Colm Byrne @colmpbyrne Twitter profile

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Colm Byrne

6 months

If anyone missed the talk and excellent panel discussion today chaired by @ahernemer with @Janis_Morrissey , @SuzanneTimmon18 and Dr Sean Owens you can listen back on the same link (). @IrishDocsEnv @plantbaseddocIE @irishgerontsoc

Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

6 months

Looking forward to speaking tomorrow in the @irishgerontsoc Public Lecture Series on Positive Ageing in a Changing Climate. If you want to watch the talk and panel discussion go to where you can also submit questions for the panel.

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Colm Byrne

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2 years

When you realise that this should be rainforest, it changes your perspective of Ireland's Emerald Isle

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2 years

A sunny day in Connemara National Park

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Colm Byrne

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2 years

Please, for the sake of preventing a surge in fractures, please grit the footpaths. A hip fracture has a 25% mortality at 1 year. Gritting the footpaths is a public health measure.

Dublin City Council

@DubCityCouncil

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Our staff have been out gritting roads, targeting the main routes in and out of the city. More than 300km of roads were treated overnight #sneachta #snowfall

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2 years

The arrogance of this. Maybe don't park illegally and block a footpath. There's plenty of legal parking, use that.

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2 years

The islands in Connemara are the last refuges, away from grazers and axes, of the forest that was here.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

1 year

My 3yo came home from crèche this evening with this hi-vis because you have to start the victim blaming early. #CarBrain #DisbandTheRSA

RSA Ireland

@RSAIreland

1 year

. @ConorFaughnan , Chief Executive, Royal Irish Automobile Club kicks off the RSA Annual Conference at @RadissonDublin . This year’s Conference will look at international developments and the benefits of a strategic approach to serious injuries. #VisionZero #IrishRoadSafetyWeek

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

11 months

Josilaine was a home carer cycling between clients. Too often cycling is portrayed as a leisure pursuit for the middle classes, not the essential transport mode that it is. RIP, I hope that as a country we can finally get to grips with the danger on our roads - motor vehicles.

IrishCycle.com

@IrishCycle

11 months

Woman killed in a collision involving truck driver was "in pursuit of her dreams abroad" -- she worked as a carer and was cycling to a patient at the time of the fatal collision:

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

4 years

Thread! So I've had a look at the €1.8m allocated to Co. Kildare of the €55m announced by @EamonRyan for "cycleways, footpaths, bus shelters, bike parks". It's concerning, and relevant not just for Kildare people. 1/8

Eamon Ryan

@EamonRyan

4 years

Full speed ahead - delighted €55m from July Stimulus already allocated to councils for specific projects; cycleways, footpaths, bus shelters, bike parks in Greater Dublin/Cork/Limerick/Galway/Waterford metro areas. Good for jobs communities and environment @TFIupdates @DttasIrl

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

2 years

It's all well and good @IrishTimes having editorials about climate change, but if you continue to accept ad revenue from heavily polluting industries it is just empty words.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

2 years

The vitriol towards @boucherhayes is telling. The public have been deluded into thinking that tackling climate breakdown requires no personal sacrifice. That we can keep flying, keep driving and somebody will figure out how to do it sustainably.

Philip Boucher-Hayes

@boucherhayes

2 years

Another way to think about delays at airports: We are in a climate emergency, since a vote of the Dail in 2019. If you’re on an international flight you are in the 4% of the global population that will ever do that in their entire lives. Check your privilege.

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Colm Byrne

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4 years

Visibly poor air quality tonight in Croke Park. Particulate matter levels breaching 100ug/m3 this evening in Dublin Port (that's high!). A #solidfuelban needs to be rolled out in Dublin in 2021. @IrishDocsEnv

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

4 years

Our treatment of the bogs in this country is the ecological equivalent of burning down the Amazon. And planting conifers on them only exacerbates the destruction.

FVWA

@finnvalleywind

4 years

#bogslide this morning near #BarnesmoreGap on the #WildAtlanticWay damage done to #environment here is beyond words @greenparty_ie @McConalogue @WildIreland @EU_MARE and on a #HenHarrier site @IrishRaptorSG

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

4 years

There are a few "journalists" who would want to reflect tonight on how their rhetoric led to a riot on Grafton St. A sports journalist, a former GP and a business correspondent with the "paper of record" jump to mind.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

11 months

This is shocking reporting by the IT. Someone has just been killed by a truck driver, yet they are being victim blamed before they have even been buried. Why is it not being asked what drivers can do to improve road safety? Because what they are currently doing is not working.

