Sep 22, 2026 · 6 min · 6 segments
Is it actually possible to ditch your car in Ireland? Host Meghann Scully hits the streets of Dublin to find out how car-reliant we really are, and heads to Galway city to test out a brand new…
Megan ScullyHost
Stephen McManusGuest
Cycle rates in urban areas have certainly increased over the last two decades or so.
But Dublin, for example, it sees nowhere near the levels of cycling of cities like Amsterdam or Copenhagen.
In the Netherlands, it's just how you get around, whether you're seven or you're 77 years old.
Are you cycling down a nice, wide cycle path that is completely separate from traffic with clearly signposted intersections? Or are you on a cycle lane that is in fact a white line painted along the side of a bus corridor, vying for space with double-decker buses and pedestrians stepping out from between cars? A cycle lane that will end without warning and merge into two lanes of traffic.
Cycle rates in urban areas have certainly increased over the last two decades or so.
But Dublin, for example, it sees nowhere near the levels of cycling of cities like Amsterdam or Copenhagen.
In the Netherlands, it's just how you get around, whether you're seven or you're 77 years old.
Are you cycling down a nice, wide cycle path that is completely separate from traffic with clearly signposted intersections? Or are you on a cycle lane that is in fact a white line painted along the side of a bus corridor, vying for space with double-decker buses and pedestrians stepping out from between cars? A cycle lane that will end without warning and merge into two lanes of traffic.
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