There was awful news in Dublin city centre this afternoon, as a young man was killed while cycling near O'Connell Street. Road violence in this country is simultaneously out of control and horrendously minimised.
https://www.thejournal.ie/serious-road-traffic-incident-abbey-street-dublin-7000928-Apr2026/
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@clickhere I passed by later with my eldest. Got home and we heard the worst news confirmed, my youngest then said, "why do we accept road deaths like they are a normal thing? If they were the result of anything else there'd be an outcry"
Indeed.
@ronanmcd They're absolutely right, unfortunately - never a truer word spoken.
Yet, policy makers will carry on with the current plans to make helmets and high vid mandatory for cycling - things that would have had absolutely no protective effect against a massive cement truck.
The only reason why I wear a helmet these days is to cut off that line of victim blaming if the time ever comes.
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Joan of Contention 😷
Ronan