phil wright (he/him)
@ukwrightphil.bsky.social
Rugby. Music. Wine (Guinness when at the rugby). Dominoes. Cycling. News (cos I'm nosey and like to know what's going on in the world). Opinions my own.
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Well that was fun! Save the date.
19 December, 2025 we roll again.
Thank you to all volunteers, participants & especially Irish Sport for Palestine for making this another successful ride. Thanks D.J. Si for the tunes & @ukwrightphil.bsky.social for the footage.
#Criticalmass #IBikeBop #Dublin
19 December, 2025 we roll again.
Thank you to all volunteers, participants & especially Irish Sport for Palestine for making this another successful ride. Thanks D.J. Si for the tunes & @ukwrightphil.bsky.social for the footage.
#Criticalmass #IBikeBop #Dublin
November 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Well that was fun! Save the date.
19 December, 2025 we roll again.
Thank you to all volunteers, participants & especially Irish Sport for Palestine for making this another successful ride. Thanks D.J. Si for the tunes & @ukwrightphil.bsky.social for the footage.
#Criticalmass #IBikeBop #Dublin
19 December, 2025 we roll again.
Thank you to all volunteers, participants & especially Irish Sport for Palestine for making this another successful ride. Thanks D.J. Si for the tunes & @ukwrightphil.bsky.social for the footage.
#Criticalmass #IBikeBop #Dublin
We enjoyed a special #IBIKEBop on Friday with @ibike.ie
🎶A live DJ spinning some awesome tunes
🇵🇸In solidarity with Palestine - thanks to Irish Sport for Palestine
Join us for our Christmas special
🗓️19 December 2025
🕕6PM
📍Parnell Sq N
Also rolling 2 Jan 2026!!
#CriticalMass #CriticalMassDub
🎶A live DJ spinning some awesome tunes
🇵🇸In solidarity with Palestine - thanks to Irish Sport for Palestine
Join us for our Christmas special
🗓️19 December 2025
🕕6PM
📍Parnell Sq N
Also rolling 2 Jan 2026!!
#CriticalMass #CriticalMassDub
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We enjoyed a special #IBIKEBop on Friday with @ibike.ie
🎶A live DJ spinning some awesome tunes
🇵🇸In solidarity with Palestine - thanks to Irish Sport for Palestine
Join us for our Christmas special
🗓️19 December 2025
🕕6PM
📍Parnell Sq N
Also rolling 2 Jan 2026!!
#CriticalMass #CriticalMassDub
🎶A live DJ spinning some awesome tunes
🇵🇸In solidarity with Palestine - thanks to Irish Sport for Palestine
Join us for our Christmas special
🗓️19 December 2025
🕕6PM
📍Parnell Sq N
Also rolling 2 Jan 2026!!
#CriticalMass #CriticalMassDub
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“But remember to dress in hi-vis”: Distracted motorist drives in protected cycle lane while texting, sparking cyclists’ criticism of “victim-blaming” police safety campaign
road.cc/content/news...
road.cc/content/news...
November 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“But remember to dress in hi-vis”: Distracted motorist drives in protected cycle lane while texting, sparking cyclists’ criticism of “victim-blaming” police safety campaign
road.cc/content/news...
road.cc/content/news...
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If I cannot see another human being in broad daylight then I am either blind, driving much too fast, or NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
All should disqualify me from driving any kind of vehicle.
Please stop victim-blaming.
All should disqualify me from driving any kind of vehicle.
Please stop victim-blaming.
November 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
If I cannot see another human being in broad daylight then I am either blind, driving much too fast, or NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
All should disqualify me from driving any kind of vehicle.
Please stop victim-blaming.
All should disqualify me from driving any kind of vehicle.
Please stop victim-blaming.
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Telling the victims to be seen, instead of asking the perpetrators to LOOK.
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Telling the victims to be seen, instead of asking the perpetrators to LOOK.
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Our Road Safety Strategy is broken!
