BBC Look North on W Yorkshire Police OpSnap taking further action against drivers who close pass cyclists. In the last year action was taken against 2,547 drivers who either paid for a retraining course or received a fixed penalty fine or a court summons.

Ireland taxes index funds at 41% with a forced sale (deemed disposal) every 8 years, even if you don’t sell. Regular stocks? 33% and no disposal rule. It discourages long-term investing and hurts small investors. Time for reform. #TaxFairness #IndexFunds

Fall in Mount Assiniboine, Canada 🍂

THE CYANLINES NETWORK IS SET TO LINK UP GREATER MANCHESTER’S BOROUGHS AND BRING COMMUNITIES CLOSER TO NATURE Manchester City Council has revealed the first phase of a city-wide regeneration programme aiming to create more than 100 miles of interconnected ‘green and blue’

With space for 12,500 bikes, Utrecht Centraal Station is one of the best examples of the seamless way the Dutch have chained the bicycle and the train into a single form of mobility that connects people to all of their daily needs: housing, employment, education, and healthcare.

One in three fatal crashes is linked to speeding. Yet speed limit reforms have been shelved. 🚦 Road safety is not urban vs rural, or green vs anti-green. It’s a public good. My latest Irish Independent opinion column 👇 #RoadSafety independent.ie/opinion/commen…

What a run! 🔥 Fionnuala McCormack (Kilcoole AC) storms to a 9th place finish at the Women’s Marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo 👏 Her best EVER performance at global level 🤯 ⏱️ 2:30:16 #IrishAthletics #WorldAthleticsChamps

Ireland is home to 73% of Europe’s ETFs – yet Irish investors face some of the continent’s harshest tax rules. Regina Doherty says it’s time to end the penalty on savers businesspost.ie/analysis-opini…

It’s getting close 📕 I’d love you to join me for my upcoming book launch 🚀 22nd of October & I’ll be chatting to the brilliant @jacquihurley7 🗣️ Thanks to @eason_ireland for supporting the event & @gillbooks 🙌 Tickets (inc ✍️ copy)👇 ti.to/eason/eason-pr…

Default 20mph limits are a win/win for both insurers and drivers in this analysis of the reductions in claims and premiums in Wales from an insurance injury perspective. The scale of benefit is £90m pa in reduced premiums for the 2m drivers in Wales. #20splenty for insurers and

.Katherine O'Connor with the 🥈 in the World Champs👌. What a performance. All about a change in mindset to believe she is good enough. #Tokyo2025

So proud to be in 🇯🇵 to witness this amazing lady ⁦Katherine O'Connor⁩ win 🥈 for 🇮🇪. Ireland’s greatest ever all round athlete.

💰🇬🇧 UK encourage saving and investing - £20,000/year tax free in ISA accounts. 💸🇮🇪 FF discourage saving and investing - 33% DIRT tax and 41% Deemed Disposal. Result: your money rots in current accounts guaranteed to lose value to inflation. #taxreform

The grim results of UK policy where you can pave your entire front and back gardens without planning permission. Seems increasingly more common and makes for ugly streets void of nature. createstreets

Scrap ‘punitive’ ETF tax now, urges State Street Ireland boss businesspost.ie/markets/scrap-…

After an incredible journey, it’s time to officially say goodbye to competitive athletics. From European U23 silver, 8 national titles, breaking 2 national relay records, to running the fastest 400m ever by an Irishman on Irish soil — moments I’ll cherish forever.

The High Line in NYC might be the best public project built in America over the last 20 years

Lower speed limits will help Ireland reduce road deaths Wales cut road casualties by 28% after reducing speed limits. Yet only one of the new lower speed limits introduced in Ireland's Road Traffic Act 2024 has been implemented irishexaminer.com/opinion/commen…

👏 Regina Doherty MEP pushing for this long overdue change that could mean hundreds of thousands for average people over a lifetime. British are encouraged with £20k/yr tax-free allowance. Irish are punished with 41% Deemed Disposal tax. Paschal Donohoe dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/ar…

Don’t Expect Things to Feel Good all the Time Oftentimes, you don’t need to feel good to get going, you need to get going to give yourself a chance at feeling good. It’s not always easy, but sometimes you’ve got to force yourself to take action to change your mental state.