The Irish Times

@IrishTimes

11 months

E-bikes: What are the regulations and what can be done to make them safer?

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

4 years

We are seeing a surge of older people presenting with deconditioning due to COVID cocooning in our service. Community physiotherapy is an essential service for these patients that should not be suspended indefinitely.

Maitiu O Tuathail

@DrZeroCraic

4 years

A patient handed me in this letter today "Physiotherapy services have been suspended to protect the most vulnerable people in our community" Those "vulnerable people" need physiotherapy too It's time this was reversed ASAP 6 months of no community physiotherapy due to Covid!

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

2 years

This is pathetic leadership. We have 3 years to reverse our emissions. Our bogs are our Amazon Rainforest, yet we continue to burn them in our homes. It exposes us to toxic air pollution, degrades biodiversity and releases rather than captures carbon. Disgraceful.

Ciaran Cannon

@ciarancannon

2 years

There will come a time when it makes sense to restrict the sale and burning of turf, when real alternatives are available to rural dwellers. It’s certainly not now. Thanks to @LeoVaradkar for listening to those of us who represent rural Ireland.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

The Taoiseach announced that climate change was the most important issue of the day at the UN. Yet today he won't countenance the loss of a few car parking spaces to reinstate the gardens of Leinster House. @GretaThunberg was right - "blah, blah, blah". @IrishDocsEnv

Richard Chambers

@newschambers

3 years

Taoiseach pushes back on idea to turn Dáil carpark into a garden/plaza. Asked if former TDs/Senators should be allowed to park their car there at a time we’re trying to cut emissions - he says it’s important to reflect the role of former parliamentarians.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

We live in a world designed to make us inactive. Health is not driving to the gym or park for a walk, it is being able to transport yourself actively in your locality.

The Irish Times

@IrishTimes

3 years

Just 14% of Dublin houses built within walking distance of public transport

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

"Taking parking spaces for cyclepath 'ageist', say traders" is the headline in the print edition. It's ageist to assume older people can only drive and can't cycle. It's ageist to keep the 5 lane motorway through Ballsbridge and limit pedestrian accessibility.

The Irish Times

@IrishTimes

3 years

New cyclepath in Ballsbridge would ‘destroy village’, traders claim

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

4 years

If this is true @DeptJusticeIRL and @HMcEntee need to remove her immediately from dealing with refugee appeals.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

1 year

Neale Richmond

@nealerichmond

1 year

I’ve had calls from constituents who last night had their tyres slashed in Churchtown by a supposed climate action group. It’s now with the local Gardaí. This thuggery is unacceptable, I’m hopeful the investigation can put a stop to this carry on but be vigilant.

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Colm Byrne

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2 years

Thread: There has been a lot of talk about 3000 deaths per year from fuel poverty in Ireland. Fuel poverty is a serious concern but we need to have accuracy about the figures we use. I decided to have a look at where it came from. 1/6

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

2 years

Air pollution is not just about the 1300 deaths but about the life changing diseases that it causes like stroke, dementia and heart disease. We need to stop burning turf, peat, smoky coal and wet wood now and put in a plan to end all solid fuel burning ASAP.

The Irish Times

@IrishTimes

2 years

On his way to work every morning, consultant geriatrician Colm Byrne has a fair idea how busy his day will be at the Mater hospital in Dublin just by breathing the air

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

2 years

@whittledaway They didn't even bother trying to hide the industrial machinery in their photo for the Irish Times today. "Traditional" turf cutting.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

So let me get this right @IrishTimes - Cyclists are simultaneously middle class elites on bikes but also not well heeled enough to spend money in boutiques. And the people who could afford to take a court case against, of all things, a bike lane are true working class heroes.

