A joint statement from the Galway, Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Drogheda Commuter Coalitions. The decision announced today to raise public transport fares is an absolutely unacceptable one to the organisations which represent public transport users nationwide. In recent days the government has extended cuts to excise duty on petrol and diesel. A measure which amounts to a cost of over two million euro a day. In effect what is being asked is for those who use public transport to cover this...

Suggestions of a blanket ban for E-Scooters is an unworkable, kneejerk reaction from a Government that has not only failed to enforce its own regulations, they’ve also failed to understand the underlying cause of the issue. Tireless efforts by transport campaigners over the past decade led to the recent regulations that legalised E-Scooters with small batteries and reasonable road speeds; however these laws have been continuously undermined by domestic retailers who overwhelmingly stock...

The future of several planned essential infrastructural investments in Dublin's transport network are in jeopardy due to a complete absence of firm Government commitment. The current Dublin Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy calls for dozens of major and minor schemes in order to alleviate congestion in the capital. Each of these schemes are dependent on and interlinked with each other; this strategy would represent the 'joined-up thinking' that is so often called for by the Irish public....