THE taxi-driver’s fury is obvious but he restrains himself admirably. He just clicks his tongue and furiously taps at the taxi-driver-touch-screen-thing on his dashboard. It happens again half a mile later and the latest infringement ellicits nothing more than a barely audible tail-end “...ck’s sake”.

Today marks the launch of National Bike Week.

NATIONAL Bike Week takes place from June 13 to June 20 and Acquired Brain Injury Ireland (ABI Ireland) is urging all cyclists to “Mind their Head” by wearing a helmet.

THERE you are, trundling along on your three-gear, 10-year-old bike, facing a powerful head wind and an uphill challenge when, out of the blue, a fellow cyclist comes whizzing past, breezing up the incline like it didn’t exist.

Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey has said today that a Cabinet reshuffle is not on the cards in the immediate future.

Hundreds of people are expected to gather in the Phoenix Park in Dublin later for the start of National Bike Week.

Dozens of cycling events will be held around the country as part of Ireland’s first National Bike Week in June.

THE Government has set itself the ambitious target of overseeing a fourfold increase in the number of people who travel to work by bicycle by 2020.