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Journalism and Cycling 2: the difficult second album

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,240 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    This man represents my constituency and I've never heard a peep out of him until now about sustainable transport or making cycling safer. But yeah, he calls those working hard to get safe infrastructure in place "whingers".

    I see your Cork councillor, and raise you this guy from Limerick.
    https://twitter.com/EmmettOBrienIND/status/1261237360609628161

    This is the reason he stuck his oar in.
    https://twitter.com/VictorBrownLk/status/1260922472280424455


  • Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 40,290 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Cllr Emmet comes across as a right muppet on twitter. Here's another anti-cycling tweet...

    https://twitter.com/EmmettOBrienIND/status/1260854630315147269


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,240 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Gob****e, the road is empty too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 226 ✭✭Shai


    Cllr Emmet comes across as a right muppet on twitter. Here's another anti-cycling tweet...

    https://twitter.com/EmmettOBrienIND/status/1260854630315147269

    the cllr is tweeting about Obamagate, the dangers of liberalism, and Biden trying to take away guns. I think it's fair to say he's not the sharpest tool in the shed. Perhaps best to just ignore the tit.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    He just said that cycle lanes are a white elephant and that they are a waste of money, and he adds that, as a cyclist


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,034 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    Most of the lanes painted on in the last decade or so would fall into that category, though I don't think that's what he was gettting at.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,481 ✭✭✭Curb Your Enthusiasm


    Seems like Cork's Terry has a friend in Limerick Council anyway!

    Both just as bad as eachother.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    He's a cyclist too when he's not being caught for speeding or not wearing a seat belt.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,403 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    ngunners wrote: »
    This is a real shame, cars returning to Phoenix Park from Monday:

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/cars-to-return-to-phoenix-park-on-monday-1.4253736

    4,000 signatures asking for removal of through traffic at least in under a day: https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/no-more-traffic-through-phoenix-park


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,002 ✭✭✭what_traffic


    Covid-19: Cycling
    15 MAY 20 Martina Callanan, Galway Cycling Campaign; Shane Fallon, Manager of Dublin2Bike, a cycling shop in Dublin City Centre & Conor Faughnan,...

    https://www.rte.ie/radio/utils/share/radio1/21769899


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,256 ✭✭✭MPFGLB




  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,167 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i keep hearing about these 'cycalists'. would like to meet one.


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    MPFGLB wrote: »

    6 minute mark and how he pronounces An Post unforgivable :D

    The man obviously never suffered our school system or read Peg.

    EDIT: Oh turns out he did, interviewer just lets him talk and talk . It's great.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,167 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i'd question whether he ever lived in ireland based on that.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    i'd question whether he ever lived in ireland based on that.

    He mentioned he went to blackrock college, maybe didn't take Irish? I know we had a few exempt in our year as they didn't attend primary education here.

    EDIT: Just looking at the length of the other lockdown videos this guy has done and they are 20-30 minutes. Nico talks for an hour :D


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,167 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    you don't need to take irish in school to know how 'an post' is pronounced, surely?
    maybe we can allow that his mother was definitely not a native irish speaker.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    I'm still in the middle of watching it and this is great stuff. He's talking about hardest climbs and 30% after 200km and fellas stopping to puke and Terpstra walking it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 579 ✭✭✭Cetyl Palmitate


    Lived in Ireland for only a few years as a teenager. Likely wasn't near an Irish class.

    We can rest easy knowing we are likely to butcher the pronunciation of any language we are not fluent in. Hardly a crime.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Lived in Ireland for only a few years as a teenager. Likely wasn't near an Irish class.

    We can rest easy knowing we are likely to butcher the pronunciation of any language we are not fluent in. Hardly a crime.

    Wasn't criticizing only poking fun at it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 579 ✭✭✭Cetyl Palmitate


    Wasn't criticizing only poking fun at it.