The RSA, Gardaí, and Local Government are pushing a campaign that tells people to “be seen” instead of calling out the real causes of deaths: speeding, red-light running, dangerous/illegal parking, and the near-total lack of enforcement.
Stop blaming victims!
The RSA, Gardaí, and Local Government are pushing a campaign that tells people to “be seen” instead of calling out the real causes of deaths: speeding, red-light running, dangerous/illegal parking, and the near-total lack of enforcement.
Stop blaming victims!
An Garda Síochána continue to place the main responsibility for road safety on vulnerable road users.
People daring to cycle are not the problem in Ireland. Cars and the people driving them are — or more importantly, speed, dangerous driving, and the almost complete lack of enforcement.
People daring to cycle are not the problem in Ireland. Cars and the people driving them are — or more importantly, speed, dangerous driving, and the almost complete lack of enforcement.
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Our Road Safety Strategy is broken!
The RSA, Gardaí, and Local Government are pushing a campaign that tells people to “be seen” instead of calling out the real causes of deaths: speeding, red-light running, dangerous/illegal parking, and the near-total lack of enforcement.
Stop blaming victims!
The RSA, Gardaí, and Local Government are pushing a campaign that tells people to “be seen” instead of calling out the real causes of deaths: speeding, red-light running, dangerous/illegal parking, and the near-total lack of enforcement.
Stop blaming victims!
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Recently wrote about An Garda Síochána's approach to road safety on my substack.
The Wrong Road to Safety.
My thoughts on a recent social media post by An Garda Síochána and their overall approach to road safety.
My thoughts on a recent social media post by An Garda Síochána and their overall approach to road safety.
The Wrong Road to Safety
What a recent Gardaí social media post reveals about Ireland’s car-first mindset.
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Recently wrote about An Garda Síochána's approach to road safety on my substack.
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What about the importance of holding drivers to account for dangerous driving?
Number of Roads Policing gardaí not doing jobs - Report
The chairperson of the Policing and Community Safety Authority has described as "shocking" a report which shows that a substantial number of gardaí assigned to Roads Policing are not doing their jobs ...
www.rte.ie
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
What about the importance of holding drivers to account for dangerous driving?
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While being visible is important, educating drivers to look for cyclists is perhaps more so.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
Woman given suspended sentence over cyclist's death
A woman whose husband was killed whilst out for a Sunday cycle on the Malahide Road in Dublin last year, has said no words can ever change how brutal it has been since she lost him.
www.rte.ie
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
While being visible is important, educating drivers to look for cyclists is perhaps more so.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
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I didn’t almost get knocked down crossing at a green pedestrian light last week because the driver didn’t see me. It was because the driver thought she could chance her arm running a red light. She thought this, quite accurately, because there is minimal enforcement by An Garda Síochána.
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I didn’t almost get knocked down crossing at a green pedestrian light last week because the driver didn’t see me. It was because the driver thought she could chance her arm running a red light. She thought this, quite accurately, because there is minimal enforcement by An Garda Síochána.
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You know where I’d like to see you? Policing our roads.
Dangerous driving, maniac overtaking, tail-gating, speeding, running red lights, HGV‘s in lane 3, aggressive driving, a whole range of parking offences placing pedestrians & cyclists at risk…
That’s where you need to be seen. It’s not hard.
Dangerous driving, maniac overtaking, tail-gating, speeding, running red lights, HGV‘s in lane 3, aggressive driving, a whole range of parking offences placing pedestrians & cyclists at risk…
That’s where you need to be seen. It’s not hard.
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
You know where I’d like to see you? Policing our roads.
Dangerous driving, maniac overtaking, tail-gating, speeding, running red lights, HGV‘s in lane 3, aggressive driving, a whole range of parking offences placing pedestrians & cyclists at risk…
That’s where you need to be seen. It’s not hard.
Dangerous driving, maniac overtaking, tail-gating, speeding, running red lights, HGV‘s in lane 3, aggressive driving, a whole range of parking offences placing pedestrians & cyclists at risk…
That’s where you need to be seen. It’s not hard.
