Who needs the Green Party,PD concillor, Colm Tyndall calls for cycle lanes to be build along canal

by Cleaver Tue Jul 29, 2003 16:21

I thought Chemical Ciarians approach to ethical investment was the kind of stroke that Harney & Co. could only dream about. Environmental destruction - Let the Market Decide

by pat c Tue Jul 29, 2003 13:53

keep the paths for pedestrians. if its opened up to cyclists then the next thing you know, boyracers on motorbikes will be whizzing along the paths, holding pro MIJAG demos.

by iosaf Tue Jul 29, 2003 13:29

sure how would we feed them?
algae view sounds cool.
"the auld triangle goes jingle jangle
on the banks of the Roy-ul canal".
more than triangles going jingle jangle these days. Solution: we really need a Eamon Mc Thomais type character to go do a "recky".

by Mags Tue Jul 29, 2003 13:24

I see that recently work has begun on building housettes on the towpath of the Royal Canal beside Croke Park (look down from the bridge at the Red Parrot pub). The towpath has been closed off and building work is in progress on wee houses along a strip of the canal bank. How or why anyone got permission to build in such a place escapes me. Will probably get a great name, "Algae View" anyone?

Wasn't there a proposal a while back from some party to concrete over all the canals and use them as dual carriageways. I have this in the back of my mind but fear it might be an urban legend along the lines of various named councillors proposing the buying of a pair of breeding gondolas as tourist attractions on the lakes of Killarney / Glendalough / Shannon.

by barge owner Mon Jul 28, 2003 22:18

but you try and take a barge from the midlands to the Liffey and see how "tranquil" Ireland's waterways are. Mr PD ought be down the locks checking out the shenanigans on the footpath/pathway.
It's shocking.
Ought to be a debate about it.

by pc Mon Jul 28, 2003 20:38

do cycle lanes need to be built?
can you not cycle along them at the mo

by hs - sp Mon Jul 28, 2003 20:19

if the greens didn't exist the PDs would probably never (along with most of the establishment parties) have shown an interest in anything remotely enviormental.

As for the left parties... who knows... but as someone somewhere said once (or sort of)

"we're all green now!"

Except the anarchists of course, they were born (collectively) perfect :)

by Justin Moran - Sinn Féin Mon Jul 28, 2003 19:38 maigh_nuad at yahoo dot com

Like many people on the Left, I eagerly awaited the 2002 General Election in the hope of watching the neo-liberal economic fascism of the Progressive Democrats being soundly rejected at the polls. I had a victory dance all choreographed and a collection of PD posters that had 'fallen' during the election to be burnt in front of their office while they were whipped and beaten down South Frederick St. Oh happy day.

Alas, it did not come to pass, and the PDs doubled their representation. At every election the PDs have been confidently expected to disappear and now, almost 20 years after their passing including three times in Government, I think we better get used to the idea of having them around. For example, it's FF, not the PDs, the public is pissed off at.

I have no doubt they'll get a bit of a smacking at the Generals, probably not the Locals as they've never really taken them seriously and have very few people, but they'll drop a few in 200X, Harney will go, the Uber-fascist or the farmer will take over and they'll wander along, but I think we may as well get used to them.

by j.p. Mon Jul 28, 2003 19:13

knowing they are in for an unmerciful battering in the next g. election they decide to target the lefty vote(lets hope no one tells them that the pds are neo liberals and eat babies)

by Niall Ó Brolcháin - Green Party Mon Jul 28, 2003 18:43 niallob at esatclear dot ie

Thank God for the PD's marvellous ability to produce simple but brilliant policies.

For example, their economics policy, “Cut income tax”. It is very simple and was very popular for quite a while.

Or how about their election manifesto, “We’ll keep an eye on FF”. Yet again very simple and very popular. Lacking in substance perhaps but brilliant nonetheless.

Now for “cycle lanes to be build along canal”. Magnificent. Let the Green Party hang its head in shame.

When they learn how to spell ‘Environment’ there will be no holding them back.

by iosaf Mon Jul 28, 2003 18:19

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by cyclepath Mon Jul 28, 2003 18:05

Are these all the details on this story?... have the Dublin Cycle Campaign been consulted?... Not that I'm pro- green party, but this smells like Half-baked cheese

by iosaf Mon Jul 28, 2003 18:04

Progressive Democrat councilor for Clondalkin on South Dublin County council. holds the position of deputy chairperson of the council.
Colm Tyndall Progressive Democrats Address: 115 St. Brigid's Drive, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
Phone: 00(353) 457 3100(O)[that final "O" means he has an answermachine, so you can call him all hours to ask how many cyclists will use these suggested lanes on the canals that run through the said Dublin South County Council.

map of said area:
http://www.sdcc.ie/images/council/maps/map.gif

When you give him that call to inquire about the practicallity of using the Grand Canal as a cyclelane, you could also make brief reference to the Adamstown development which the one green councilor for said area has been working on.