Dublin Cycling Campaign

@dublincycling

3 years

In an attempt to perpetuate a cycling culture war, the @IrishTimes has published an opinion piece in which the writer only sees "middle-class elites" on bikes, and not the people delivering food by bike, or those who can make rent only because they cycle.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

4 years

This is so wrong I don't know where to start. Firstly NCHDs are no where to be seen on this list. Secondly HSCPs are frontline. Thirdly there are a lot of other roles in the hospital essential, such as catering, stores etc. I could keep going. Take this down.

Rob Cass 🇮🇪🇿🇦🇬🇧🇦🇪🇩🇰🇩🇪🇪🇺🇸🇦🇳🇱

@Robcass78

4 years

Looks to be about 193k doses taken by non-frontline/HSE ahead of 130k 70 plus who are waiting across Ireland for vaccines. Or, nearly 1 in 4 vaccines have been taken ahead of cohorts. That's criminal that such a culture exists in HSE and a Vaxx team who are clearly not in control

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

Another "hot take" from this guy. Our contact tracing system is inadequate to have any confidence in these numbers, especially the travel numbers. Also Prof Mallon has shown that the second wave was caused by imported new variants. They didn't swim across the sea themselves.

David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

3 years

Outdoor gatherings = 0.1% of cases International travel = 0.37% of cases Two molehills turned into mountains this past year

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Colm Byrne

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1 year

If your response to road deaths is only hi-vis and not speed limiters on vehicles, better active travel infra, addressing the number of SUVs on the road, lower speed limits and so on then you are just victim blaming. Hi-vis has a role, but not the oversized role it currently has

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

2 years

Ok, I'm late to this. But the idea that a 15 minute walk from one of the main transport hubs in the city or a 5 minute walk from the terminus of the busiest bus route in the city to the zoo is not adequate public transport blows my mind.

Maïa Dunphy

@MaiaDunphy

2 years

Hear hear! In today’s @IrishTimes . This is a completely unnecessary situation and (unlike many others) easily resolved. The largest enclosed park in Europe, housing @DublinZoo , effectively “banning” cars without alternative transport is ludicrous. @opwireland @LeoVaradkar 🤬

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Colm Byrne

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3 years

I'm no microbiologist but this seems the opposite of what should happen. Surely if you are antigen positive you should just take that as a positive test and then be able to register that on a portal. Then if you have symptoms and are antigen negative go for a PCR test.

Mícheál Lehane

@MichealLehane

3 years

It’s understood that Government is also likely to soon advise that people should have a positive antigen test before seeking a PCR test

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

2 years

Yesterday, on our fourth #CriticalMass cycle in Naas, we got abused by drivers as we cycled in a group of both adults and children, including my own who are only 3 months and 2 yrs old. I'm still shaken but we won't give up, safe cycling routes are what the town needs.

Naas Cycling Campaign

@NaasCycling

2 years

Statement from Naas Cycling Campaign on dangerous driving on the Sallins Road during a family cycle. @lizdenieffe @ElaineMcgoff @colmpbyrne @CWinchcombe . @GardaTraffic @KildareCoCo @kfmradio @leinsleadernews @k_nationalist @NaasBall @MaynoothCycling @dublincycling @AnTaisce

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

Literally did the drop off this morning to crèche with my bike and will stop off on the way home to go to the supermarket. Happy to show you how it's done if you like @SenatorMcDowell .

The Irish Times

@IrishTimes

3 years

Dublin citizens entitled to decide on future of city, not council executives

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

2 years

Cargo bikes are a game changer for families to get around in their locality. Big shop in Dunnes this morning with the 2 boys. Didn't have to queue for the carpark! It would be great to see more supports available for non-PAYE workers but this is a step in the right direction.

Irish Independent

@Independent_ie

2 years

Hopes cargo bikes can replace more family cars as Bike to Work limit increased to €3,000

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

30km/hr is a public safety measure - public consultations can't trump physics. It should be the standard urban speed limit if we are serious about reducing road deaths. #Love30

John_Kilraine

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3 years

Dublin City Council says no clear consensus for default 30k speed limit in public consultation with 41% in favour 46% against and 9% in favour with exceptions #rtenews

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

I was delighted to get the opportunity to speak to the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action today on behalf of @IrishDocsEnv on the benefits of active travel and ebikes in addressing climate change. The opening statement starts at 30.45 in the link below.

