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Mon 08 Aug 2008Advertising space for rental bikes 'a dodgy deal'
THE AGREEMENT between Dublin City Council and international advertising company JC Decaux to provide rental bicycles in exchange for advertising space estimated to be worth €1 million annually is a "dodgy deal", Green Party TD Ciarán Cuffe has said.
Mr Cuffe was speaking at a Dublin seminar for international architecture students yesterday. Asked by a delegate what proportion of the Government transport budget was spent on cycling infrastructure, he said: "almost zero".
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