A Dublin-based Green Party councillor has said there should be scrutiny of public spending, but also cautioned against overreacting after senior Sinn Féin figures last night took to social media to call for an active and open tender process for new bicycle parking for hospital staff to be scrapped. The hospital is seeking companies to remove its existing bike shed, which is overloaded, and to design and build a new structure to accommodate additional parking capacity.

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Research by Cycling UK finds female cyclists report more threatening incidents, as well as a lack of infrastructure Intimidating behaviour from drivers, poor infrastructure and fears over safety are deterring more women in the UK from cycling compared with men, research has found, while bike sales continue to fall after the “Covid boom”. The barriers to cycling have widened between men and women “across every measure in the past seven years”, according to research by Cycling UK, a charitable membership organisation. Continue reading...

Balbriggan facility will feature a six-lane 25 metre pool

Central Bank data show that up to €140 billion of Irish deposits still resides in overnight deposit accounts, accruing just 0.13 per cent in interest