Irish Cycling Campaign, formerly Cyclist.ie, has been sending delegates to ECF’s Velo-city International cycling planning conference since the 1990s, and we were delighted to be represented at its latest edition held in June 2024. It took place in the wonderful bicycle friendly city of Ghent in Belgium and was the largest Velo-city yet held with over 1650 registered delegates from 60 different countries. In this … Continue reading Irish Cycling Campaign at Velo-City Ghent 2024
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For the first time in our history, Irish Cycling Campaign formally took part in National Biodiversity Week. The week itself is organised by the Irish Environmental Network (IEN), with their funding for it coming from the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). We received a lovely positive response from our Local Groups when we contacted everyone back in February about the idea of running biodiversity … Continue reading Bikes & Biodiversity Events 2024 – Report
Irish Cycling Campaign is delighted to see so many of our Local Groups organising events for Bike Week 2024 in every corner of the country. In this article, we list some of the main events that groups are running – while noting that it is not exhaustive! You can read about further events on the official Bike Week site here: https://www.transportforireland.ie/getting-around/by-bicycle/bikeweek/ We encourage everyone to … Continue reading Bike Week 2024 – Irish Cycling Campaign
National Biodiversity Week 2024 runs over 10 days from Fri 17 to Sunday 26 May. It is organised by the Irish Environmental Network (IEN), with funding provided to them by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). The week is all about connecting people with nature and communicating the importance of biodiversity and the need to protect it. It’s also about entertainment and socialising though, … Continue reading Biodiversity Week Cycles
Irish Cycling Campaign is part of a truly inspiring European Commission funded Erasmus+ project with themes of cycling promotion, social inclusion, intergenerational relationships and climate action. We reported recently on the three fantastic Erasmus+ “Learning, Teaching and Training” (LTT) trips we took part in in 2023 – as per this article. The next LTT will take place in Wodzislaw Slaski, a city in the south … Continue reading Erasmus+ trip to Poland – Seeking Irish Cycling Campaign Ambassadors
We note here that this workshop has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. We hope that it can be rescheduled for another date and, if so, we will post details on it here.
As many of our supporters will know, Cyclist.ie is part of a terrific European Commission funded Erasmus+ project with themes of climate action, cycling promotion, social inclusion and intergenerational relationships. The project involves connecting schools and non-profit cycling advocacy organisations from across Europe through carefully curated cultural exchange programmes. Following recent “Learning, Teaching and Training” (LTT) trips to Corella (in the North of Spain) and … Continue reading Cyclist.ie in Azambuja 2023!
Last weekend cycling campaigners from Cyclist.ie groups / branches across the country descended on Dublin to re-energise each other ahead of what we expect will be a busy next 12-18 months of campaigning. The Tailors’ Hall Gathering (Saturday 30th Sept)Representatives from many of our 35 groups landed into the lovely Tailors’ Hall (An Taisce’s HQ) for a day of debating our campaigning priorities for 2024. … Continue reading Cyclist.ie Gathering and DCC 30th Birthday Weekend