Houses of the Oireachtas - Tithe an Oireachtais

@OireachtasNews

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#OireachtasTV - Watch continued LIVE as the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action meets for Engagement in relation to Electric Vehicles with Representatives from @SIMI_IE & @ESBGroup #seeforyourself

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Colm Byrne

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1 year

Are the IFA going to go into every medical clinic and try to cancel our advice to reduce red meat and processed meat consumption for health reasons? Ridiculous that they forced @EPAIreland to retract this.

Hannah Daly

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1 year

Disappointing to see @EPAIreland delete a perfectly reasonable tweet encouraging people to cut down red meat intake to lower their impact on the climate.

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Colm Byrne

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2 years

@TurloughDonnell What's inappropriate is a consultant like yourself punching down on someone for speaking about something that is entirely within their expertise to do. I would advise taking down this tweet and doing some self reflection on your behaviour.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

2 years

1. Transwomen are women. People in the responses saying they are men is offensive. 2. For a transwoman to play with cis women she must have transitioned. 3. No one seems concerned about the safety of transwomen. If they are to play with men, then it could be dangerous for them.

Saoirse Mackin

@SaoirseMackin

2 years

Another sad and regressive day for trans people as more of our rights are rolled back, after @IrishRugby announce transwomen will be banned from partcipating in rugby. I’d ask the IRFU to immediately reconsider this decision. They have started that rugby should be open to all..

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

4 years

Our treatment of non-EU national doctors is a disgrace. We bring them over to fill non-training posts and with little prospect of ever getting on a training scheme in Ireland. Read this thread - this system must change.

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I’m a doctor from Pakistan working in Ireland for 4 years. I’m among many other non-eu nationals who are working at frontline along with all the other dedicated Irish and EU doctors and healthcare workers. I was happy to hear the news that @RCPI_news has increased 90 training

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Colm Byrne

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2 years

As a former resident of Capel Street this is a great day!

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

@IrishTimes More click baiting by an Irish Times headline. As it says in the article, the reasons why trainees are concerned about the contract are around restrictions placed on advocacy and concerns about working conditions. It is not to do with it being public-only.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

1 year

I spoke yesterday on @PatKennyNT about the health effects of air pollution with @CRAClabUCC . 1700 deaths per year are attributable to air pollution. Motor traffic needs to be restricted in Dublin and other urban areas. @IrishDocsEnv via @NewstalkFM

Air pollution expert calls for radical solution

Officials should do everything they can to reduce the number of vehicles on Irish roads, an expert in air pollution has said.

www.newstalk.com

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

1 year

Not everyone can drive, but everyone can take public transport and most can walk or cycle. As a geriatrician it is essential that we have a high quality public transport system to enable older people to get around independently. @BusConnects needs to happen ASAP.

Dublin Cycling Campaign

@dublincycling

1 year

Awesome to see @cyclistie gathering @Irishheart_ie , @ICGPnews , @HSELive and @IrishDocsEnv with the Active Travel Coalition this morning, calling for leadership not scaremongering round @BusConnects and other #activetravel projects @IrishCancerSoc @Diabetes_ie @IrishPedestrian

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

I sold my petrol car and bought an e-cargo bike and didn't get any grant to buy it as I had already bought a bike on the bike to work a couple of years prior. Yet if I had bought an e-car I would have gotten a €10,000 grant and could do that every year if I liked.

Brian Stanley

@BrianStanleySF

3 years

1,467 BMW's, 44 Jaguars, 438 Mercedes-Benz & 316 Landrovers. All of these luxury electric cars were purchased with a €10,000 state grant & rebate. Almost 50% purchased within Dublin alone. Is this really the best and most targeted EV Just Transition strategy we can envisage?

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

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@Sineadmcgar @LeoVaradkar @HSELive Absolutely agree, great thread. These issues have been highlighted for years. In addition to all the warnings you detail, 17 medical registrars put their heads above the parapet to raise these issues last year too and were dismissed by management.

Doctors warn of ‘potentially catastrophic’ patient practices at Limerick hospital

Group also argues hospital worst top-level centre in State for medical registrar training

www.irishtimes.com

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@colmpbyrne

1 year

Lots of people who attend hospitals or clinics are not acutely unwell and could cycle there. As health professionals we need to do more to encourage physical activity and improved bike parking is a small step on the way.