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I could dress up in fireworks but the 6 in 10 drivers looking at their phones each morning would still hit me. Enforce the law, stop blaming the victims.
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I could dress up in fireworks but the 6 in 10 drivers looking at their phones each morning would still hit me. Enforce the law, stop blaming the victims.
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All the hi viz in the world won't save a cyclist from a driver looking at their mobile.
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
All the hi viz in the world won't save a cyclist from a driver looking at their mobile.
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Whilst often run with good intentions, "Be Safe, Be Seen" campaigns ignore the key road safety issue, namely increasingly poor driving behaviour.
This is the scene at the busiest junction next to UCC grounds Every. Single. Day.
#CorkCity
@corkcyclingcrew.bsky.social
@irishcycle.com
This is the scene at the busiest junction next to UCC grounds Every. Single. Day.
#CorkCity
@corkcyclingcrew.bsky.social
@irishcycle.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Can we get data on collisions please? Make and model of vehicles involved, weight, speed? Phone use?
The RSA have been stonewalling about data for too long.
The RSA have been stonewalling about data for too long.
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Can we get data on collisions please? Make and model of vehicles involved, weight, speed? Phone use?
The RSA have been stonewalling about data for too long.
The RSA have been stonewalling about data for too long.
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No problem shelving major public transport projects and defunding active travel — but a full photoshoot to reopen a few kilometres of tram track after an incident? Absolutely essential, apparently.
The mind truly boggles at this government’s sense of what matters.
The mind truly boggles at this government’s sense of what matters.
Why are they posing for this? 🙄
A small section of a tram line reopening after an incident doesn’t warrant a photoshoot with the Minister for Transport and the Lord Mayor.
A small section of a tram line reopening after an incident doesn’t warrant a photoshoot with the Minister for Transport and the Lord Mayor.
November 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
No problem shelving major public transport projects and defunding active travel — but a full photoshoot to reopen a few kilometres of tram track after an incident? Absolutely essential, apparently.
The mind truly boggles at this government’s sense of what matters.
The mind truly boggles at this government’s sense of what matters.
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It’s almost the last Friday of November
It can mean only one thing!!
The streets of #Dublin will come to life with great music, excellent craic and bikes brightly lit
#IBIKEBop by @ibike.ie starts on
🗓️28 November 2025 at 🕕6PM from
📍Parnell Sq N
If you’re only visiting grab a bike share!
It can mean only one thing!!
The streets of #Dublin will come to life with great music, excellent craic and bikes brightly lit
#IBIKEBop by @ibike.ie starts on
🗓️28 November 2025 at 🕕6PM from
📍Parnell Sq N
If you’re only visiting grab a bike share!
November 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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As Bicycle Mayor my ideology is simple:
Don’t hit people.
Clear the bike lanes.
Actually that’s pretty much it.
Bicycle Mayor Doctrine #12: If thou createth a bike lane, thou shalt maintaineth it. Even in the frozen times.
Don’t hit people.
Clear the bike lanes.
Actually that’s pretty much it.
Bicycle Mayor Doctrine #12: If thou createth a bike lane, thou shalt maintaineth it. Even in the frozen times.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
As Bicycle Mayor my ideology is simple:
Don’t hit people.
Clear the bike lanes.
Actually that’s pretty much it.
Bicycle Mayor Doctrine #12: If thou createth a bike lane, thou shalt maintaineth it. Even in the frozen times.
Don’t hit people.
Clear the bike lanes.
Actually that’s pretty much it.
Bicycle Mayor Doctrine #12: If thou createth a bike lane, thou shalt maintaineth it. Even in the frozen times.
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It's still November, but only just and that means it's #IBIKEBop time again!
