Ghost buses ‘simply not acceptable’, Minister for Transport says
Increased prevalence of buses being listed but not arriving is of ‘grave concern’
Transport Infrastructure Ireland
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 most expensive toll road journeys costing ‘the better part of €100 a week’
Tolls on several major roadways are set to rise in 2026 for private motorists as well as hauliers
Storm Claudia: Motorists urged to take caution as flooding still possible in Leinster and Munster
Co Wexford badly hit, with homes and businesses flooded as rivers burst their banks
Private motorway operators paid €92m for underused toll roads since 2010
Taxpayers paid nearly €74.5m in traffic guarantee payments for the Limerick Tunnel to M7 scheme in last 15 years
The toll operators that collected €476m from drivers on Ireland’s roads last year
The companies who own and operate Irish toll roads collected nearly €1.3 million every day last year
Fossil fuel dependence ‘is Ireland’s biggest block’ to achieving carbon emissions cuts
‘Expensive’ fossil fuels subsidised by €4.7bn of taxpayers’ money as Climate Change Advisory Council warns over ‘harmful use’
Limits of heavy-load transport will hit electricity supplies, hauliers warn
Government proposals don’t take the needs of industry into account, hauliers claim
Drivers to face higher tolls on M50 and Dublin Port Tunnel from January
Users of the M4 Kilcock to Kinnegad and M3 Clonee to Kells motorway will be affected by a 10 cent rise
Train line closures to cause disruption of up to 21 months during Dublin Metrolink construction
Passengers face disruption from Maynooth and Dunboyne to Dublin
MetroLink Dublin has been approved. How long until it arrives?
In the News podcast: Dublin line expected to begin operating in mid-2030s, providing 20-minute airport-to-city journeys
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
Surplus Co Cork land owned by transport body could be converted into native woodland
Bank of 36 acres would be managed ‘into perpetuity’ by the Nature Trust under move to help address TII’s carbon footprint
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
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
Will the Government’s big projects survive the next downturn?
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Judicial system is on the front line of the fight to avert climate catastrophe
Looming legal battles over transport and energy projects will determine which direction we take
Pretax losses at Luas operator Transdev reduce by 61%
Tram badly damaged in Dublin riots will be back in service in 2026
Decision on €9bn MetroLink rail project expected within weeks
First confirmed timeline for progress on 16-stop line serving airport and city centre
Future of the Luas: suburban routes and circular services around Dublin by 2050
Work on new lines should begin every one or two years to build tram network fit for future, transport officials say
‘We’ve dropped the ball’: Ireland’s housing targets will be missed because the water, electricity and roads required can’t be delivered
Badly needed scaling up of house-building is threatened by transport and utilities projects stuck in the planning pipeline. What is to be done?
TII expects to seek planning permission for €2bn M20 Cork-Limerick motorway next year
Project co-ordinator expects travel times between two cities to be reduced by 30 minutes
How St Stephen’s Green went from a mucky marsh to Dublin’s most famous square in 400 years
Roaming pigs and geese, the obnoxious Whaley family, one of Ireland’s first Michelin stars and ‘shocking destruction’ of the city’s built heritage from the 1960s ... the green has seen it all
Engineering consultancy Ramboll interested in Metrolink bid
Executive says airport rail project, promised for delivery by 2035, is badly needed
Dublin’s €70bn infrastructural upgrade: how it breaks down
KPMG reckons Irish capital needs €70bn investment in housing, transport, water and energy
ATM joins Alstom to bid for Luas contract
Transport Infrastructure Ireland tendering for the contract to operate, maintain and overhaul the Luas
MetroLink job vacancy: could this fixed-term contract become a job for life?
Plus: death of a behind-the-scenes Irish music legend; Enoch Burke sees out a second principal; and Doireann Garrihy loses ground
Jack Chambers criticises people who object to housing on basis it affects their ‘area’s character’
Minister outlines plan for taskforce to tackle ‘some of the slowest systems of delivery’ in world
Cork pub owner thought it was a prank when told by customers of plan to demolish his business for Luas route
Con Dennehy, who runs Venue Bar in Ballintemple with partner Kate Tierney, thought texts part of elaborate prank
Luas Cork mapped: Preferred route for €2bn project unveiled
Proposed line from Ballincollig to Mahon would feature 25 stops and connect key destinations along the route
Investment in public transport is key to success of revised national planning framework
Either we spend a lot more on public transport, especially in regional cities and on rail lines serving new commuter belts, or the framework will be meaningless
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