Given the state of Dublin, the 15-minute city can’t come quick enough
Never mind the conspiracy theorists, the 15-minute city is a proven approach to creating more sustainable, equitable, and vibrant urban environments
traffic
Paper tax discs for vehicles set to be abolished
Minister for Transport also calls on Dublin City Council to implement transport plan or risk losing funding
What are the key arguments about the economic study of Dublin’s traffic plan?
Question for city council management is how to balance concerns of retailers against other issues
Watered-down Dublin traffic plan should allay traders’ fears
Just three buildings on a 50m section of Dublin Liffey quays will not have direct car access
Dublin city centre traffic: Pause new measures to limit cars pending review, employers say
Employers group says time is needed to examine how traffic restrictions would interact with construction of Metrolink and outcome for new city centre taskforce
Have your say: Have you been let down by your car insurer following an incident?
Has your insurer actively worked against your interests even though you are its customer?
Attempt by group of councillors to halt Dublin transport plan fails
Independent councillors sought to rerun public consultation but Green and Labour councillors said doing so would delay improvements
Significant traffic disruption in Dublin following Luas crash
Four taken to hospital following collision with van
Funerals of mother and two daughters killed in Mayo crash to take place in Donegal
Wake for Una Carlin Bowden and her daughters Ciara (14) and Saoirse (9) to take place in Raphoe
Mayo crash: Moycullen village in shock at death of mother and two daughters
Una, Ciara and Saoirse Bowden died in a crash on the N17 in Co Mayo on Tuesday
Reallocating road space rather than penalising motorists is best fix for congestion, says Eamon Ryan
Sinn Féin accuses Coalition of adopting London-style congestion charges in the absence of adequate public transport
Man dies after Roscommon collision involving car and lorry
Crash happened on the N61 Athlone road at Newtown
Mayo crash: Further tributes paid to ‘multitalented’ family with ‘beautiful big smiles’
Deaths of Una, Ciara and Saoirse Bowden in crash on N17 in Mayo bring shock and grief to Moycullen, Co Galway
Mayo crash: Community in ‘state of shock and sadness’ as tributes paid to mother and daughters killed on N17
Mayo crash: Una Bowden died at scene of incident on N17 near Claremorris along with Ciara (14) and Saoirse (9) on Tuesday
Could motorists be charged for driving through gridlocked cities and towns under new plan?
Some form of congestion charge is inevitable in our cities and large towns by 2030
Motorists set to face congestion or clean-air zone charges under new traffic plan
Cabinet signs off strategy from Minister for Transport that will put pressure on councils to choose between congestion charges or clean-air zones
Road cyclists: ‘We are flesh and bone on a carbon frame against somebody in a cube of steel’
Imogen Cotter was Irish national champion when her life was changed when she was on a training cycle in 2022
All I’m asking is for the bloody Dublin Bus to show up. That’s not too much, is it?
Emer McLysaght: Dublin busses regularly vanish into a Bermuda Triangle between app and reality, and nobody seems concerned
Legal action from Artane residents threatens new BusConnects corridors in Dublin
First judicial review of BusConnects bus corridor initiated over bus stop placement
Reduced speed limits will be coming to Irish roads this year but do they work?
Many European countries have moved to 30km/h zones with a reduction in fatalities
Quarter of drivers believe driving short distances after drinking is acceptable, survey finds
Gardaí appeal to public to take care on roads over St Patrick’s Day as deaths track higher than 2023
Controversial Dún Laoghaire plan to restrict cars, create more pedestrian spaces is approved
Councillors sign off on €20 million ‘Living Streets’ scheme after marathon meeting ends after 2am
Walking and cycling ‘take 680,000 cars off road daily’ in Ireland’s five largest cities
Over 70% of Dublin residents walk or wheel at least five days a week, up from 64% in 2021, notes National Transport Authority survey
Homeowners accuse Metrolink body of being ‘economical with the truth’ about effects of tunnelling
Noise expert says tunnel machine noise akin to ‘washing machine’ but residents say they have had little contact with Transport Infrastructure Ireland
New roadside Garda checks planned for powerful e-bikes and e-scooters
Dutch police have rolled out new ‘testing benches’, with gardaí now assessing testing equipment available
Limerick crash: Tributes paid to two ‘exemplary’ agricultural students killed when car hit wall
Darragh Dullea (20), from Co Cork, and Cillian Kirwan (19), from Co Kilkenny, died in a Co Limerick crash on N69 at Ballyengland on Tuesday
Long-awaited A5 road upgrade to get €600m in funding as part of Shared Island initiative
Taoiseach also commits €50m to redevelopment of Casement Park in Belfast
The Debate: Will the traffic plan for Dublin improve life in the city?
The plan aims to reroute traffic travelling through Dublin city centre and on to somewhere else. But not everyone is in favour of it
Impact of cycle lanes and other active travel ‘more positive’ than people expect, study finds
Researcher from ESRI says ‘opposition to traffic policy changes is not unique to Ireland’
Dún Laoghaire pedestrianisation plan could have ‘catastrophic’ impact on service delivery, says HSE
Record number of participants in council’s public consultation on Living Streets plan, with 54% backing initiative
Dublin city centre traffic plan supported by most parties but communications criticised
Dublin City Centre Transport Plan aims to reduce car routes, reallocate space to public transport, cycling and walking and create civic plazas
Business owners broadly welcome changes to stop cars ‘barrelling’ through Dublin city
Changes will limit car access to north and south quays and pedestrianise Parliament Street
Do not block ‘historic’ Guinness route to Dublin Port with new traffic ban, says Diageo
Stopping use of the quays would increase costs, emissions and safety risks, brewer says
Watchdog warns hitting Ireland’s climate targets by 2030 could cost State €6bn
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council estimates that electrification of vehicle fleet, retrofitting, and agriculture will be costliest areas
Olivia Kelly: Dublin’s biggest traffic transformation since bus lanes bypasses the usual gridlock
Politicians are remarkably determined to get the ‘bus gates’ done - and public consultation seems to show widespread support
Trips by private cars and commercial vehicles ‘through’ central Dublin to be banned by August
Councillors welcome traffic plan as Eamon Ryan expects it to have ‘transformative’ effect on city centre from later this year
Plan to reduce car routes across Dublin and create new civic plazas ‘overwhelmingly endorsed by public’
Diageo and car park operators among businesses to raise concerns about plan to be presented to councillors this week
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