Drogheda Cycling

17/10/2026

I guess it would be one way to see over the Drogheda traffic. 😜

14/10/2026

As road deaths rise, the Government dropped planned reforms of the RSA and increased public transport fares — and now the minister seems to be disavowing political responsibility, writes Ciarán Cannon

12/10/2026

Five dates for local cyclists to put in the diary.

Drogheda Cycling has announced a new series of community rides running from October through to New Year’s Day.

The programme starts with a cycle and Baltray beach clean-up on 18th October, followed by a Halloween Spooks and Spokes Cycle, a Navan Greenway ride, a Solstice Cycle and a New Year’s Day trip to the Glyde Inn.

Check Drogheda Cycling’s social channels for meeting points and details ahead of each event.
All events are free to enter. Helmets are required.

All events are free to enter. Helmets are required.
Full details on Drogheda Life: https://droghedalife.com/drogheda-cycling-events-autumn-winter-2026/

11/10/2026

Our next Drogheda Cycling community cycle combines a beautiful riverside spin with a chance to help keep one of our favourite local beaches litter-free.

📍 Meet: Courtyard Coffee, Drogheda
🕥 10:30am - Depart for Baltray
🚴 11:00am - Arrive at Baltray Beach
♻️ Collect litter from the beach and leave it at the designated collection point
☕ 12:15pm - Tea/Coffee at Baltray Golf Club
🏠 Approx. 1:30pm - Return to Drogheda

The route follows the River Boyne on a largely flat road, making it suitable for most cyclists. While it is not a main road, traffic can be busy at times, so please ride carefully and follow group ride guidance.

Gloves will be provided for litter picking
Bikes will be supervised by a member of the group while we clean the beach
Bringing a bike lock is recommended if you have one
Bring a drink and a small snack
Helmets are mandatory

Whether you're a regular cyclist, interested in meeting new people, or simply want to do something positive for the local environment, we'd love to have you join us.

💙 Can't make the cycle but would still like to support Drogheda Cycling? Scan the QR code on the poster and help support our community activities.

Please like, share, and invite friends and family.
*this is an adult only cycle

09/10/2026

One of the most important—and perhaps counterintuitive—lessons from decades of Dutch cycling history is that cities didn’t start with protected bike lanes. Instead, they began with making streets safer, calmer and more inviting to ride a bicycle; implementing lower speeds, parking restrictions, traffic filters, narrower lanes and reduced through-traffic to first create an environment in which cycling could flourish.

Yet planners and advocates elsewhere often reverse this sequence: building segregated cycle tracks assuming people will use them and support will follow. When those projects are expensive, disruptive, isolated or lightly used, they become easy targets for opposition; creating a vicious circle of low ridership and support.

The more successful approach is to create the conditions for cycling first: build demand; then invest in the high-end infrastructure where the numbers and needs justify it. Not every street needs a protected bike lane, and sometimes the most important intervention is simply a street where cars have been slowed, filtered or removed.

Therefore, the main takeaway from a visit to the Netherlands shouldn’t be to just build more beautiful bike lanes. It should be to make the act of getting on a bike easy at first, and let the network grow from there. After all, as Dutch planners learned long ago, the most important part of your city’s bike plan is actually the car plan.

08/10/2026

07/10/2026

A 96-year-old man in Galway has been cycling every day to keep himself fit – and says he couldn’t go a day without it.

For 26 years, nonagenarian Vincent Hoban has been keeping himself fit and healthy with daily exercise on his bicycle, often going out for over an hour a day, sometimes twice.

🔗Read more 👉 https://tinyurl.com/szk9hmn5

06/10/2026

The fear is here!

04/10/2026

📅 Save the dates for our Autumn & Winter Cycle Schedule!
Full details for each individual event will follow soon.
​Scan the QR code to support our group and help us keep the wheels turning!