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New! Cycling Instructor Training in Dublin

Dublin City Council is running 5-day cycling instructor training courses in July and September 2010.

Temple Street Santa Cycle

The Temple Street Santa Cycle is a cycle from Galway to Dublin which takes place from the 10th-12th of December

The Campaign at Cool Earth Festival 2010

The Campaign had a very effective presence at Cool Earth, part of the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Festival of World Cultures over the weekend

Cork Cycling Arts Festival

The third annual Cork Cycling Arts Festival will run from Monday 19 – 25 July. The centerpiece of the festival will be the exhibition ‘In the Frame’ featuring national and international artists at the Unitarian church Princes street Cork.

Summer social cycle 15 August

The annual DCC summer social cycle will take place Sunday 15 August, meeting at 11am at Georges Dock, IFSC (at the triumphal arch).  This year's ride will head out along the coast to Howth, finishing with a picnic either at the seaside in Howth or in St Anne's Park on our way back into town.

Naas family cycle this Sunday

 

You're invited to join 

The Naas Cycling Group

Free Family/Community Cycle on Sunday July 18th 

Campaign at Cool Earth

The Campaign is to attend the Cool Earth Festival again this year.

Refusing bikes on board trains - Irish Times letters

Madam, – I am a keen cyclist but find myself repeatedly frustrated by the facilities available to cyclists in Ireland when travelling with a bike. Simply put, it is nearly impossible to travel by train with your bicycle. I will give two examples.

VéloCity 2010- Copenhagen

COPENHAGEN CYCLING. A group of 10+ Irish working in a voluntary or professional capacity in cycling advocacy and cycling planning attended the Velo-city Bicycle Planning Conference in Copenhagen last week (See here for more on VeloCity).

Dublin Cycle Chic - the movie

Tips for safe cycling from London Cycling Campaign

 

The following was written for London, but much of it applies to Dublin conditions.

In any case, use your own judgement, be alert and enjoy your bike ride!

Cycle chic is wheel thing - Irish Times

SYLVIA THOMPSON

Bike campaigner stages fashion show to highlight the benefits of using two wheels to get around the city

WE WOULD all just hop on our bikes to go to the local shop, cinema, library or post office if Mikael Colville-Andersen, Danish urban mobility expert and owner of the Copenhagen Cycle Chic and Copenhagenize.com blogs, had his way.

Colville-Andersen was in Dublin last week to launch Dublin Cycle Chic, the city’s first cycle fashion show organised by Dublin City Council and the Danish Embassy as part of National Bike Week.

Win a FREE place in the Sky Ride Etape Hibernia – 22nd August 2010

 

 Win a FREE place in the Sky Ride Etape Hibernia – 22nd August 2010

 

Government aims to cut car dependency - Irish Times

PAMELA NEWENHAM

More than one million people who drive to work each day are to be persuaded to switch to more sustainable forms of transport including car-pooling, walking and cycling.

The Smarter Travel Workplaces Programme, unveiled today, aims to see a quarter of a million workers out of their cars by 2012 to reduce carbon emissions.

At present, almost 57 per cent of workers drive to work, with 90 per cent of vehicles containing only the driver, statistics released by the Department of Transport reveal.

Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey said the programme hopes to assist companies to achieve a 20 per cent reduction in staff car usage.

Changes to built environment 'may improve physical fitness' - irish Times

PAMELA DUNCAN

MAKING CHANGES to our built environment would help counter low levels of physical activity in Ireland, a seminar has heard.

More than 130 delegates attending a joint seminar by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland and the UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health heard that low levels of physical activity are contributing to long-term health problems.

Teresa Lavin, Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH) said that enhancing opportunities for physical activity in the built environment was essential in influencing the public in carrying out physical exercise.

Summer 2010 is going to be Dublins summer of cycling!

Its all been coming together for the last few years and now its here! Dublin is a great place to cycle and this summer is going to be the best time to join in with those who have discovered the best way to get around Dublin. 

Dublin Cycling Campaigns top reasons to start cycling again in Dublin this summer:

IHF says 5 years on, little done to tackle obesity

On European Obesity Day (May 22), the Irish Heart Foundation has criticised the lack of significant progress in tackling and treating obesity in Ireland since the launch of the National Taskforce on Obesity (NTFO) this month five years ago. 

Cork Cycling Arts Festival Call for Submissions

Cork Cycling Arts Festival invites all artists to submit work for this year’s exhibition. We are seeking a variety of artwork in various media, photography, sculpture, painting and installation, with the general theme: ‘the bicycle and cycling culture’. The exhibition will run in the Unitarian Church, Cork City for the duration of the festival, from 19 - 25 July 2010. Apply online by sending images of proposed work (72 dpi) and contact details to email address below or see website:
 

Annual Lecture - photos and review

 Horton Poster

Photos of this very successful event can be seen here

And please read Conor O'Brien's insightful review here

Beat The Thief: How to protect your bike against thieves - London Cycling Campaign

Video from our friends at London Cycling Campaign on locking your bike!

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