Advisers concerned by lack of funding commitment for nature restoration plan
Plan is to be published in draft form for public consultation early next year
MetroLink
Ireland is brilliant at identifying problems and terrible at solving them
This week’s infrastructure plan sounds transformative until you realise we don’t have the workforce. It is like buying a faster car when the problem is you never learned to drive
Eurovision Israel boycott hits right note, but renaming Herzog Park feels tone deaf
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Will the Government’s new plan speed up the delivery of vital infrastructure projects?
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
Jack Chambers needs to tackle the culture issues in his own department
Department of Public Expenditure seems to consider procrastination as a virtue. It is penny wise and pound foolish
Ranelagh residents willing to enter mediation on efforts to challenge MetroLink, court told
Nineteen people living in Dartmouth Square West have filed judicial review proceedings over ACP’s grant of permission for 18.8km project
Legal fees could be capped at €41,000 for standard judicial review cases
Move comes amid wider plans to stem legal actions that can hold up projects as part of accelerating infrastructure plan
Can the infrastructure plan tackle Ireland’s packed trains and traffic gridlock?
It’s convenient for the Government that the new proposals lands just as Ranelagh residents take a judicial review against MetroLink
Ranelagh’s latest MetroLink objection highlights bananas nature of hyper-minority rule
Ireland is moving from a democracy to ‘vetocracy’, where governance is paralysed because someone, somewhere holds a veto
‘Christ, I’m angry’: Ciara Doherty’s striking interview with Andrew McGinley
Radio: Stand-in host is comfortable with tough topics, while Ciara Kelly courts controversy on Newstalk Breakfast
‘You have a traffic problem,’ Hans Zimmer tells Dublin before a mesmerising evening with the movie maestro
At 3Arena, Hollywood’s favourite composer performs some of the most moving scores in cinema history
‘I think they’re very brave’: Ranelagh residents react to legal challenge on MetroLink
Those living around planned terminus offer mixed feelings – convenience, but at too high a price?
Transport Minister says MetroLink plans could be derailed for two years
National Development Plan transport funding ratio tilts back toward road infrastructure
Coalition warned about fiscally ‘flying blind’
Government was supposed to update medium-term expenditure plan last summer but still hasn’t done so
MetroLink facing ‘inevitable delay’ following legal challenge from Ranelagh residents
Review proceedings taken by 19 individuals living next to proposed site for station in south Dublin suburb
Ireland’s economic miracle is like someone riding two horses on a surfboard
Now we are caught in a Catch 22 of our own making on migration and infrastructure
MetroLink: ‘Olympic village’ could be built for project workers, says transport expert
Accommodation housing some 8,000 workers could later be returned to State, TCD professor suggests
Dublin’s MetroLink challenge as army of 8,000 workers will be needed
The mind-bending scale of the MetroLink is beginning to reveal itself
Dublin MetroLink construction will need 8,000 workers, committee told
Project expects to ‘exhaust’ local workforce, with overseas contractors bringing some of their own personnel
Extension of Luas line will add four new stops and could be completed by 2031
The new line in Dublin is expected to cost about €600 million
John Collison is only half right. Ireland’s problem isn’t just process, it’s psychology
We have money, talent and trust, but to cross threshold into action demands something rarer: courage
OPW spent €180,000 on advice on potential impact of MetroLink
State body says it had sought specialist planning and engineering advice on effects metro system may have on its properties
Emergency laws to fast-track key infrastructure projects like MetroLink being considered
The new laws would identify projects of national importance and allow some planning processes to be bypassed
I want MetroLink, but must it be at the expense of St Stephen’s Green?
