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Ireland should receive more EU funding for major transport projects – Jack Chambers
The junior transport minister raised the issue in Brussels this week
The government wants to tap the EU for extra funding to build major transport and energy projects, including port upgrades, offshore wind infrastructure, Dart+ and Metrolink.
Jack Chambers, the junior transport minister, raised the issue at a meeting with his EU counterparts and the European Commission on Wednesday and Thursday in Brussels.
He said Ireland had “concerns” that a significant portion of the money from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) — a seven-year, €34 billion ...