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<p>The group urged councillors to improve urban access to nature through new or improved parks. Picture: Conor Ó Mearáin/Collins Photos</p>

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Health charity urges 949 councillors to improve blue and green spaces for public health

More parks, better public transport and cleaner waterways are among the measures newly elected councillors have been urged by work towards by Irish Doctors for the Environment.

<p>With proper infrastructure, bikes move faster, and can be parked and locked outside the door of your destination as well as giving welcome headspace and exercise at the end of a day stuck in front of a computer screen. File picture: Larry Cummins</p>

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The future of transport is not the electric car — it’s the electric bike

<p>At the launch of the second round of consultation on Sustainable Transport Corridors for Cork in March are (left to right) Gerry O'Beirne of Cork City Council; Ann Doherty, Chief Executive of Cork City Council; Anne Graham, CEO of the National Transport Authority and Hugh Creegan of the National Transport Authority. It is said BusConnects would allow people of all ages to have healthier choices in transport. File picture: Clare Keogh</p>

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Health groups call for ‘urgent implementation’ of BusConnects

Close-up Common Whitethroat perched on lichen covered branch, Rutland, UK

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Irish medics demand climate crisis be declared a public health emergency

Various Plant Based Milk

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Oat, almond and more: How do milk alternatives measure up?

Cycling to work, collecting pain relief gases — doctors working to reduce hospitals' carbon footprints

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Cycling to work, collecting pain relief gases — doctors working to reduce hospitals' carbon footprints

Medical staff campaigning for bike lane between Cork hospitals

Medical staff campaigning for bike lane between Cork hospitals

Medics campaigning for a protected bike lane between the main hospitals in Cork city say it could be a positive outcome of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mon, 15 Jun, 2020

Petition launched for creation of cycleway between Cork hospitals

Petition launched for creation of cycleway between Cork hospitals

Almost 1,200 people have signed the petition, which is addressed to Cork City Council, Cork City Councillors and executives of hospitals in the city.

Sun, 14 Jun, 2020