The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Joe Carroll, is encouraging young and old to discover the joys of cycling during Bike Week Cork 2025.
The week-long festival, which is jam packed with events catering for all ages, takes place from Saturday, May 10th to Sunday, May 18th, with this year’s event featuring over 315 events across Cork to showcase the many benefits of cycling.
“It’s fantastic to see so many free and fun events organised to promote cycling across the county,” Mayor Carroll said at the launch of Bike Week Cork 2025. “Many of the events have been organised to appeal to younger generations and to highlight the benefits of cycling as a mode of transport. Given the number of events organised, there is something for everybody and I would encourage all residents of Cork county to get out and give cycling a try this Bike Week.”
Bike Week Cork 2025 is an opportunity for Cork County Council, together with Cork Sports Partnership, to highlight and encourage the benefits of cycling. Cork County Council has organised cycling challenges in several schools including the primary schools in Skibbereen who are already getting ready for the May Challenge, a ‘try a bike’ event for Carrigtwohill Business & Technology Park and will once again work with Mary Geary’s Childcare in Carrigtwohill to build on our successful cycle to school event in 2024.
“As part of Bike Week Cork 2025, we have over 315 events scheduled to take place throughout Cork,” James Kirby of Cork Sports Partnership explained. “Bike Week Cork has continuously grown over the years through a very successful partnership between Cork Sports Partnership, Cork County Council, Cork City Council, and multiple other stakeholders.
“Events include a wide variety of free family fun cycles, leisure cycles, come and try sessions, bike maintenance workshops, challenges and nature, historic & scenic cycles alongside events to be held in schools, clubs, workplaces, youth services, disability services, charity organisations and across communities covering the length and breadth of Cork County. With over 18,000 people of all ages and abilities taking part last year we are hoping to go bigger and better in 2025”.
Chief Executive of Cork County Council, Moira Murrell also noted that the rollout of the Safe Routes to School Schemes, which Cork County Council has undertaken in the last three years, has been a significant driver to the increase in cycling among younger generations, with nine Safe Routes to Schools delivered to date.
For details of all Bike Week events taking place in Cork county this year, visit www.corkbikeweek.ie
