Cunts on Ghost Bikes

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Thr bike lane was a small part of “all that investment”

  1. 2.7 km of segregated walking and cycling route connecting Clontarf to the city centre

  2. 6.8 km of new and upgraded cycle lanes to enhance cycling capacity and safety

  3. 5.4 km of upgraded bus lanes for improved public transport flow

  4. 8 km of upgraded pedestrian walkways for better walking infrastructure

  5. 9 major junction upgrades to improve safety and traffic control

  6. 3 upgraded and 2 brand-new pedestrian crossings for enhanced pedestrian safety

  7. 14 upgraded bus stops, including implementation of island bus stops for safety and efficiency

  8. 8 new community plazas, enhancing the public realm and gathering spaces

  9. 34 side roads with continuous footpaths to improve access and consistency

  10. 80+ new bike stands to support cycling trips

  11. 81 parking bays maintained or carefully reconfigured along the route

  12. Up to 60,000 m² of new/upgraded road surfacing, including 13,000 m² for cycle lanes and 47,000 m² for vehicle lanes

  13. 26,000 m² of high-quality new footpaths for a safer, smoother pedestrian experience

  14. 425 m of the Tolka Valley Greenway integrated into the route

Utilities & Environmental Enhancements

  1. 6.5 km of century-old water mains replaced to ensure reliable water supply

  2. 26 km network of utilities (traffic, public lighting, ESB upgrades) deployed

  3. Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) to manage surface water and reduce flooding risks

  4. Circa 2.5 km of rainwater (surface-water) drainage pipelines for robust drainage infrastructure

  5. Over 280 new public lighting columns with energy-efficient LED fittings for improved visibility and energy savings

Greening & Urban Realm Improvements

  1. Over 100 new trees planted, enhancing urban biodiversity and shade

  2. 50 new planted areas with shrubs and hedges—over 4,600 in total—for beautification and ecology

  3. 114 new trees planted specifically along the route, with careful retention of established mature trees

Overall Investment & Impact

  1. €71 million total spend invested in building the C2CC project

  2. A transformed streetscape and public domain, elevating safety, accessibility, and aesthetics

  3. Connectivity enhancement, linking the Royal Canal Greenway and East Coast Trail from Howth to the city centre

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That AI query used as much power as charging a phone from 0 to 100%. You’re killing the planet mate

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That was my pwn work you chump

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It had perfect grammar and no typos. Sorry mate, stop lying

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“€71 million total spend invested in building the C2CC“

That’s €100,000 per cyclist using this route at rush hour.

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You can’t put a price on health.

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They might use it more than once

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Just did.

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But all the rest of the days users go free. Savage value there.

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Prime time very sad now

They are right about sensors on trucks

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@Little_Lord_Fauntleroy you’ll enjoy this one:

Council backpedals on cycle sign plan for estate in Limerick - Limerick Live

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A mate of mine came on this accident and gave assistance. God love them. His wife is showing remarkable dignity in her statement.

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I saw the Virgin News report on it last night. The woman who hit the cyclist was travelling home from hospital. She’d apparently been in there all night, whether she was accompanying a sick relative/friend I don’t know. Strayed across the road & struck him. It’s one of those tragic events with such awful consequences. You’d drive yourself demented if you pieced together all the different coincidences/choices made that meant their paths crossed at that exact time. Life can be very cruel at times.

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she was speeding & on the wrong side of the road - dont they say that driver fatigue is as bad as drink driving

she shouldnt be allowed drive again at a minimum

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I think thats bollox. You ‘strayed’ across the road… and killed the fella. The judge wondering about the chances of re-offending as opposed to sentencing for the crime. A lot of stock put in the ‘on the way home from hospital’ as opposed to the ‘was she texting while driving’.
My hardline might be because i know the brother well but fucks sake. A rap on the knuckles and a well done is hardly a suitable response to depriving 3 kids of a da.

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Cyclists ‘have become a nightmare in Dublin’, says judge as he cuts injury award by 80pc

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Cyclists had become a nightmare in Dublin a judge stated today as he reduced a €50,000 damages award by 80pc to a cyclist who had suffered a brain injury when he and a motorbike collided.

Judge James O’Donohoe decided that the injured cyclist was mainly responsible for the accident, which had taken place in darkness at 6am on a September morning in 2020, and in which he had suffered 12 other soft tissue injuries.

“You never know with cyclists what they are going to do or anticipate what they are going to do,” Judge O’Donohoe told the Circuit Civil Court. “Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin.”

He said he was entitled, as one who drives cars in the city, to take judicial notice of his own experiences as a motorist.

Barrister Emmet Carty, representing construction worker and injured cyclist Ioan Giurgila (50), of Hibernian Way, North Strand, Dublin, told the judge his client had little memory of the collision but the court had the benefit of engineering and dash-cam evidence of how it had occurred.

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News in 90 Seconds - January 12 2026

Mr Carty, who appeared with Kent Carty Solicitors for Giurgila, said motorbike defendant Mark Finnegan’s own dash-cam video revealed evidence of negligence on his part, and agreed with the judge that it showed contributory blame on the part of Mr Giurgila.

When cross-examined by barrister Sharbee Morrin, who appeared with Hayes McGrath Solicitors for Mr Finnegan of Forest Park, Swords, Co Dublin, and AXA Insurance, Mr Giurgila conceded that he had not been wearing a helmet or hi-vis safety vest, had no lights on his bike, and had not given any signal of his intention to turn right out of a bus and cycle lane into the path of following traffic.

Judge O’Donohoe reduced the €50,000 award for the brain injury to €10,000 and applied 80pc reductions to the “uplift” awards for soft tissue injuries, resulting in a total award of €17,628 to Giurgila, along with Circuit Court costs.

The judge said he was taking into consideration the fact that Mr Finnegan had obviously seen Mr Giurgila, and had beeped his horn, having seen him behave erratically in the joint bus-cycle lane, without having reduced his speed to a level where he may have been able to avoid a collision.

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