clonbikecast: Recent Episodes
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We visit the colourful and vibrant B!KE community workshop in Peterborough Ontario Canada where Allison caught up with Tegan Moss, the executive director to hear all about how teaching and learning bike mechanics is transforming the local community. Also a few words from Jack Kelleher at our own community workshop The Bike Circus about our apprenticeship programme.
In this week's podcast we bring you the recording of the national launch conference for Cyclist.ie's 'A Vision for Cycling in Rural Ireland' which took place on zoom on Wednesday 23rd September 2020.
Allison talks to Clon Bike Cast producer and co-founder of the Clon Bike Fest Justin Grounds about his love of bikes and adventures, how the bike fest began and his vision for bike communities in the future.
Its 'Get to School on your own fuel' week and Allison speaks with Cath Russell, the local Green Schools Travel Officer.
Allison speaks to Donna Cooney, artist, Green Party councillor and Dublin's first Bicycle Mayor about women and children on bikes.
Allison speaks with the amazing Clara Clark, Irish cycle advocate and the founder of Cycling Without Age Ireland, about the importance of access to cycling for all ages.
Allison speaks with Mike McKillen, longtime cycle advocate and one of the founders of cyclist.ie about the history of cycle advocacy in Ireland.
Allison speaks with journalist, bicycle lover and environmentalist Ellie O Byrne about freedom of information.
Allison speaks with Anne Cronin and four of the kids from the Limerick Cycle Bus about cycling to school rain or shine, and how they got their young voices heard in the council offices to get better infrastructure.
This week as part of our 'Creating Safe Streets' series, Allison speaks with Damien Ó Tuama, Ireland's national cycling coordinator.
This week as part of our 'Creating Safe Streets' series, Allison speaks with Mairead Forsythe, long time cycle advocate, board member of the Dublin Cycling Campaign and champion of #love30, the campaign for reduced speed limits in town centres.
Allison speaks to Bernie Connolly from the Cork Environmental Forum on the ups and downs of campaigning for safer more sustainable transport in Cork City and beyond.
An edited recording from our Cycle School Bus panel at the 2020 Clonakilty Bicycle Festival, featuring Alan Curran (Galway Cycle Bus), Conor Buckley and Anne Cronin (Limerick Cycle Bus), Ruth Bullough and Katie Mann (Skibbereen Cycle Bus/Cycle Sense) and Aodhán King (Dublin D12 Cycle Bus) Allison Roberts was chairing the panel, and the music was by Justin Grounds
In Ep 2 of our podcast series, Clon Bike Fest organizer Allison Roberts talks to local teacher and historian Kieran Doyle about the history of cycling in West Cork, and we have exerpts from the Arts for Health project 'Frozen and Forgotten', a collection of people's remembrances of bicycles of days gone by.
In our first episode we have teamed up with Tahverlee from The Bike Life Podcast and Warmshowers.org. We spoke about this year's festival, how Clonakilty Bicycle Festival started in 2012, our vision for the future and some stories from our bike travels, staying with warm showers hosts.