Cycle infrastructure planned for south Dublin

There is a disproportionate number of elderly people in Sandymount. Have you lived on Strand Road? I have.

Have you experienced the biting wind coming in from the bay during the Winter months. I have.

I have experienced all these things which I know will have an impact on those living in the area affected by the proposed changed and will ensure that the cycle path will not be used to the extent which some fanatics here imagine.

Despite all this you pour scorn on my contribution and as you are the moderator you know you can act with impunity. I'd prefer to be labelled "dumb" than "biased and oppressive". You haven't silenced me yet because you are enjoying insulting me with no consequence.

My valid observations which were collected over years of living and participating in that community are dismissed as inanity and faux interest.

Again I say, you are not fit to be a contributor here much less a moderator.

Tell that to my Landlord who had to cut short his holiday last week because despite getting a newly fitted pacemaker was feeling exhausted.

Tell that to a diabetic OAP e.g. a significant minority if not majority of them who will collapse when their blood sugar level drops after heavy exertion.

Tell that to my Aunt recovering from a hip replacemernt.

You are claiming they are able bodied and you are happy to let them figure out how to get home via a more circuitous route from Blackrock or St. Vincents after an all to regular visit.

You are going to love the scooters when they arrive. They are strewn like litter all over the town here where few are considerately parked and fewer still parked upright. My initial enthusiasm for them has waned but the local bike system works well because bikes must be deposited at the stations and aren't operated for profit or advertising. I use the bikes. I don't use the scooters.

When you commit to accusing a poster of being dumb you need to either back down or double down. You've obviosuly chosen to double down because there are no consequences to you.

I wish you good health in to your advanced years although it is unfortunately no certainty. High Health Insurance premiums are a testament to this.

I don't think you understand the Scooter hire model if you think that parking slots are provided for them. They are left anywhere. It was initially the case that they were collected, charged and redistributed overnight to maximise utility. Those older model scooters have now been replaced and they now just find them, swap battery and leave them where ever they were. I can see the cost saving for the operator who previously had to scour the city with a van and trailer. It is now perfect gig-economy work where not even a van and trailer are needed.

I have nothing against the elderly. I hope to be one. I live in a very mature neighbourhood where there are few young families and it is somewhat similar to Sandymount except considerably more salubrious. As family members and relatives age it is clear to me that health fails and cycling is simply not an option. Those known to me would be confined to home without the benefit of their own private transport which happens to be a car.

We've been through a year when the liberties of the majority of society were restricted considerably to ensure the welfare of the aged yet fanatic cyclists don't care a jot about effectively turning these people in to prisoners in their own homes.