IrishCycle.com

@IrishCycle

1 year

The replies! Some people have car-brain. I've cycled to: -- The doctors for myself and with children. -- To hospital with children to an appointment and to see someone sick. Nobody is going to make you cycle but visiting the doctor's is very manageable by bike most of the time.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

Why were Londoners told to reduce physical activity on Friday? Surely the solution to a high pollution event should be to ban the use of private motor vehicles and using stoves and fires instead. Tackle the source, not the consequences.

Londoners told to reduce physical activity on Friday due to pollution

Government advises older people and those with lung or heart issues to avoid strenuous activity altogether

www.theguardian.com

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

2 years

Follow @whittledaway or @IrishRainforest for more information on the extent of our biodiversity and forest loss

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

4 years

I meet plenty of older people who cycle over the last couple of months and ebikes are enabling more to do so. However they cannot access the Bike to Work scheme, this is something that needs to be rectified by expanding the scheme to social welfare recipients.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

The climate crisis is a health crisis. On the converse, the solutions to the climate crisis will also improve our health. There are few treatments that we have as a medical community that have this return on investment.

Brent Toderian

@BrentToderian

3 years

The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife

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Commuting by bike reduces your risk of cardiovascular mortality by 52% and all cause mortality by 41%. Promoting car use is not what a heart disease and stroke charity should be doing.

Gráinne Faller @fhmediastuff.bsky.social

@FHmediastuff

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There is something really, really wrong with this @CroiHeartStroke

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@colmpbyrne

3 years

If @RSAIreland think 70% of pedestrians fatalities are caused by the pedestrian themselves then we're done here. #DisbandTheRSA

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

1 year

I'll die on this hill - hospitals should focus on active and public transport options for staff and patients. And charging for parking is required to get people out of their cars.

D. King, MD

@doctorORbust

1 year

I'll die on this hill: Hospitals should not charge patients or staff to park. For patients, it disproportionally affects those with the lowest economic status. And for employees, you're charging them to essentially come to work; this most affects employees who make the least.

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Colm Byrne

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It's worrying that the focus of the Dept of Transport's climate action is to promote private car sales. What about subsidies for cargo bikes and ebikes? The subsidy given to each new ecar would pay for a new cargo bike. Why aren't our railways and buses being rapidly electrified?

An Roinn Iompair - Department of Transport

@Dept_Transport

2 years

🔵Transport accounts for 20% of Ireland’s emissions. 🔵Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland @ZEVIreland will help us make the switch to electric vehicles. 🔵We need to get 945,000 EVs on our roads as we look to reduce transport emissions by 51% by 2030. #ClimateActionIRL

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

4 years

Well said @DrZeroCraic . Visors need to be banned.

RTÉ News

@rtenews

4 years

A Dublin GP, Dr Matt O'Toole, has called for visors to be banned, calling them "unsafe" and "next to useless" |

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

Your bike can be your mobility aid. This is why kissing gates, chicanes, lack of priority across junctions and excessive stopping are impediments to people cycling and part of the disabling environment we live in.

Kirsty Lewin

@KirstyLewin

3 years

To anyone still doubting the efficacy of cycles as mobility aids, today my knee was so bad I couldn’t walk a few metres without severe pain. But I cycled 18 miles return on the ebike to visit a friend. I couldn’t have walked to the bus stop. Got close-passed x 3 by drivers😡

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

2 years

Who had the good idea to put bus stops in the middle of the new segregated cycle lanes in the Phoenix Park?

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

2 years

The necessity of cycle buses highlight the failure of the Road Safety Authority

RSA Ireland

@RSAIreland

2 years

Galway Cycle Bus was awarded a Leading Light in Road Safety Award in 2019. Galway Cycle Bus was set up in 2018 by Alan Curran to find a safe way of dropping his children to school as part of his daily cycle route. (1/2)

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@DublinCommuters This is disingenuous from this Cllr but betrays a common false perception out there that older people are incapable of walking or cycling and must be driven or drive. It is another example of the infantilisation of older people where we disable not enable them.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

1 year

3 pedestrian and cyclist fatalities last week, 2 of those children. @RSAIreland shameful response is to victim blame rather than look at their own role. #DisbandTheRSA

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

2 years

To the replies saying it costs too much. Each hip fracture costs the state €11,700. Other types of fractures would have a similar cost. It would save the state money to grit the footpaths, leaving aside the human cost.

