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DUBLINBIKES, THE SYSTEM of shared short-term bike hires in the capital, is set to see fifteen new stations installed.
Most of the new stations are located in Dublin’s north inner city – with three being installed in Grangegorman, beside Dublin Institute of Technology’s new campus.
Three other stations will be installed in the Dublin 7 area on the Rathdown Road, Charlesville Road, Phibsborough Road, George’s Lane, Western Way, and Avondale Road.
The other locations are:
Green Party Dáil candidate in Dublin Central, Neasa Hourigan has now called on the bike scheme to be expanded into Stoneybatter and Cabra.
“The DublinBikes scheme has been a wonderful new amenity, but it has been held back by the drip feed of funding from the Minister for Transport Shane Ross and the National Transport Authority,” she said.
She criticised the fact that the scheme is still at phase two of fourteen, and said that it should have been completed two years ago.
“Areas like Cabra and Drumcondra should not be waiting years for a scheme that has proved its worth and costs a fraction of the money it takes to maintain our motorway network,” Hourigan said.
“I am calling on Minister Ross to release funding for €30 million per year so that all phases of the scheme can be rolled out over the next three years.
This would be a tangible investment in sustainable transport that would benefit residents and visitors to Dublin.
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FOR PEAT SAKE!
Roll on the eco warriors complaining about the erosion of our natural resources etc.
Is that not what eco warriors do though?
I say burn the lot. Then when there’s nothing left, out kids can weep into the ashes!
Loadsamoney!
I suppose looking ahead and seeing that massive swathes of habitat will disappear and not seeing that as a good thing is the alternative?
Fairly crap returns for a company with 77,000 hectares
I thought it was good for a company that has a very small time frame every year to harvest.
It has been to asked, what does a dry summer yield then?
Er, lots of smiles? :)
Er that don’t answer it for me. :-)
Pity that they burn all that peat in the power stations. Something not right about that
Did the forget about the peat, when they were chasing the Gov to become board na Water
I’d say the board had a good aul moan. ;-/
Well at least they’re scooping out the middle of Ireland and flogging it to the UK for their gardens and all that will be left is a great big brown swimming pool for further Irish heatwaves and bog snorkeling. They should have to subsidise compulsory swimming lessons on the national curriculum in exchange for the turf.
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