Make no mistake… Government have today decided to effectively ban e-scooters in all but name
A decades worth of advocacy goes straight down the toilet because Government refused to stop retailers selling illegal vehicles to children
This is a massive step backwards
The EU’s greatest achievements are often boring on purpose.
EHIC, roaming, SEPA, Schengen, mutual recognition, consumer standards.
Not empire. Not utopia.
A continental operating system that makes daily life easier across borders.
That is real civilization.
People mock the EU as “bureaucracy”.
But that bureaucracy turned a continent of borders, currencies and wars into a space where 450 million people can travel, pay, call, study and work almost as if it were domestic.
That is not boring.
That is civilization becoming usable.
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July 2000: "Dublin is set to get a metro line costing £4.3 billion the biggest public transport project in the history of the state"
"Chairman of the Dublin Transportation Office Conor McCarthy says in hindsight, the development and integration of the city's transport infrastructure to such an extent should have started in 1990. However, they could never have foreseen the extent of economic growth in the country and the corresponding increase in the workforce, particularly in Dublin."
@mjc0ughl4n@McNamara_Eoin Renua ran on that kind of platform in 2016 and were trounced, I doubt the result would be very different today. The Irish electorate seems to be solidly centre-left these days
@JohnMullinsFG The R624 and Belvelly Bridge as they stand are a joke, completely inadequate. How could a new bridge and road into Great Island/Marino Point not be a high priority?
Also rail access to Marino Point for freight would be an obvious idea to consider
@yascaoimhin Pure selfishness on the part of that club. Can't understand the outright refusal by ABP, you'd think they would have at least approved a more scaled-down development
@frank_oconnor@anoisagency@judesherry Is there any hope here that a similar job could be done like this lovely old property on Gerald Griffin Avenue, restored to the proper Dutch Billy style