MetroLink
Ireland is trying to fund environmental protection on the cheap
Nature restoration isn’t a luxury. It’s one of the highest-return investments available to the State
Invitation issued to bid for €7.3bn MetroLink contract
Expressions of interest sought for deal to supply trains, tracks and stations and run 19km line
Grand Canal site with full planning for large office scheme seeking €16m
Former home of Construction Industry Federation came close to being sold for €23m in midst of Covid-19 pandemic
MetroLink spending tops €360m before construction begins, department figures show
New cost estimates for 19km underground line submitted for approval for the first time in four years
Where next for MetroLink as its project director disembarks?
It’s crunch time for the State’s first underground line, with the first update in the cost of Dublin rail project coming since 2022
Blind woman claims she wasn’t told home of 34 years will be demolished for MetroLink
Compulsory Purchase Orders have been placed on properties at Townsend Street in Dublin
Ireland can learn from China for MetroLink and Cork Light Rail, says Jerry Buttimer
Minister of State says he has ‘matured in my approach’ to China, whose record on human rights he has criticised
MetroLink in deal for office headquarters in Dublin’s north docklands
Railway project team takes space for more than 400 workers at Coopers Cross scheme
‘It’s a fantastic moment for Ireland ... €275bn of investment in the next 10 years’
As the State prepares to spend big on infrastructure, Arup boss Jerome Frost is keen to expand its activities here
Dublin Airport will reach breaking point. It’s time to revisit the case for Baldonnel
Lifting the Dublin Airport passenger cap and buying up homes of residents disturbed by noise only goes so far. We need a second airport
Better and cheaper alternatives to proposed MetroLink to Dublin Airport do exist
Views of Michael O’Leary on ‘unnecessary’ underground railway deserve consideration
MetroLink: Bidding process for construction contracts worth €7.9bn begins
Each agreement will bear responsibility for tunnelling, track alignment, stations, and bridges along route
The Irish Times view on housing policy: a welcome change of tone
It will only be effective if it acts quickly and decisively and accepts the associated risk
MetroLink: Buying Dartmouth Square houses in Ranelagh ‘to cost more than €30 million’
Between 10 and 15 homes on Dublin square will be bought after agreement reached with residents, and offers made on other homes on route, says project director
Hammerson lodges plans for 10 padel courts at Swords Pavilions shopping centre
Facility would also have cafe and rooftop viewing platform
Planning permission sought for new 249-bed student housing development at site of ‘derelict’ Dublin pub
Cabra premises has been vacant since 2016 and was the site of the murder of gang leader Eamon Dunne
Ireland was seen as ‘a soft touch’ on immigration, says James Lawless
Minister says shortage of construction workers means State needs to ‘do more with less’
Congestion charges will not be introduced in Dublin, despite worsening traffic
City council traffic chief favours public transport improvements over driver payments
Who decides what the common good is in Ireland? The uncommonly privileged, that’s who
For most people, reality is a constant battle, but our masters of the universe are seldom spotted entertaining everyday hassles
TII to buy Dartmouth Square objectors’ houses as challenge to MetroLink is dropped
Surprise move, which will end judicial review proceedings, is expected to facilitate the early development of the rail line
‘You’re talking about 6am to 6pm door-to-door’: How motorway congestion in Dublin is getting worse
There has been a 40% increase in M50 traffic on its busiest stretches, between Finglas and Blanchardstown
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
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?
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