Senior civil servant appointed as ‘housing tsar’ with brief to speed up development
Minister’s previously indicated choice, ex-Nama chief Brendan McDonagh, withdrew amid controversy over salary
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Thirty obstacles to meeting climate targets identified by all-party committee
Most are ascribed to shortfalls in Government planning, policies, action and communications
MetroLink: Bidding process for construction contracts worth €7.9bn begins
Each agreement will bear responsibility for tunnelling, track alignment, stations, and bridges along route
Communities bracing for more rain in areas already battered by Storm Chandra
Wexford County Council warns of ‘high risk’ of more flooding in Enniscorthy over bank holiday weekend
St Patrick’s Day trips for Ministers set to be approved; the cost of Dart+ South West
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Dublin Bus is offering €15,000 for ideas. Here’s one for free: channel Michael O’Leary
The evidence from cities that actually fixed this problem is remarkably consistent. It wasn’t congestion charging – at least, not alone
‘It’s just stressful’: Workers facing two and three hour commutes into Dublin
TD missed start of Dáil debate calling for wider right to remote and flexible working as journey from Kildare took more than three hours
Four incidents, 45 deaths and strikes over safety concerns: A week of crisis on Spanish rails
Network, in particular its high-speed lines, has suffered from lack of investment in maintenance in favour of expansion
Spanish train operator orders speed limit on Madrid-Barcelona line following fatal crash
Faulty rail joint may be key to determining cause of derailment that led to collision two high-speed services
At least 40 killed and more than 150 injured in Spanish high-speed train crash
Bodies of victims found hundreds of metres away from site of ‘incredibly violent’ collision between two services near Córdoba
‘Extremely strange’: Experts baffled by deadly high-speed train crash in Spain
First train derailed on straight section of track and had been recently renovated
What is the priority legislation coming before the Dáil this term?
Rent reform, immigration, infrastructure and AI top political agenda as TDs return to pass laws
Permission for Luas extension to Finglas now facing three legal challenges
Proposed route would run from the current Green line terminus at Broombridge to Charlestown
The Irish Times view on public transport funding: a failure of political imagination
Transformational projects like MetroLink cannot substitute for incremental annual improvements
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