Cycling lobbyists have presented Dublin’s lord mayor with a new bike after his official car was photographed parked in a city centre cycling lane.

The €500 cost of the gift was raised within nine hours through a GoFundMe page set up by the Dublin Cycling Campaign and was provided at cost price by Astrid Fitzpatrick, the owner of the Dutch Bike Shop in Clonskeagh.

Colm Ryder, from the cycling lobby group, said he hoped Nial Ring, the mayor, would use it to gain a perspective on what it is like to be a cyclist in Dublin. He also said the lord mayor was being granted the “freedom of the city” in its true sense. The bicycle will be available to future councillors who occupy Mr