Cost of hospitalisation for hip fracture-findings from the Irish hip fracture database - PubMed

The absolute number of hip fracture cases recorded by the IHFD has increased, as has the cost of hospitalisation. Given the current capacity issues and economic constraints, there is a growing need...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

Instead of cutting excise duty why don't the government do some useful interventions such as cutting PT fares, expanding PT schedules, lowering VAT on bikes, expanding the bike to work scheme to include those on social welfare and state pensions?

Dublin Commuters

@DublinCommuters

3 years

Time needed to cut fuel prices: 30 hours Time needed to cut public transport fares by 20%: 3 months Time needed to cut youth and student fares to 50%: 9 months

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

1 year

@sinnfeinireland and @FineGael are teaming up in Brussels to block the Nature Restoration Law that would enable a just transition for European farmers to fight biodiversity loss and climate change. Please support @Irishwildlife in their campaign to get this law through.

Irish Wildlife Trust

@Irishwildlife

1 year

. @ColmMarkey and his @EPPGroup have launched an all out attack on the Nature Restoration Law in the hope of killing it off. Please add your voice to those who want to see strong measures for nature and to avoid biodiversity catastrophe ⤵️

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

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NO2 affects not just asthma but stroke, heart disease, dementia and a lot more besides. Cycling and walking need to be enabled for all, otherwise we will have learned nothing from the pandemic and will return to April 2019 levels @Irishheart_ie @irishgerontsoc @IrishDocsEnv

EPA Air Quality

@EPAAirQuality

4 years

🎼Satellite's gone up to the skies🎼Interested in seeing @CopernicusEU #Sentinel5 satellite measurements for #airquality over #Ireland 👉 Here's an image of monthly nitrogen dioxide measurements for April 2019 vs April 2020 @AsthmaIreland @MetEireann

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@colmpbyrne

2 years

@Eoin_Moore Because it continues to be grazed by sheep, deer and other grazers

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@colmpbyrne

2 years

Being able to drive is not a human right, it is under licence. This man should never be able to drive again, let alone continue to work as a professional driver.

StickyBottle.com 💚 🚲

@sticky_bottle

2 years

This video shows the taxi driver veering into the cyclist twice, causing him to crash the second time. Driver was convicted today but his 18-month sentence was suspended Dublin taxi driver convicted after deliberately veering at cyclist twice | Video

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

This act alone constitutes two war crimes committed by the armed forces of a state - targeting journalists and destroying a civilian residential building. Yet the discourse still reverts to "both sides".

JEDWARD

@planetjedward

3 years

Terrorism will not silence the Media! Respect and strength to all the Journalists and heroes risking their lives ❤️

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@colmpbyrne

2 years

Frank's head

Frank Coughlan

@fmcomment

2 years

Each doctor trained in Ireland costs taxpayer €300,000. Too much to ask they stay around a few years so we get a reurn on massive investment?

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@colmpbyrne

3 years

I grew up in rural Kildare, I know what it's like. How isolating it is when you can't drive, especially in winter. How dangerous the roads are as they are filled with drivers who have moved out to their house in the country. Wanting different for rural Ireland isn't smugness.

Philip Nolan

@philipnolan1

3 years

As a Dubliner born and bred, who now lives in Co. Wexford, I truly am, well, scarleh, when I see urban, cycling, or walking-to-work smug professional Dubs telling those beyond the M50 how to live.

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@colmpbyrne

3 years

The comments under this are shocking. Parents would be asked to walk a small distance instead of parking directly outside schools to allow cleaner air for our children but that is too much apparently.

NewstalkFM

@NewstalkFM

3 years

Car exclusion zones could be considered around schools 'in some instances', Transport Minister Eamon Ryan says.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

If city centre businesses are failing it is because we made them unattractive places to live, especially to raise children in. Instead of forcing everyone back in to the office we should be focusing on making city centres attractive to families - playgrounds, quiet streets etc.

