Galway's traffic is bad enough. Adding another drive-thru at one of the worst junctions in Galway City for traffic will only make things worse.

Dublin 8 Deserves Better: An Post Must Clean and Maintain Its Street Furniture We, the residents and community members of Dublin 8, are asking An Post to clean, repair, paint and maintain its post boxes, parcel boxes and other street furniture. Some An Post infrastructure in Dublin 8 has been badly neglected. In some cases, graffiti has been left for up to six years. Rust, moss, stickers, peeling paint, dirt and graffiti are now common sights. Local volunteers work hard to keep Dublin 8 clean and cared for. However, An Post’s property should be maintained by An Post, not by local volunteers. We are asking An Post to: • Remove graffiti, stickers, moss and dirt. • Remove rust and repair damaged areas. • Repaint post boxes and other street furniture. • Repair or replace badly damaged items. • Check its street furniture regularly. • Deal with graffiti and damage quickly. • Work with local residents and community groups to identify problem areas. Well-maintained street furniture makes a real difference to the look and feel of our neighbourhood. We are asking Mr Kieran Mulvey, Chairman of An Post, to take action and commit to a programme of cleaning and maintenance across Dublin 8. Dublin 8 deserves better. Please help us keep our community clean, attractive and cared for.

Irish Rail / Iarnród Éireann have plans to tarmac the Fair Green to create an additional 20-30 car spaces for the new Dart Plus Rail Route. Kilcock Heritage & Historical Society hopes to protect the Fair Green as it holds immense historical weight. The Fair Green was the site of a famous market for centuries that drew people from far and wide. During the 1798 Rebellion, rebels were executed on the Fair Green and the government military barracks located in picture where current 1798 stone marks it on the Green was destroyed. Additionally, the centre of the Green features the Kilcock Market Cross, which was itself torn down by Yeomen in 1798 and beautifully restored by the town in 1999. Kilcock Heritage & Historical Society have plans to implement heritage storyboards detailing the history of the Fair Green and the 1798 rebellion in the Kilcock area. In addition, we hope to have a bronze monument to commemorate the people who died in the area which culminated in the Battle of Ovidstown of which over 224 people were killed a few fields west of Kilcock. It also acts as a beautiful green space for residents and kids. No other European country would allow a civic space like this to be destroyed and neither should we. Kilcock Heritage & Historical Society in no way intends to obstruct, impede or block Irish Rail and the much needed rail upgrade. We merely hope that they reconsider the value of the Fair Green and ensure its protection for centuries to come. 

Other people should join me in this campaigne because there has been many issues lately with the tullamore skate scene as the park is an unsafe place and the skatepark no longer feels like a fun place to learn to skate there is many skaters in tullamore and only one skatepark is no longer enough

Dublin has a serious public safety problem involving motorcycle theft, violent robbery and stolen-bike crime. This is no longer only about stolen property. Riders are being followed, surrounded, threatened, assaulted and, in some cases, pushed or dragged from their motorcycles while offenders take the bike. Motorcycles are being stolen from homes, apartment blocks, workplaces, public streets and parking areas. Chains are being cut in public. Many incidents involve masked groups. Victims and witnesses have reported knives, hammers and other weapons. Stolen motorcycles, scramblers, mopeds and e-bikes are then used dangerously on roads, footpaths and around members of the public. Motorcyclists, delivery riders and commuters are being placed in fear. Some riders are forced to escape when followed or surrounded, creating further danger for themselves, pedestrians, drivers and other road users. This is now a wider public safety issue for Dublin. Figures raised in Dáil Éireann showed that 787 motorbikes were stolen in Dublin in 2023, around a 100% increase on the previous year. It was also stated that for every 100 motorbikes bought or registered in Dublin in 2023, 44 were stolen. These numbers show that the current response is not enough. This petition is not a call for vigilantism, confrontation or people taking the law into their own hands. It is a lawful request for the State to act before more people are seriously injured or killed. Dublin should not become a city where masked groups can openly cut chains, steal motorcycles, attack riders, threaten people with weapons, post stolen vehicles online and endanger the public without meaningful consequences. Motorcycles are not toys. For many people they are transport to work, a livelihood, a financial investment and their only affordable way to commute. We are asking for lawful enforcement, prevention, accountability and protection for riders and the public.

