“Health and safety” trumps public access as beer garden blocking State-owned canal towpath route defended after millions spend on greenway In theory, public investment of tens of millions of euro over decades should have left the Grand Canal Greenway accessible to wheelchair users, accessible/adapted cycles, parents with children in prams, cargo bikes, bicycle trailers, and touring cyclists with fully loaded panniers. But this is not the case. While the route between… https://irishcycle.com/2026/04/06/health-and-safety-trumps-public-access-as-beer-garden-blocking-state-owned-canal-towpath-route-defended-after-millions-spend-on-greenway/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social