Seána

@GrantSana

3 years

Since Covid, th small town I live in Warrenpoint has 3new cafes, a donut shop, a gelato bar & a place that has a charcuterie bar that makes fresh sushi every day. The local bar has had a huge outdoor makeover. The place is quietly thriving - long overdue, I love supporting them

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

Great start to Naas #CriticalMass this afternoon in support of: 🏎30km speed limit thru town 🚛ban on HGVs thru Naas 🚲 segregated cycle lanes on Main Street and beyond 🛑exclusion zones outside schools at drop off & collection times See you 26th February for more action

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

@SenatorMcDowell @IrishTimes These events were held before you published your article. It would be some feat for your missives to have a retrospective influence like that. While I have you, I and many others would be happy to show you how to shop or get kids to crèche by bike.

Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

Literally did the drop off this morning to crèche with my bike and will stop off on the way home to go to the supermarket. Happy to show you how it's done if you like @SenatorMcDowell .

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

2 years

And this is the percentage increase from 1985 of car numbers and population. 40% more people live here but there are 250% more cars. 🤯

Robert Burns

@robertburns73

2 years

A Short History of Level of Private Car Ownership in Ireland Year No. of Cars 1915 9,850 1985 709,546 1995 990,384 2005 1,662,157 2015 1,985,130 2019 2,174,799 2021 2,486,302

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

2 years

There will always need to be flights, just as there will always need to be cars. But the idea of cutting down on our excesses should not be controversial.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

It is against the law to park on the footpath. End of. Why are some councillors debating this? If you can't store your car safely outside your house find somewhere else to put it.

IrishCycle.com

@IrishCycle

3 years

Labour Cllr who supports footpath parkings claims “militant wing of Green Party” with “fascist” behaviour put a “fatwa” on her

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

4 years

Remind me why I pay a subscription to the propaganda instrument called the Irish Times? Actual lies on the front page.

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@colmpbyrne

4 years

When it comes to allocating funding for active travel it can't be for token projects where money gets spent but is of no real benefit, such as painting cycle lanes. County councils need to up their game when it comes to using the funding that will be coming their way. 7/8

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

2 years

The electric assist on my cargo bike cuts out at 25kph yet these cars are allowed to be on the road capable of breaking speed limits🙃

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

A Draconian contract which serves the purpose of stifling dissent and innovation by consultants. In addition to what is laid out in the thread, public advocacy on behalf of patients will be prevented through this contract.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

4 years

@MarcMacsharryTD Vaccinations happened over the weekend here in @MaterTrauma and in other hospitals across the country. Please delete this tweet.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

Is it time to limit car access to Naas Main Street? The town has two bypasses - do we still need to also allow cars to drive through the town? Should the speed limit continue to be 50km/hr?

Naas Cycling Campaign

@NaasCycling

3 years

@colmpbyrne No village in Ballsbridge anymore. It was ruined by traffic. And btw Naas has 4 lanes on its main street. That has to change too.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

This is a disappointing decision by Cork City Council. Option 3 means that this is not a continuous cycle lane outside a school. @EamonRyan should pull funding for this scheme as it does not meet minimum standards for an active travel scheme.

Eoin English

@EoinBearla

3 years

Cllrs have voted 19-8 to approve the report. Option 3 it is.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

This is the important point when it comes to the helmet debate. If you really care about the safety of cyclists you should be advocating for segregated infrastructure. The debate about helmets is just a distraction from the societal change that needs to occur.

Go Raibh Maith Agatha 💜✨

@yascaoimhin

3 years

Segregated cycle lanes have prevented 10 times as many head injuries as helmet have, by stopping the collision from happening in the first place.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

Fair play to these consultants in Beaumont for calling this out. If we are bringing doctors over here to staff our hospitals they should be afforded the opportunity to train in this country.

Consultants call for measures to allow non-EU doctors develop careers in Ireland

Only 4.5% of doctors registered for specialist training here come from outside EU, says Medical Council

www.irishtimes.com

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

2 years

Air pollution is a major public health risk in Ireland. The air pollution events in Ireland that caused stroke admissions are linked with turf and peat burning. We cannot continue to expose the public to the toxic effects of peat, smoky coal and wet wood. Ban peat sales now

Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

4 years

In an article published today in Cerebrovascular Diseases @NeuroKarger we show that air pollution during winter in Ireland is associated with an increased short-term risk of stroke. @annehickey_d @pharmacoepircsi @HealthandNO2 @RCSI_Irl

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

2 years

Say you don't have a clue about how to solve the problems in healthcare without saying it...

