Category: Green

March 21, 2019

30km/h zones: joined together thinking missing in some cases

Fully in support of lower speed limits. However, plans need to be more than lines drawn on a map, and signage needs to be clear…
February 21, 2019

The Trade Union Movement and the Environment

Tonight, at my trade union branch AGM I had to vote against a motion on travel expenses. Sometimes the risk of climate change comes between…
February 13, 2019

Giving Garda Traffic Enforcement another chance!

As a cyclist and a road user in Dublin, I see a lot of reasons why we don’t trust the Gardai to protect us on…
February 1, 2019

Don’t let pharmacy become an elite

I’m proud to be a pharmacist for a number of reasons, and do not believe that we are in any way an elite. I gave…
November 7, 2018

Green Party Backs Calls for Dedicated Public Transport Police

Green Party Backs Calls for Dedicated Public Transport Police http://www.ciarancuffe.com/green-party-backs-calls-for-dedicated-public-transport-police/ — Read on www.ciarancuffe.com/green-party-backs-calls-for-dedicated-public-transport-police/ Having been a daily passenger on Irish rail for 16 years,…
October 11, 2018

More reasons for change… Lynn Ruane’s book

I’ve just finished reading Senator Lynn Ruane’s book, People Like Me and found it at the same time harrowing and uplifting. She tells her story…
September 21, 2018

Bus Connects… we can have a better network… but have your say!

I was working on saying something about Bus Connects, but David O’Connor has covered almost everything in The Dublin Inquirer here: https://www.dublininquirer.com/2018/09/18/david-so-what-s-the-story-with-bus-connects
August 20, 2018

Fine Gael holding a ‘Green Week’? I’m just hoping for a ‘Green Day’ next May!

The Fine Gael Government launches a ‘Green Week’ campaign today. I echo my party leader Eamon Ryan in calling this ‘laughable’. Despite the environmental conscience…
May 30, 2018

Repealed

I’m delighted to have been involved in the successful Together for Yes campaign and that the people of Ireland voted overwhelmingly to remove the constitutional…
February 12, 2018

Submission to OPW on the Camac Greenway & Garda plans to build over it

Here is the submission that I have sent to the OPW about the Garda Security and Crime Operations Center, Military Road. See www.rivercamacgreenway.com for more.…