Dave Mathieson

Excellent article from @CyclingIreland president @ciarancannon 👏 “Our entire road-safety discourse centres on the vulnerable road-user taking extraordinary steps to stay alive in a hostile environment…” independent.ie/opinion/commen…

Every 48 hours someone dies on Irish roads – not because they failed, but because we did. Writing in the @Independent_ie today on behalf of our 26,000 @CyclingIreland members and all vulnerable road users. We need to rethink road safety in Ireland. m.independent.ie/opinion/commen…

Writing in the @Independent_ie this morning about the urgency of implementing a road safety strategy that can save lives on Irish roads. 91 people dead so far this year and hundreds more left with life changing injuries. Where is the courage and leadership we need to see?

Ever notice where they put the guardrail on busy roads? 🤔

LEARN TO RECOGNIZE CAR BRAIN True story. A city put up jersey barriers to protect people in a bike lane. Drivers kept bonking into the barriers. They complained it's not safe to bonk into concrete. The city removed the barriers so drivers could bonk into softer things.

Your outfit isn't going to protect you from bad drivers. "there is little a rider can do, by altering their outfit or donning a high-visibility jacket, to prevent the most dangerous overtakes from happening. Instead, the researchers suggest, if we want to make cyclists safer, it…

Why tackle driver behaviour, enforce the law, or invest in infrastructure when you can just force school kids to dress like they’re working the night shift on a motorway? All for being lit up like a Christmas tree at night but during the day 🙄🙄🙄 irishcycle.com/2025/07/05/td-…

I wrote about the Vylanising of the Gaza discourse, and what happens if you keep telling people things they can see aren’t true. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Unfortunately while the Greens managed some improvements to bus services and active travel, these are patchy and have left places like Galway still overwhelmingly car dependent *by design* both now and into the future.

Hey drivers! 👇

Dublin Bus Unveil New State Of The Art Abacus To Calculate Passenger Fares waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/06/26/dub…

The Catholic Church still controls almost 90% of our schools. Today, in 2025. #FeckOffIona #SeparateChurchAndState

i wrote about the film industry's cowardly non-response to the Palestinian genocide, and why the failure to distribute films like "No Other Land" and Nadav Lapid's "Yes" threatens to permanently diminish the value of cinema itself. indiewire.com/features/comme…

Has capitalism left it too late to avoid hellish 2/2.5°C of global warming and rising? Yes. Can we adapt? No. Has the scientific community issued major consensus reports indicating political-economic systems changes are mandatory? Yes. Will journalists reveal this? No. 🧵

Turns out... it's not the sun.

A reply to a followers Traffic watch report. We can be forgiven for feeling shortchanged for the lacklustre approach from AGS and RSA towards public reporting of traffic offences compared to UK. But for a Garda member to seek to undermine the system is despicable and outrageous

And yet they ask for dash-cam footage when it suits their investigations.

PrOfESsiOnAL RaCiNg CyCLiStS WeAr HeLmeTs, WhY dOn'T YoU!? Because I'm not racing on my bike, I'm just cycling to work. Professional racing drivers wear flame-proof underwear, a 6 point harness, and a helmet. Why don't you? BeCaUSE I'M NoT DriViNg a RaCe CaR!!!!

The Irish grid is under the most pressure in the EU from data centres, accounting for 18% of the national electricity consumption. Explore the interactive, visual investigation that maps all operating and planned data centres in Ireland. investigates.thejournal.ie/data-centres

Everyone is fixated on the huge salary. I would rather enforce accountability. Anyone who fixes the homelessness crisis deserves a huge salary. The question is what happens if this Czar fails, does he still get the huge salary regardless?