Pat Leahy

@PatLeahyIT

2 years

Surely the question of requiring some years’ service in Ireland by health professionals in exchange for their very valuable training must come on the agenda at some stage.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

And this is another disappointing decision by Galway City Council. I actually despair for our ability to make the radical changes required to tackle the climate crisis if a small bit of cycle lane can't get through.

Pat McGrath

@patmcgrath

3 years

Galway City Council votes 13 to 4 to revoke plans for Salthill Cycle Lane.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

Naas Main Street. Two bypasses at this stage. Still unfettered access to cars, trucks and tractors. Should be access only with no through traffic. @NaasCycling

IrishCycle.com

@IrishCycle

3 years

Which less obvious streets should be pedestrianised in Irish cities or towns?

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

4 years

Cycling only gets €15k (1%) on its own, with most being joint walking and cycling projects (€385k, 21%). Nearly all the cycling spending is on painted lanes, not actual segregated cycle lanes. The only time a segregated lane is mentioned they only hope it will happen. 5/8

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

4 years

Got a pleasant surprise when I came in to work today to this gift from @RCSI_Irl #Classof2020 . You've been a credit to the university through this difficult time. Congrats to you all on match day and I look forward to working with you all in the years to come.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

1 year

The reason this angers me is that instead of focusing on what works best, the RSA got the head of a car organisation who is actively campaigning against lower speed limits to open their conference. Their priorities are all wrong and they are a hindrance to road safety in Ireland.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

2 years

I was delighted to be elected by @SocDems members to the National Executive at the weekend. The big challenges we face as a country are also a big opportunity to make everyone's life better.

Councillor Bill Clear

@billclear45

2 years

Delighted that fellow Naas man Dr Colm Byrne has been elected to Nation Executive of The Social Democrats. A fantastic advocate for Social Democratic principals, Climate action and Older people's issues. @SocDems @leinsleadernews @colmpbyrne @k_nationalist

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

4 years

Another soldier in the #WarOnCars 😉 @TheWarOnCars @IrishDocsEnv

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

We had a great turnout yesterday despite the wind for the second #CriticalMass event in Naas for safer cycling in the town. Next cycle is 26th March, hope to see you there.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

Maybe we should rebrand cycle lanes as health lanes!

Melissa & Chris Bruntlett

@modacitylife

3 years

The Netherlands’ quality cycling infrastructure means a third of trips by people aged 65 to 75 are on a bicycle; the highest rate among all adult categories. For many, the bicycle acts as a “rolling walking stick”; a type of mobility device far easier on the joints than walking.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

2 years

This is a brilliant step in the UK and should be replicated here by the Medical Council. @IrishDocsEnv

Health for XR

@DoctorsXr

2 years

New govt guide for Health Professionals suggests we: - Talk more about climate with patients - Help patients reduce car use - Encourage efficient energy use - Promote diets higher in plants, lower in animals - Address social inequalities

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

4 years

👏 Too often as health professionals we tell older people what they can't do instead of enabling them to do what they can.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

This is a really interesting study that backs up previous NO2 modelling performed. For it to be released on the same day as excise duty on petrol and diesel is reduced is striking. We need to ban cars from our towns and cities, we need to tax petrol and diesel heavily.

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

1 year

Interesting article considering transport engineering through the lens of public health. Just like we try to avoid exposing people to pathogens, so we should avoid exposing them to kinetic energy

Brent Toderian

@BrentToderian

1 year

NEW RESEARCH: We can’t expect much progress from individuals changing their behavior. Transportation systems should be altered to reduce the overall risk people face when using it. “We dont ask everyone to filter their water. We build it into the system.”

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Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

@MaeveOConnellFG I will not stop advocating as a Geriatrician for older people everywhere to live in an environment that enables them to engage in activity and society and not disable them.

Colm Byrne

@colmpbyrne

3 years

@DublinCommuters This is disingenuous from this Cllr but betrays a common false perception out there that older people are incapable of walking or cycling and must be driven or drive. It is another example of the infantilisation of older people where we disable not enable them.

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