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Plans for a bio-energy storage and distribution facility in Mullingar have been submitted to Westmeath County Council.

Kilkenny could become a leader among regional towns in the provision of sustainable transport according to Cllr Malcolm Noonan.

Ireland is almost completely dependent on fossil fuels. How vulnerable does that make our transport system and economy as a whole? Are biofuels really the way to ensure a sustainable transport system?

The Galway Cycling Campaign has welcomed the launch of a new national organisation and vision for cycling promotion.

Some 200 schoolchildren will cycle their way through the streets of Westport next Wednesday, May 20 in a novel road safety campaign to test the young cyclists’ skills.

The Galway City Council’s Transportation Unit is inviting the public to make their views known on the future of public transport in the city, particularly on light rail, bus rapid transit, and park and ride.

Green Party TD for Carlow/Kilkenny, Mary White, has said she is going to urge Kilkenny’s local authorities to facilitate the oncoming era of electric vehicles.

Transition year students in Coláiste Mhuire, Tuar Mhic Éadaigh, are organising a BcoolCycle2School competition, designed to encourage students to cycle to school. A bicycle is up for grabs by one of the students who “gets on his bike”.

Details have just been announced that the biggest cycling event in the west of Ireland will take place Sunday, May 24.

‘’Now that the much-awaited report into taxi numbers is completed, the government seems happy to ignore the obvious, breathe a sigh of relief and thank God they have yet another committee to hide behind,’’ Local Election candidate Eugene McGuinness.