Census figures: Cycling increase

THIS week’s report by the Central Statistics Office proves that Ireland is a country increasingly on the move.

The census, conducted in April 2016, shows that the number of people travelling to work, school, or college stood at 2,962,550, an increase of 9.3% on 2011.

Of course, they were not all literally standing: While there were large and welcome increases in bus and train use, the standout feature is the 43% increase in people commuting by bicycle.