In years to come, people will wonder why we agreed to put a station in the city’s most beloved public space
Imagine if Ireland could lay rail tracks as quickly as it builds roads
If Luas Finglas is delivered on time, there will have been a 15-year gap since the last Luas extension
Train line closures to cause disruption of up to 21 months during Dublin Metrolink construction
Passengers face disruption from Maynooth and Dunboyne to Dublin
‘Enabling’ works on MetroLink could start in 2027, says Minister
Darragh O’Brien says two consortiums have confirmed they will bid for the project
‘It’s been going on for as long as I can remember’: Swords residents on MetroLink approval
While granting of planning permission has generally been welcomed, some remain sceptical on timeline for delivery
MetroLink will have adverse effects across Dublin, planning commission acknowledges
Locations set to feel ‘significant’ impacts include St Stephen’s Green, O’Connell Street Upper and Carroll’s building in Dublin 6
Little doubt MetroLink would get the green light, but what will be the bottom line?
Cost of largest infrastructure project in the history of the State will be far north of €3.5bn estimate back in 2010
Two consortiums will bid to build long-awaited MetroLink
Dublin line expected to begin operating in mid-2030s, providing 20-minute airport-to-city journeys
Planned Dublin Metro linking city centre with airport and Swords could open in stages
Testing and starting services on railway in phases could cut multi-billion euro project’s costs
Ireland and the world must do megaprojects better
A megaproject is a large-scale, complex and often transformative venture, typically costing $1bn or more
Years-long wait for MetroLink planning permission could deter international investors, senior director says
Scrapped Metro North project also a black mark against Ireland
Consortium of five international companies to bid for MetroLink project
If approved, construction of 18.8 km mostly underground MetroLink should begin between 2028 and 2031
Dublin Chamber backs MetroLink plans
Dermot Desmond, Michael O’Leary have both criticised the project
Why is the delivery of vital infrastructure so slow in Ireland?
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
Government ‘should take advantage’ of stable building costs now, say surveyors
Easing construction inflation an opportunity to achieve progress with National Development Plan
Depicting MetroLink as primarily an airport service is an example of Michael O’Leary’s myopic thinking
Arguments by the Ryanair boss that we should give up on rail solutions and rely on the car and bus make no sense
Dublin’s MetroLink: How much will it really cost?
Plenty of people, including Michael O’Leary, have come out with countless different figures, some proclaiming them with great certainty
MetroLink delivery should be prioritised, US multinationals tell Government
Nine in 10 US corporations happy with Irish operations, AmCham members say, with 68% planning further investment over next five years
Have we ever really considered what the future of transportation will look like?
It is likely to take decades before AVs can operate reliably in mixed urban traffic and bad weather conditions
The Irish Times view on AI vehicles: no replacement for MetroLink
Dermot Desmond’s suggestion misses the point entirely
Michael O’Leary and Dermot Desmond’s MetroLink comments show you can be rich and wrong
Rich men are not always right. Let’s listen to the experts
Dermot Desmond is both right and wrong that AI will supersede MetroLink
Prospect of companies like Tesla or ChatGPT running a network of autonomous vehicles will worry many people
AI will make Dublin’s MetroLink obsolete, says Dermot Desmond
Businessman says Government should abandon project as AI will lead to rise in self-driving cars
BusConnects route will come in ‘on time, on budget’, says Darragh O’Brien
Minister for Transport announces contract for €274m bus ‘corridor’ connecting Liffey Valley to Dublin city centre
Sydney got the Opera House and we had Ardnacrusha. It’s time for that kind of ambition again
Megaprojects from supergrids to forests and ambitious railway schemes need to be part of our climate goals
Spending on infrastructure makes sense, cutting VAT on hospitality is madness
However, unless the planning system is reformed, I’m unlikely during my lifetime to ride the metro or drink Shannon water from my tap
How will the updated National Development Plan shape Ireland in years to come?
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
MetroLink to Dublin Airport not needed, says Michael O’Leary
Government cannot be trusted on €275bn development plan, airline boss warns
National Development Plan main points: how much is being spent and what are the big winners?
NDP is a total investment of €275.4bn from 2026-2035
Budget to focus on long-term gains at cost of short-term pain
Spending on infrastructure to rise as cost-of-living measures unlikely to feature
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