    Ah fair enough so. Picked it up wrong.
    It annoys me when native speakers of any language give out about non natives attempts at pronunciation in a derogatory way so went on a rant.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,256 ✭✭✭MPFGLB




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,481 ✭✭✭Curb Your Enthusiasm


    Can't say I'm surprised, but Cork's Covid response from the CEO mentions nothing about bikes or pop up lanes like we're seeing in Dublin and many cities abroad.

    Even the minor streets that are being pedestrianised are only being pedestrianised for 6 hours a day. And they're refusing to give a timeline for even doing that!

    Pathetic really.

    https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/City-Hall-chief-executive-addresses-pedestrianisation-timeline-for-reimagined-Cork-city-centre-623a672e-2248-47ce-9214-490dde7cb8b6-ds


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,350 ✭✭✭Daroxtar




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,095 ✭✭✭buffalo


    I see the IT is showing its anti-cyclist bias again: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/una-mullally-reverse-return-of-the-car-to-phoenix-park-as-a-matter-of-urgency-1.4255645
    Una Mullally: Reverse return of the car to Phoenix Park as a matter of urgency
    The OPW must not throw away the opportunity for the park – the lungs of Dublin – to become car-free


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,050 ✭✭✭cletus


    buffalo wrote: »

    I read the article twice, and the only reference to cyclists that I can see is the fact that Dublin city council has added cycle paths to the city,band she hopes the become permanent.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,240 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Cantankerous Pat Kenny straight in with the attack with the rep from DCC, Brendan O'Brien, head of technical services, regarding all related changes in the city complaining about the favouring of pedestrians in the traffic light sequence, he actually said traffic will have to "scud across the light sequence" in order to make it. What a dick.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,240 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Jesus christ, "and then you have a cyclist speeding past [ref to a bus queue] potentially spreading a plume of covid to those people queuing" because they don't have to wear a mask.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,859 ✭✭✭Duckjob


    Pat Kenny on anything cyclist related : PLUME-ITY, PLUME, PLUME !




    The same Pat Kenny on lines of stationary cars sitting day after day pumping out KGs and KGs of Co2 and NoX right next to people on footpaths:


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    Hurrache wrote: »
    Jesus christ, "and then you have a cyclist speeding past [ref to a bus queue] potentially spreading a plume of covid to those people queuing" because they don't have to wear a mask.

    He's got a proper hard on for wearing masks and plumes from what I've heard of him in the last 6-8 week and regularly scolds the comments who disagree with wearing a mask.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,859 ✭✭✭Duckjob


    Hurrache wrote: »
    Jesus christ, "and then you have a cyclist speeding past [ref to a bus queue] potentially spreading a plume of covid to those people queuing" because they don't have to wear a mask.

    "and they sneak up on you!" :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,240 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Yeah, when you're paranoid about cyclists sneaking up on you in order to spread their plume, it's time for a holiday.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,756 ✭✭✭Brock Turnpike


    I've only just come across this thread and, as an occasional cyclist, I feel compelled to comment.

    Every post in this thread is absolutely a reinforcement of the negative stereotype that exists of cyclists. A smorgasbord of smart arsery. Ye would want to take a good hard look back at this thread and see exactly why people have little to no empathy with cyclists.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,167 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    I've only just come across this thread and, as an occasional cyclist, I feel compelled to comment.

    Every post in this thread is absolutely a reinforcement of the negative stereotype that exists of cyclists. A smorgasbord of smart arsery. Ye would want to take a good hard look back at this thread and see exactly why people have little to no empathy with cyclists.
    mod note - do not post in this thread again, and take a read of the charter about negative posting in the cycling forum.
    if you've an issue with that, PM me.

    everyone else - please don't react to this post


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭JMcL


    He's got a proper hard on for wearing masks and plumes from what I've heard of him in the last 6-8 week and regularly scolds the comments who disagree with wearing a mask.

    I reckon he's inherited Hook's char after he got the boot, and in true Myles na Gopaleen fashion is slowly becoming Hook through matter transfer via the chair/arse interface


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    JMcL wrote: »
    I reckon he's inherited Hook's char after he got the boot, and in true Myles na Gopaleen fashion is slowly becoming Hook through matter transfer via the chair/arse interface

    Or he's following the same orders from above.


  • Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 40,290 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    This journo apparently is with the Irish Indo so I assume there'll be a story on it soon...

    https://twitter.com/johnmeaghermuso/status/1262380376909103110


  • Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 40,290 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    A few letters in the Irish Times recently...

    Cyclists, pedestrians and headphones
    Sir, – Over the last few weeks I’ve observed one collision and several near-misses involving cyclists and pedestrians. The cause of each of these mishaps was wearing headphones with the wearer no longer fully aware of their immediate surroundings when changing direction.

    Fortunately there were no serious consequences as traffic was very light, but Monday will probably bring a sizeable increase as Covid-19 restrictions on commerce are eased.

    No cyclist or pedestrian would voluntarily put on a blindfold before setting off on a journey. Yet many block off that sense of hearing that protects us by sensing dangers our other senses do not detect. Use your common sense and let your ears protect you. – Yours, etc,

    DAVID REDDY,
    Sandymount,
    Dublin 4.
    https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/cyclists-pedestrians-and-headphones-1.4254675
    Headphones and roads
    Sir, – David Reddy (Letters, May 16th) exhorts cyclists and pedestrians to forego headphones when travelling as a matter of public safety. A quick search through the websites of the major car brands in Ireland suggest that we should be consulting automotive engineers. One company declares that it has mastered the “art of noise” as evidenced by its car cabins insulated from the noise of the outside world. Modern cars typically come fitted with stereo systems.

    I presume the Road Safety Authority will be calling for regulation of these dangerous technologies? In the absence of such critical analysis, and knowing that road fatalities caused by cyclists and pedestrians are minimal, I might continue my lockdown lunchtime habit of cycling around the Phoenix Park listening to theology lectures on my earphones; an activity so patently harmless I never imagined it would have to be defended. – Yours, etc,

    KEVIN HARGADEN,
    Inchicore,
    Dublin 8.
    https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/headphones-and-roads-1.4255552
    Headphones and cyclists
    Sir, – I fully endorse David Reddy’s comments (Letters, May 16th) regarding wearing of headphones. Quite apart from the dangers inherent in this practice, they are missing out on the delightful sounds of nature which have been even more wonderful in the quiet of the lockdown. As someone who does not wear headphones out walking, I have had several close shaves with cyclists coming at speed from behind on shared spaces as they are often quite silent. Do they not use bells anymore? I would not cycle without my bell as pedestrians, particularly in the city, frequently step off the path when crowded. My bell warns them not to, keeping us both safe. – Yours, etc,

    RHONA KELLY,
    Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin.
    https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/headphones-and-cyclists-1.4256510


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,034 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    Mandatory sounds of nature for everyone!


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,167 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i caw like a european honey buzzard as a warning to pedestrians. as they are so attuned with the sounds of nature, they know instinctively that this is not the noise of an animal found in ireland, and immediately react knowing something is amiss.


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  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,161 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    I usually pant like a sexual deviant looking at exciting things while having a panic attack on my commute. Somehow this noise is recognised by nearly all and very few people come near me. I don't even need a bell.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,240 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Not exactly cycle related, but absolutely bizarre

    https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1263076196339855360


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    What the holy fu*k!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    Why dont they close the entrance, thats madness


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,050 ✭✭✭cletus


    Jesus Christ, what's wrong with people


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,167 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    you have to laugh though, beeping your horn is such an impotent thing to do.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,395 ✭✭✭McGrath5


    Wasn't the same carry on going on when Krispy Kreme opened?

    I wouldn't mind a McDonald's but no way would I sit through that!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    There should be a cycle-thru


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,477 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    Why would you sit in a f*cking car on a day like this to queue for whatever it is they're trying to get? These are the f*cking people we design our cities around, it is a sick society we live in.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,477 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    All this talk of nature coming back to cities and birdsong and flotillas of families on bicycles... and now this. Ugh. We don't deserve this planet.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,167 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    whoah there. all it takes is 100 people to make a queue at least half a kilometre long. this is not the fall of western civilisation.


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