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“I blindly get on the bike every time and just hope I get home alive”: Mayor says “car-centric” cycle lane cuts are impeding road safety plans and putting cyclists in danger

“People want to cycle, even though they know they are taking their lives in their hands,” Drogheda mayor Michelle Hall said, claiming the Irish government’s active travel funding cuts are “not going to get people out of cars”

Thu, Jan 29, 2026 11:56
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Man stamped on bike and assaulted 14-year-old boy for ‘cycling wrong way down one-way street’

Phillip Smith, who pulled the teenage cyclist from his bike, causing him to fall to the ground, was fined £480 after pleading guilty to assault by beating and criminal damage

Fri, Dec 23, 2022 12:46
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