This issue affects thousands of people who live, work, study and travel through Kilkenny City every day. Increasing congestion is resulting in longer and more unpredictable journeys, frustration for commuters, difficulties for parents bringing children to school, and potential delays for emergency services. Local businesses are also affected when customers, employees and deliveries struggle to access the city efficiently. Traffic congestion has consequences beyond inconvenience; it affects the everyday lives, livelihoods and quality of life of people throughout Kilkenny. While investment in cycling and pedestrian infrastructure is important, road planning must take account of the needs of the entire community and the realities of how people travel. Decisions made about individual roads and junctions have consequences for traffic throughout the city, and residents should not have to accept worsening congestion without clear explanations or evidence that these schemes are delivering their intended benefits. We believe Kilkenny residents deserve to be consulted, listened to and shown the evidence behind decisions that directly affect their daily lives. This petition is important because we want a safer, better-connected and more accessible Kilkenny, where sustainable transport and practical traffic management can work together rather than against each other.

The 84X’s replacement has been a significant downgrade for the people of Newcastle, Kilcoole, Greystones and South Bray. Journey times have worsened and services removed. Passenger numbers have fallen almost 15%, in contrast to overall growth across Dublin Bus services in 2025. The X2’s Cherrywood world tour has added 10-15min to the journey time in each direction, negating the entire point of an express service. This has led to passengers avoiding them in favour of the X1 which are then full before leaving the city centre, leaving people stranded. We are calling for this detour to be removed. The N11 Cherrywood bus stop is only a 10min walk to the luas. An entire busload should not be discommoded for the convenience of a small few. Meanwhile, the last morning and first evening X2 need to depart earlier and later respectively to accommodate UCD students. The 84x arrived in time for 10am lectures, which the X2 fails to do.  Many students finish for the day at 15:50. The bus used to arrive around 16:10 and was regularly standing room only. It now comes at 15:55 which is impossible to make. It is now often less than half full - some ‘improvement’ alright. For a student in class from 10-4, a round trip has gone from 9:15/17:00 to 8:15/17:40. UCD is one of the biggest trip generators on the route and services must accommodate this. These are cost-free improvements that could be implemented overnight if the will was there. We hope this petition will compel the NTA to act. Additional departures, removal stops where alternatives are available (Foxrock, Stillorgan etc.) and bus lanes along the M11 would greatly enhance the service, but we’ll leave them for another time. So please sign this to help remove the Cherrywood detour from the X2, and to tweak the departure times of some services.

Due to the popularity of the beach all year round, access to public toilets year round is essential for all of our visitors and especially for families and older people. 

We hope to get as much support as possible as this will affect everyone even in the future for other generations. The town will struggle more as it does not have the larger amount  of service's needed and these should be implemented before any housing comes in We hope to achieve as many as signatures as possible.  Open to individual residents to sign (Meaning: more than 1 person living in a household can sign as it affects all of us individually) 

Public transport fares should not be going up in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis. People are already paying too much for housing, food, energy and other essentials. Getting to work, college, school or medical appointments should not mean even more financial pressure. Recent fuel price shocks have also shown how vulnerable we are in an increasingly unstable world. Climate breakdown is accelerating, wars can disrupt energy supplies, and international crises can quickly push up the cost of petrol and diesel. We need to think seriously about long-term resilience, and that means giving people a public transport system they can actually rely on, no matter where they live in Ireland. Free, frequent and reliable public transport would cut household costs, reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, lower emissions and improve quality of life. It would mean less time stuck in traffic, less money spent getting around, and more freedom for people without having to depend on a car and the expenses cars bring. 

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.

Some An Post infrastructure across Dublin 8 would benefit from additional maintenance. Graffiti, rust, moss, stickers, peeling paint and general dirt can detract from the appearance of streets and public spaces. Local residents and volunteers work hard to keep Dublin 8 clean and well cared for. We believe that maintaining An Post’s own street furniture is an important part of this wider effort. We are asking An Post to: • Remove graffiti, stickers, moss and accumulated dirt. • Treat rust and repair damaged areas. • Repaint post boxes and other street furniture where necessary. • Repair or replace items that are significantly damaged. • Carry out regular checks of its street furniture. • Respond promptly to graffiti and damage. • Engage constructively with local residents and community groups in identifying locations that require attention. Well-maintained street furniture contributes positively to the appearance and character of neighbourhoods and helps create clean, welcoming public spaces. We are asking Mr Kieran Mulvey, Chairman of An Post, to consider a programme of cleaning and maintenance for An Post street furniture across Dublin 8. We hope An Post will support this initiative and help ensure that its street furniture is maintained to a good standard for residents, visitors and the wider community.

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.

• A bus carrying dozens of passengers is stuck behind cars carrying one, on one of the city's key river crossings. • A 7am–7pm bus corridor would make public transport faster and more dependable than driving. • It's a low-cost, reversible trial that benefits everyone; including those who can't or don't drive, who depend on accessible public transport. • Councillors, business and community representatives have already backed it unanimously at SPC level. Public support now can push it through the CPG and full Council vote.

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.