Manor Street is a one-way street for cars heading into the city centre from the Cork Road direction. It has two cycle lanes, one to the left of the carriageway and a contraflow cycle lane on the right, to allow cyclists travel in the opposite direction to vehicular traffic. Until recently, both of these lanes had temporary plastic bollards marking them out, and separating cyclists from vehicular traffic.  Two weeks ago, the temporary plastic bollards were removed from the Manor Street cycle lanes in Waterford by Waterford City and County Council. The Council has not published any plans for upgrading the cycle lane surface, and there are no plans for Manor Street in the Council's 2026 Active Travel plan.  While the bollards offered limited physical protection, they made a big difference to the safety of cyclists using the lanes by clearly marking the edges of the cycle lane and creating a visual barrier. While the bollards may have been an inconvenience to drivers who expect to be able to pull into the kerb (and even onto the footpath), they made the street somewhat safer for cyclists.  They also helped to prevent the dangerous practice of cars parking in the cycle lane and blocking it.  Waterford Bicycle Users Group (a local group of the Irish Cycling Campaign) wants these bollards reinstated and a plan for upgrading the cycle lanes on Manor Street to be included in the 2027 active travel schemes. 

We believe that the Luas extension to Newcastle is a great idea for the local population and we believe it would make travel alot quicker and safer for the younger people travelling towards Tallaght, We also believe that with the extension to Newcastle would be great for people visiting Dublin and wanting to travel as much as possible, But mainly it is for the people of Newcastle to provide them with a safe and quick mode of transport.

Duncannon Village in County Wexford is excluded from having a scheduled, permanent Local Link service. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has consistently refused to add Duncannon to the service currently enjoyed by other communities in the area, despite sustainable transport for rural areas being a key component of the Government's Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan. Our community deserves to be treated fairly and have equal access to Local Link services. The DUNCANNON VILLAGE RENEWAL COMMITTEE and LOCAL RESIDENTS are organising a campaign to request that the NTA reconsider their decision, treat our community fairly, address this inequality, and provide Duncannon with a Local Link service.   Many people in and around Duncannon do not have access to personal transport. This lack of access affects particularly elderly and young people. A scheduled, sustainable, permanent Local Link service would hugely enhance their quality of life, enabling everyone to access essential amenities and travel quickly and safely to other places not covered by Bus Eireann services. It would also help young people to socialise and attend activities outside of school. Sustainable, scheduled public transport helps to prevent isolation, build community cohesion and strengthen bonds.  The General Manager of TFI (Transport For Ireland) Local Link, Wexford, has been very supportive and has petitioned the NTA board to add Duncannon to the Local Link 399 route. This request has been rejected. The reason given is that the Bus Eireann service 370 stops in Duncannon, but that service is limited. It only stops at 07.25, 12.20 and 16.15, Monday – Saturday, not on Sundays or public holidays, and doesn’t go to other villages or around the Hook Peninsula. In stark contrast, the Local Link 399 service visits the nearby villages of Ballyhack and Fethard-on-Sea seven times a day, seven days a week, including public holidays. There are many other locations that benefit from both services, including local villages of Campile, Ramsgrange and Wellington Bridge. Why is Duncannon consistently denied this benefit? It would add only ten or fifteen minutes in run-time to include Duncannon Village in the current Local Link 399 route. Bus Eireann are purportedly waiting on funding to increase services on route 370 but there is no indication of when this might happen. And an extended Bus Eireann service would not fulfil the obvious need for a scheduled Local Link service between Duncannon, Fethard-on-Sea and the wider Hook Peninsula.  Duncannon Village is an extremely popular destination, drawing large numbers of visitors at weekends, on public holidays (when Bus Eireann is unavailable), and throughout the summer. Parking is very limited in the village. A scheduled, permanent Local Link service would help to reduce pollution and congestion, alleviate parking difficulties and enable people from other local villages to visit Duncannon. The General Manager of TFI (Transport For Ireland) Local Link, Wexford understands the issues Duncannon residents and other people face. Working in close partnership with the Duncannon Village Renewal Committee, they organised a shuttle service between the village of Ramsgrange and Duncannon for the Duncannon Summer Festival in July 2025. It was a huge success, carrying well over a hundred passengers throughout the day and late into the evening. It enabled people to access and enjoy the festival, to travel safely and significantly reduced car journeys into the village.    Our local GP, Dr Doyle, is moving her GP surgery onto the centre of Duncannon. Representatives from the HSE were very surprised that Duncannon is excluded from the Local Link service and are very keen to see the village included in the future. Together, the HSE and Local Link could improve the health of the local population by providing an important service enabling access for everyone.  We urge the NTA to reconsider their decision, to treat our community fairly, address this inequality, and provide Duncannon with the same Local Link service that other communities in the area enjoy.      

