Galway politicians lock horns over greenway plan
Junior minister Cannon backs Athenry-Tuam-Milltown plan, but Canney holding out for rail line re-opening
Minister of State Ciaran Cannon is at loggerheads with his constituency colleague over a plan to turn an abandoned railway line into a greenway.
The rail line running through Athenry, Tuam and Milltown in Galway has been closed for passenger traffic since 1976, despite a vigorous campaign to revive it.
Now Minister of State Ciaran Cannon is backing the conversion of the rail line to a greenway.
“We are looking at a facility ...
