More than 5,000 people have signed up for public bike schemes in Cork, Galway and Limerick since they were launched last month, the National Transport Agency has revealed.

Not all of the stations for Cork’s public bike scheme will be ready in time for next week’s launch, the National Transport Agency has confirmed.

Cork’s public bike scheme will not be operational until mid-December — six months later than originally planned, the National Transport Agency said yesterday.

Public bike schemes in Cork, Galway and Limerick will not be in place until November — four months later than originally planned.

A CONSERVATION group has said that it is writing to a Committee on Petitions at the European Parliament in relation to the handling of the closure of the Waterford to Rosslare railway line at the weekend following over 100 years of service.