📚 Author of 'Unsinkable' and 'Marathon Man' 🎥 Director of 'Unsinkable' 🌊🏊♂️ 500-km sea swim 🏃♂️🇮🇪 35 consecutive marathons 🏙️ Urban planner
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🚨 'Unsinkable' book review in today's @Independent_ie
@TheSundayIndo
📚 "Well-written, entertaining, and honest account"
🔗 'Unsinkable' is available linktr.ee/marathonman1
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#Unsinkable #Book #Review #new #irish #memoir #books #sea #swim #read
Alan Corcoran retweeted
Want to know a city’s priorities? Watch its traffic lights.
At this Delft intersection, pedestrians and cyclists enjoy a non-stop green light. Drivers must ask permission to cross the foot+bike path through a sensor.
Infrastructure shapes how we move. Signals show who we value.
Alan Corcoran retweeted
The Government has been warned that the M50 will 'turn into a car park' unless it builds a new railway line.
newstalk.com/news/m50-2-2320…
Alan Corcoran retweeted
It this the idea? Is this the best we can do to protect our pedestrians?
Assistant Garda Commissioner Denis Ferry said "all pedestrians" including in urban areas should wear high visibility clothing.
"I think you should do everything you can to ensure you're visible," he said. thejournal.ie/driving-phone-…
Alan Corcoran retweeted
"What this says is you can drink drive a bit, you just check that you're under the limit... why would anybody need a breathalyser before they get in a car, unless they've been drinking and have their car keys in their pocket?"
Anton questions the message the RSA is sending by putting breathalysers in hotels and pubs.
The Road Safety Authority will spend €1.5 million on putting breathalyser terminals in hotels and pubs around the country to allow motorists to check if they are over the limit before driving.
425,000 people have admitted to drink driving in the past year, with about 5,000 arrests made.
🎙️Dr Sheila Gilheany, CEO of Alcohol Action Ireland, joined us to talk about this latest move by the RSA, and the need for more enforcement.
Alan Corcoran retweeted
Monday morning on Kill Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, along the DLR Central cycle route. Kids heading to school and commuters heading to work.
Modal shift in action, made possible by safer cycling infrastructure.
#ActiveTravel #StreetsForPeople #SafeRoutesToSchool #Dublin
Alan Corcoran retweeted
Putting a facade on a prefab concrete block in the former east Berlin. The underlying structure is unaltered; instead, the architects have:
- Given it a coat of plaster;
- Painted it in varying colours;
- Broken up the massing with some clever tricks to the window and roofline detailing.
Look closely: the floor height remains continuous and the windows are all in the same places as before. The effect of spontaneity and variety is created by using ornament create patterns of group and emphasis.
Alan Corcoran retweeted
Really poor from @Independent_ie. Recent speed limit surveys in Co. Galway. Craughwell - 84% exceeding limit, Loughrea - 74%. Speeding is endemic in Ireland, hardwired into our driving culture. Cameras are uniquely effective in enforcing limits, making our roads safer for all.
Legal challenges, lost licences and families on the brink – the inside story of Ireland’s most notorious speed camera buff.ly/6jNNxIc
A shame that grey pillars under a grey canopy is what FF/FG (might)(eventually) deliver after 25 years of metro talk #MetroLink
Alan Corcoran retweeted
It’s a new era for Vision Zero.
Today we released our new action plan Vision Zero Reimagined.
Every New Yorker should be safe on our city’s streets, and this plan is a 10-year blueprint to advance more than 100 policies designed to prevent traffic deaths & serious injuries.
Alan Corcoran retweeted
Fun fact: When Barcelona pedestrianized many of their streets, childhood asthma rates and related ER visits declined significantly.
Alan Corcoran retweeted
This is a Street Scar. They’re common across many British high streets & side streets, particularly visible when the street surface is stone or setts as here. They exist due to an error in legislation which has frozen the maximum fine on utility firms who don’t do their job….
Alan Corcoran retweeted
Els nous Champs Elysées de Paris, ja en construcció
Totes les grans ciutat ho tenen clar #PrimerElsVianants🚶♀️🚶🚶♂️
Alan Corcoran retweeted
Commuter groups have described increases in public transport fares as "absolutely unacceptable", accusing the Government of asking bus, rail and tram users to "in effect" cover the "astounding cost" of an extension in cuts to Excise Duty on petrol and diesel rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/090…