This month we are proud to cycle with Irish Sport For Palestine
Join us this Friday 28th November at 6pm on Parnell Square North opposite the Hugh Lane Gallery
#CriticalMass #CriticalMassDub #IrishSportForPalestine
This month we are proud to cycle with Irish Sport For Palestine
Join us this Friday 28th November at 6pm on Parnell Square North opposite the Hugh Lane Gallery
#CriticalMass #CriticalMassDub #IrishSportForPalestine
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
It's still November, but only just and that means it's #IBIKEBop time again!
This month we are proud to cycle with Irish Sport For Palestine
Join us this Friday 28th November at 6pm on Parnell Square North opposite the Hugh Lane Gallery
#CriticalMass #CriticalMassDub #IrishSportForPalestine
This month we are proud to cycle with Irish Sport For Palestine
Join us this Friday 28th November at 6pm on Parnell Square North opposite the Hugh Lane Gallery
#CriticalMass #CriticalMassDub #IrishSportForPalestine
It’s almost the last Friday of November
It can mean only one thing!!
The streets of #Dublin will come to life with great music, excellent craic and bikes brightly lit
#IBIKEBop by @ibike.ie starts on
🗓️28 November 2025 at 🕕6PM from
📍Parnell Sq N
If you’re only visiting grab a bike share!
It can mean only one thing!!
The streets of #Dublin will come to life with great music, excellent craic and bikes brightly lit
#IBIKEBop by @ibike.ie starts on
🗓️28 November 2025 at 🕕6PM from
📍Parnell Sq N
If you’re only visiting grab a bike share!
November 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Why don't those bloody cyclists use the cycle-lanes.
Reason # 7,032
Reason # 7,032
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Why don't those bloody cyclists use the cycle-lanes.
Reason # 7,032
Reason # 7,032
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100% correct Phil. it needs legislative change to fix the process and cultural change to address attitudes. A fancy new front end is just polishing a turd.
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
100% correct Phil. it needs legislative change to fix the process and cultural change to address attitudes. A fancy new front end is just polishing a turd.
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We don’t have a youth e-bike problem — we have a youth e-moto problem.
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I struck a chord with this @bikeportland.org advocating for Oregon's youth. This would be a game changer for moms like me who unfairly bear the burden of kid shuttling and for t(w)eens who need to learn resiliency and independence the fun way.
bikeportland.org/2025/11/05/o...
I struck a chord with this @bikeportland.org advocating for Oregon's youth. This would be a game changer for moms like me who unfairly bear the burden of kid shuttling and for t(w)eens who need to learn resiliency and independence the fun way.
bikeportland.org/2025/11/05/o...
Opinion: Let Oregon kids ride Class 1 e-bikes
Oregon's age restriction takes away a crucial mobility tool for young people.
bikeportland.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
We don’t have a youth e-bike problem — we have a youth e-moto problem.
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Portal for uploading video evidence of road traffic crime to be progressed in 2026 — Minister
Gardaí are still developing an online portal to "facilitate the uploading and submission of video footage to An Garda Síochána by the public" the Minister for Justice has confirmed. In a parliamentary…
Gardaí are still developing an online portal to "facilitate the uploading and submission of video footage to An Garda Síochána by the public" the Minister for Justice has confirmed. In a parliamentary…
Portal for uploading video evidence of road traffic crime to be progressed in 2026 — Minister
Gardaí are still developing an online portal to "facilitate the uploading and submission of video footage to An Garda Síochána by the public" the Minister for Justice has confirmed. In a parliamentary question, Roderic O'Gorman, Green Party leader and a TD for Dublin West, asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, "when the online portal to submit video evidence of road traffic offences will become operational."
irishcycle.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Portal for uploading video evidence of road traffic crime to be progressed in 2026 — Minister
Gardaí are still developing an online portal to "facilitate the uploading and submission of video footage to An Garda Síochána by the public" the Minister for Justice has confirmed. In a parliamentary…
Gardaí are still developing an online portal to "facilitate the uploading and submission of video footage to An Garda Síochána by the public" the Minister for Justice has confirmed. In a parliamentary…