A new cycling advocacy group is to campaign for the expansion of the public bike scheme in Cork, and said it may engage in actions to protect cycle lanes in the city where motorists frequently park.

Two charities will benefit from a unique “dawn chorus” cycle taking place next month on the award-winning Waterford Greenway and backed by former world number one cyclist Sean Kelly.

In the first of an occasional series journalist and cycling enthusiast, Dan MacCarthy, highlights some of the great cycling routes of Munster. This week, The Adrigole Circuit.

Bicycle tax break abused

About 60% of commuters in Dublin who have signed up for the Bike to Work Scheme never cycle to work — despite the scheme costing over €34m.

Details of a €10m investment package to develop greenways and cycling routes across the country has been announced.

Plans to develop a nationwide network of rural cycling lanes on secondary roads have been put in jeopardy by An Bord Pleanála.

Plans to include cycle-ways in upgrades to tourist routes along the west and south coasts could be in jeopardy following An Bord Pleanála’s rejection of a €65m development on the Dingle Peninsula.