How this affects you: Public transport and government services are public goods. But right now, vital updates—like train cancellations, road closures, and emergency alerts—are often shared on private social media platforms (X/twitter) long before they reach official websites or apps. This means: • You are forced to use private platforms and accept their tracking just to see public alerts. • Information is 'Gated' behind logins, its shown along with content influenced big tech algorithms, and there are advertisements. Even though X may allow you to open tweet links without login (for now), you cannot follow an account and see all their updates without a login. • If you don't use X (Twitter), you're left behind. I believe that if the taxpayer pays for the information, the taxpayer should be able to see it on a public, account-free, state-owned website. No 'followers' required. No logins necessary. Just the facts, when you need them. Why This Matters 1. Digital Fairness & Inclusion Public information is paid for by the taxpayer and should be accessible to everyone, not just those with a social media account. People who choose to avoid certain platforms or those who struggle with tech are being left behind. Access to state information should be a baseline right. 2. The Danger of "Gated" Information When a government agency posts an update only to a private site, they are "gating" public info. This forces you to navigate private algorithms and tracking cookies just to see a train delay or a weather warning. In an era where we are worried about data privacy and the power of Big Tech, our own government shouldn't be handing them a monopoly on our attention. 3. Safety and Sovereignty Relying on a single private company for emergency and infrastructure updates is a massive risk. If a platform goes down or changes its rules, the Irish public loses its connection to vital services. Why You Should Join This Campaign • For the Commuter: To ensure the app your taxes pay for actually tells you when the train is late. • For the Privacy-Conscious: To stop being tracked by Big Tech just to access state services. • For the Vulnerable: To ensure our parents and grandparents aren't excluded from vital updates because they don't have an X account. • For the Future: To demand that the Irish government lives up to its "Digital Inclusion" promises and keeps public info in public hands. FAQ "I use X (Twitter) and it’s convenient. Why change it?" We aren't asking them to stop posting to X: we’re asking them to stop posting exclusively to X. You can keep using your preferred feed, but vital info shouldn't be "gated." Everyone, including the elderly, the privacy-conscious, and those without accounts, deserves the same real-time updates on a public, state-owned platform. "Does this create extra work for staff to manage two feeds?" Actually, it fixes a broken workflow. Right now, staff are often "double-jobbing" or prioritising social media manually. We are advocating for a "Source First" approach: one update to the official system that automatically syncs to the website, the app, and social media simultaneously. It’s about better automation, not more manual labor. "Is this just about train delays?" Trains are the most visible example, but this is about a standard for all public bodies - from the Gardaí and local councils to the HSE. Publicly funded information is a public good; it belongs on public infrastructure first.

A local playground will: Provide a safe and welcoming space for children of all ages and abilities. Support physical and mental wellbeing through outdoor activity. Create a social hub where families can connect. Enhance the attractiveness and vibrancy of Cloughjordan village. Support local businesses by encouraging families to stay and spend locally.

Public safety must come first. We urge the Council and our local TD's to act now to prevent avoidable harm.

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