Sligo Cycling Campaign

14/09/2026

Campaign member Joan Swift was fortunate to discover her visit to Navan yesterday coincided with Navan Cycling Initiative 's Siamsa Glas cycle to Baile Ghibb & Pairc Beo Greenway Hub. Great to meet up with Dave, Donal, Ed & Kevin! It was a most enjoyable trip especially in a week when greenways were under intense discussion at home. Suffice it to say it does them a grave disservice to regard them as mere bicycle tracks. Navan doesn't have mountains or a lake or the sea ...and yet...

14/09/2026

We're delighted with this news. We sent a positive submission to the consultation with a few caveats related to access. It's bang in the middle of the decarbonisation zone but the only improved access is 90 extra car parking spaces. It needs public transport & safe cycling access from all sides of town.

03/09/2026

What a great initiative! Essential skills for anyone who rides a bike! We wish you every success with the course!

Limited spaces available. For more information contact Marie by email: [email protected] or by phone 087 1169 500.

28/08/2026

Delighted to see this awareness raising for Ballymote Tubbercurry MD from Cllr Liam Brennan . It's the first we have noticed for that area. It is heartening to see councillors of all parties and none tuned in to the message lower speed s are safer when people walking wheeling and cycling mix with traffic

27/08/2026

Thank you Cllr Marie Casserly for raising awareness about this important consultation and supporting where people walking, wheeling and cycling mix with traffic, We hope there will be lots of submissions from all around the Sligo Drumcliffe MD.

27/08/2026

Thanks you Councillor Edel McSharry. It's great to see our councillors who will have the final say on 30 km speed limits so tuned in to the many benefits. It is understandable too they would be concerned about areas not covered by the current guidelines. However, even if your own area isn't currently under review most people come into Sligo for shopping, socialising or education so see what you think of the proposals for the urban area.

30km/h Speed Limits – Have Your Say 🚸

I welcome the move towards 30km/h speed limits in urban and built-up areas. This is an important step towards making our roads safer, particularly for children, pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users.

I have been highlighting this issue in the Sligo Weekender and on Ocean FM, and I would encourage everyone to take a few minutes to review the proposals and have their say.

Some areas, particularly schools in the Sligo Drumcliffe Municipal District, have been omitted because they are not currently classified as urban or built-up areas. It is important that these locations are highlighted so that appropriate road safety action can be progressed .

📅 Submissions close at 4pm on Friday, 4 September 2026.

👉 Have your say – click on the link below:
https://consult.sligococo.ie/browse

Safer roads mean safer communities.

27/08/2026

It's great to see such interest in the speed limit consultation in the Sligo Drumcliffe MD. Cllr MarieCllr Marie Casserly has been a early supporter of . The first photo here is of Marie with Joan Swift at a rally in Leinster House last October organised by a coalition of groups concerned about the government u turn on implementing the original recommendations of the Speed Limit Review Group, The 2nd photo is of Marie with member Joan and Campaign Chair Una L'Estrange at the pop-up awareness day we organised at The Canopy Sligo in March. Just 10 days left for all local politicians to rally the troops, direct people to the consultation page and make submissions,

26/08/2026

We're proud to also be a member of Sligo PPN and to have had the privilege of having done a podcast with Val, Magnumlady’s Blog - Sligo and Beyond . Val is a pro, being both professional and emphathetic and you're right, the series is so worthwhile and informative.

A very overdue thank you to the wonderful Val Robus for sitting down with me earlier this summer for a chat about Havin’ a Laugh. 💛

As always, I loved getting the chance to talk about the charity, why we do what we do and how it has grown. But I equally love the chats behind the scenes with Val, hearing how she’s getting on, seeing how far she’s come and feeling very lucky that Havin’ a Laugh has been a little part of her journey along the way.

Click here or on link in comments: https://www.sligoppn.com/sligo-community-voices-podcast-episode-15/

And a big shout-out to the Sligo Public Participation Network (PPN) for creating the Voices of the Community podcast series. There’s something really valuable about community organisations being asked to tell their own stories, in their own voices, to know that someone wants to listen and that those experiences matter.

Thanks Val for another great chat, and to the PPN for continuing to create space for community voices to be heard. 🎙️💛

19/08/2026

Our thanks to the editor of The Sligo Champion for giving us the opportunity to raise awareness this consultation is happening for 45 towns and villages all over County Sligo and to explain why we support the widespread roll-out of 30 km/h speed limits. And thank you Magnumlady’s Blog - Sligo and Beyondfor the photo! Sligo County Council road engineers have done trojan work (though we will be proposing some additions). and the councillors will vote in the Autumn. In the meantime its over to us , the general public who walk, wheel, cycle and drive in these urban and built up areas to have our say. What kind of streets do we want our children to travel to school on, our mother-in -law to make her way to the shops on? Please log in to the consultation, check the map of interest to you and make a submission before September 4th. So far there are only 5! Sligo PPN Sligo Tidy Towns Sligo BID Our Lady of Mercy Primary School Sligo St Marys Gaa St. John's National School Sligo Strandhill National School. Carbury National School Scoil Ursula N.S. Gaelscoil Chnoc na Ré Chain Driven Cycles Ballisodare Bay Cycling Club Rosses Point Development Association Drumcliffe Rathcormac TidyTowns The Irish Cycling Campaign IrishCycle.com Sligo Coastal Mobility Route Sligo Environmental Network Ocean FM Ireland Gaelscoil Chnoc na Ré Cranmore Coop Sligo Woodland School

Cycling campaign group welcome likely introduction of 30 km/h speed zones in built-up areas of Sligo

17/05/2026

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Bike Week cycle of the Sligo Seaway! More information on the Seaway is available here:
https://sligocoastalmobilityroute.wordpress.com/sligo-coastal-mobility-route-campaign-description/