Irish Doctors for the Environment member and consultant geriatrician, Dr Colm Byrne, said Ireland has a transport problem, 'but more specifically a car problem'

Resistance to measures aimed at helping the environment suggests the messaging is not resonating with people.

Despite not yet having planning permission, a tender has already been issued for the project which has a construction budget of €8m

Eliminating or reducing charges for public transport means little if your bus still gets stuck in traffic or the service is unreliable or non-existent, writes Ciarán Meers

In a lot of places in Cork there are traffic measures in place. They just aren’t observed. Or enforced

National Transport Authority has spent €1.2m on marketing and PR since April 2021

Members of Beaumont Residents’ Association believed they were nearing the end of negotiations to restore Beaumont walled garden's horticultural use as a community garden

Important Cork site has been vacant for many years

These vehicles are massively contributing to our emissions problem. For every five SUVs sold, you knock out the benefit of an EV

Bus services in Galway are set to increase by 50%, as the National Transport Authority unveiled its draft new bus network for the city under the area’s BusConnects programme.

Several trees along Knockfree Avenue will be removed for the scheme but officials said they plan to plant more native semi-mature trees that will be removed

ST PATRICK'S Street: This is great, it’s so long since I got the bus that I’d forgotten the traffic ban on St Patrick’s Street means the buses roll through unimpeded, double-decker gazelles cruising along the tarmac veldt.

The mentality of climate action being needed but not here and now has to change and we must get serious about public transport and active travel, writes Pádraig Hoare

The traders said they have been working for some time to find a solution to both problems — the flooding and the lack of green infrastructure

The National Transport Authority (NTA) needs to do a lot more to protect the 700 urban trees which still face the chop under the BusConnects Cork project, an expert has said.

National Transport Authority considers measures to deter motorists from taking up road space dedicated to bus gates

Introduction of bus gate during peak hours will reduce impact on private properties and roadside trees, says transport authority

From Wellington Rd and Summerhill in the East to Cathedral Rd and Dublin St in the West, some of Cork northside's historic thoroughfares will lose out on the proposed bus and cycle lanes

Residents accuse transport authority of paying lip service to public consultation, with 'thousands of submissions binned' 

NTA bows to public pressure by reducing cuts to car-parking spaces, while some proposed bus lanes will instead be bus gates

Original plans would have resulted in the loss of a large chunk of family's drive, the loss of their car-parking space, the loss of the area to the side of their house, and the loss of a large chunk of their back garden

The compulsory acquisition of private gardens along most of the routes will still be required, the NTA has confirmed

Revised designs will reveal significant changes to each of the 12 sustainable transport corridors (STCs) that were published for public consultation last June

Transport Minister told Oireachtas Climate Committee that 'all public transport projects are in an uncertain timeline' because of planning board's ability to deliver decisions in a timely manner

The revised proposals are due to be published for more public consultation by the end of this month or early next month

I've threatened readers in the past with my story about Joyce Kilmer, the man who wrote the poem Trees, and if there’s one thing I know from reading Elmore Leonard it’s that if you issue a threat you have to follow through with it (preferably with ...

Protesters say there isn’t room for three lanes of traffic on Summerhill and that the proposed narrowing of pavements will create access problems

The addition of new bus routes will result in 61% of people in Limerick City living within 400 metres walking distance of a bus stop

The public now has six weeks to make its views known on the revised changes

The frightening prospect of greener, people-friendly streets and convenient amenities has sent the online right – and Tory MPs – into a tailspin, writes Oliver Wainwright

'We could have free transport in the morning and our buses would still be stuck in gridlock traffic', Dan Boyle told Cork councillors

Hazel, alder, oak, elder, elm and ash are just some of the native Irish trees thriving in this area

Can I be the devil’s advocate when it comes to what certain parties and groups call ‘the housing crisis’: There is no housing crisis per se, there is a lack of available housing.

Proposed changes to Cork city’s car parking policy could encourage more dependency on the private car, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) has warned.

Proposal to run road through Mangala woods in Douglas will not be included in revised plans, National Transport Authority confirms

Calls for State to fund extra bus and train services when Cork hosts big events with many fans enduring waits of up to two hours to get home

Until we have sustainable, worthwhile, and effective public transport systems, gridlock will remain with us.

There are at least two major wars at present, in Ukraine and in Yemen. One is being beamed into our homes around the clock. The other doesn’t usually merit a reference. To talk of peace, or even a ceasefire, in Ukraine is to invite mockery.

BusConnects Cork

National Transport Authority approach is 'aloof' and those involved in Cork plan are a 'coalition of the bewildered', Dermot O’Leary, general secretary of the National Bus and Rail Union, told conference delegates

Dr Eoin Lettice also criticised the proposals for a new bridge over Ballybrack Woods

The plan to route buses through Mangala had all the finesse and Cork know-how of showing up to the project launch wearing a Kerry jersey

Cyclists and bus users have welcomed the broad thrust of the BusConnects Cork proposals, but roadside protect signs and online campaign groups have popped up in communities along each of the NTA's proposed strategic transport corridors. Eoin English meets both sides.

Following an almost two-hour debate, councillors voted on a compromise which includes a third round of public consultation