Sport Ireland Trails has developed a two day course on Recreational Cycle Route Planning & Development. According to Sport Ireland Trails, it will provide participants with the knowledge and skills to aid the development of recreational cycle routes in Ireland. The course will run on 10 and 11 May 2017 at the National Sports Campus in Abbotstown. More information
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The Great Dublin Bike Ride is taking place with many of the city’s roads temporarily closed as 5,000 cyclists of all abilities travel across either 60km or 100km routes around the capital. See video
On Saturday 27th August the Great Southern Trail (GST) Greenway organised a large group of over forty people to spend a most pleasant day in Waterford City and on the Greenway from Kilmeaden. The visitors from West Limerick & North Kerry were making their second visit to the Déise. In May they had walked the Dungarvan to Durrow section and on Saturday they took the … Continue reading Great Southern Trail
Sligo Cycling Campaign’s Bike Week Buffet an outstanding success! On Thursday 19th June over one hundred people assembled in Clevreagh Park ready to set off on Sligo Cycling Campaign’s inaugural Bike Buffet. Chairperson Gemma Woods told the Weekender that cycling campaign members were looking for an interesting idea to mark Bike Week and became aware that their neighbours in Westport have hosted several successful Bike … Continue reading Sligo Cycling Campaign’s Bike Week Buffet an outstanding success
Stockholm was the host city for this year’s AGM of the European Cyclists’ Federation – the annual gathering of the member groups of ECF. Colm Ryder and Damien Ó Tuama represented Cyclist.ie – the Irish Cycling Advocacy Network. Read more
Cyclist.ie keeps a close eye on developments across the water in how British cities are changing to accommodate more cycling. As Irish campaigners we regularly travel across to cycling planning / advocacy events and enjoy meeting our cycle campaigning colleagues and swapping notes. The latest trip was to Leicester to attend the Cycle City Active City conference. Leicester is undergoing a rapid transformation in recent years. … Continue reading Cycle City Active City Leicester Conference
The European Cycling Challenge – ECC2016 is the biggest urban cyclists’ team competition, which takes place every year May, 1-31. Join the Team of your City, track your bike trips with the Cycling365 App, challenge other European cities! Irish event details: Dublin & Limerick
Waterford City and County Council is currently developing the Waterford Greenway along a 45km section of the old disused railway line from Dungarvan to Waterford. It is anticipated that this amenity will officially open to the public in the second half of 2016. It is envisaged that the development and completion of the Greenway will have a hugely significant cultural, social and economic impact on … Continue reading Waterford Greenway – Public Information Meetings