The Road Safety Authority have produced a new video on how cyclists and HGVs should interact when sharing road space.

You can watch the video here

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government John Gormley T.D. today published details of legislation to provide for a directly elected mayor for the Dublin region.

Under the proposed legislation in the general scheme of a Local Government (Dublin Mayor and Regional Authority) Bill 2010, the mayor will have a range of substantial powers to establish and deliver a vision for Dublin. The Mayor’s election, from a population base of 1.2million, will also give the...

The Green Party has warmly welcomed the proposed new speed limits in Dublin City Centre, and has said that streets will be safer once the proposals become law on the 31st January. 

Green Party Transport Spokesperson Deputy Ciarán Cuffe said:
 

"Lower speed limits save lives. The change will particularly favour cyclists and pedestrians and will make the city centre a more civilised place.This should attract...

I asked the Minister for Finance a Dáil question recently to get an idea of how much money we are spending to service the national debt and what this figure would likely rise to in the coming years because of our borrowing requirements.

I was struck by the fact the 20% of our total tax revenue will be required to service the national debt by 2013 and that’s if we stick to the plan that’s been outlined to the European Commission.

That’s one in every...

Speaking following the publication of the report by the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin today Green Party Justice spokesperson Ciaran Cuffe TD said:
 

“Judge Yvonne Murphy and her colleagues must be commended for the diligence of their work.
 
“It beggars belief that no Archbishop reported child sexual abuse to the Gardaí throughout the 1960s, 1970s or 1980s.”
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