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National Bike Week announced

  • 30-04-2009 1:12pm
    #1
    Cabaal
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    http://breakingnews.ie/ireland/national-bike-week-announced-408906.html

    Transport Minister Noel Dempsey today announced that Ireland’s first National Bike Week, aimed at raising the profile of cycling as a healthy and fun mode of transport. will take place on June 14 to June 21.

    A number of headline events in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Waterford are currently being organised to celebrate the event. Minister Dempsey today called on local communities right around the country to organise events in their own areas

    “I really want people to look again at cycling as a fun and healthy way of getting around, " Minister Dempsey said.

    "With Ireland’s first National Bike Week happening this June I hope people around the country get involved and organise events.

    "A local event can be as small or as elaborate as people want it to be. Perhaps people might organise a mass cycle around the local town or village. Maybe a street barbeque could be organised if the sun shines or even if it doesn’t!

    "The important thing is just to organise something to remind people just how fun and healthy cycling can be."

    Bike Week is a cross-community effort led by a group comprising cyclist.ie (Ireland’s National Cyclist Lobby Group), the Dublin Cycling Campaign, representatives from the various strands of the cycle industry, An Taisce, local authorities, the health sector, Cycling Ireland, Fáilte Ireland, private individuals, the Office of Public Works, the Dublin Transportation Office, the Road Safety Authority, and the Department of Transport.

    More information in the initiative is available on a new dedicated website at www.bikeweek.ie.


Comments

  • #2
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,318 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    Someone has put a lot of work into that website. Check this page out. Fair play.


  • #3
    jautukas87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 84 ✭✭jautukas87


    Critical mass every day of the week.


  • #4
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    As part of National Bike Week, there will be FREE Bicycle "Health Checks" leading up to, and during, Bike Week.

    Does anyone know how this will work, what would be involved, just a bicycle NCT?


  • #5
    billyhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,176 ✭✭✭✭billyhead


    And civil servants still can't get a bike under the bike to work scheme. Its comical if you ask me


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