Metrolink

The Government has an opportunity to make progress but it can’t just continue doing the same things

Plus: death of a behind-the-scenes Irish music legend; Enoch Burke sees out a second principal; and Doireann Garrihy loses ground

New Oireachtas committee needs continued failure in big projects if it is to function effectively for its members

Dr Sean Sweeney says project might not be completed by 2035 deadline

Government considering steps to allow Land Development Agency to build more private housing at its projects

Minister outlines plan for taskforce to tackle ‘some of the slowest systems of delivery’ in world

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan: Why projects like BusConnects and Metro North take decades to deliver

Briefing for Darragh O’Brien warns true cost of link between Swords, Dublin Airport and city centre will only be known at procurement stage

Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien advises changes must be made to learner permit regime for sake of road safety

Interim facility would be replaced by larger park-and-ride facility when planned MetroLink system is built

Dublin City Council ultimately said it accepted that ‘providing a bridge over the M50 is not within the scope of the project’

Terminal 1′s under-utilised basement has double-height ceilings for a specific reason

Why spending €514,000 for a 33-page report on MetroLink may prove good value for taxpayers

Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy accuses State bodies of ‘out of control’ expenditure on consultants

Commuters on the proposed route, many sitting in daily traffic with few other options, will hope that a decision is forthcoming shortly

Lidl owns sites at the proposed Northwood metro station, just south of the M50 in north Dublin

Payments ‘considerably in excess’ of the maximum compensation of €75,000 would be required, according to new submissions made to An Bord Pleanála

Planned MetroLink station would have ‘direct, severe, negative, profound and permanent impact’ on park, Office of Public Works argues

Early sanction for the new line could see services in 2031 five years ahead of schedule

Sean Sweeney, appointed in June, also sought changes to pension terms and car access ahead of taking up post

Plan to re-introduce freight rail line to port of Foynes ‘identified a high level of noncompliance’ - report

Like Britain, we suffer from advanced administrative sclerosis, but we’re in complete denial

Ireland is a country with first-world income but third-world infrastructure. We have the opportunity to rectify this. Our problem is not a lack of cash, it’s a lack of courage

Two external advisory groups recommended a similar idea but as a new unit within the Department of Public Expenditure rather than as a separate Government department

Restrictions on city quays in place from Sunday but face first real test on Monday morning

National children’s hospital debacle shows State must avoid mismanaging mega-projects

About two million domestic and foreign motorists use the M50 and Dublin Port Tunnel toll roads each year, Transport Infrastructure Ireland says

Population growth in the area and recommendations of all-island strategic rail blueprint review to be examined

Minister says proposal put forward by Taoiseach is ‘the kind of change that can make a big difference’

Department of Public Expenditure noted efforts to recruit project director at lower salary failed to yield candidate of sufficient calibre to manage likely ‘largest-ever public investment project in the history of the State’

Consultation on the €9.5bn rail line reopening five months after Bord Pleanála hearing closed

A new strategy review document favours building a surface railway to serve Dublin airport by linking it to the Dublin suburban network at Clongriffin

About half the State’s annual corporate tax take – €12 billion – is now classified as windfall

Survey of 400 industry stakeholders sheds light on issues impacting Ireland’s property market, such as housing supply

Employers group says time is needed to examine how traffic restrictions would interact with construction of Metrolink and outcome for new city centre taskforce

Figure includes estimated €300 million on current plan to connect Dublin airport to the city centre and €150m on past initiatives

8.3-acre land holding next to Junction 4 of M1 motorway at Lissenhall East zoned for delivery of high-technology commercial scheme

Infrastructure investor interested in backing rail link between city and airport

More than 120 parties made submissions on underground rail line during six-week An Bord Pleanála hearing

Transport Infrastructure Ireland CEO Peter Walsh was speaking on the final day of An Bord Pleanála’s hearing on the proposed 18.8km rail line