣 Road design and landscaping to reinforce this
🚴♀️ Cycling facilities that protect children (and ourselves)
🏍 Confiscation of illegal souped-up e-bikes?
🚗 Less speeding in cities and towns
👮♀️ A Garda focus on speed enforcement
🛣 Road design and landscaping to reinforce this
🚴♀️ Cycling facilities that protect children (and ourselves)
🏍 Confiscation of illegal souped-up e-bikes?
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“Helmets are an important part of how cyclists can protect themselves, but criminalising the absence of a helmet is basically saying that you’re going to reduce cycling deaths and injuries by reducing cycling itself”
“You’re going to reduce cycling deaths by reducing cycling itself”: Confusion as plan to fine all cyclists not wearing helmets or hi-vis ‘confirmed’ by Irish government – but deputy PM insists “no pla...
The legal future of cycling in Ireland is currently up in the air, after the country’s Department of Transport confirmed this week that plans to introduce mandatory helmet and hi-vis legislation would...
road.cc
February 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
“Helmets are an important part of how cyclists can protect themselves, but criminalising the absence of a helmet is basically saying that you’re going to reduce cycling deaths and injuries by reducing cycling itself”
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This is counter-intuitive:
"It is clear that the benefits of cycling outweigh the risks, with helmet legislation actually costing society more from lost health gains than saved from injury prevention." theconversation.com/ditching-bik...
"It is clear that the benefits of cycling outweigh the risks, with helmet legislation actually costing society more from lost health gains than saved from injury prevention." theconversation.com/ditching-bik...
Ditching bike helmets laws better for health
With epidemics of diabetes and obesity threatening to bankrupt state health budgets, governments need to broaden their strategies to encourage physical activity. Allowing cyclists to ride without a he...
theconversation.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:18 PM
This is counter-intuitive:
"It is clear that the benefits of cycling outweigh the risks, with helmet legislation actually costing society more from lost health gains than saved from injury prevention." theconversation.com/ditching-bik...
"It is clear that the benefits of cycling outweigh the risks, with helmet legislation actually costing society more from lost health gains than saved from injury prevention." theconversation.com/ditching-bik...
