Infrastructure M20 road between Cork and Limerick not due to start until 2027 New Government documents say 80km project will be completed by 2031
Politics Cabinet minister for capital may be better than mayor: Dublin ChamberStephen O’Leary, Dublin Chamber’s president, will also call for cuts to capital gains tax rate and for higher density residential development
business Delays to alcohol licensing laws will create more taxi shortages at Christmas, Free Now warns Taxi company says Ireland is facing another festive season where demand for drivers outstrips supply, putting passengers at risk of being stranded
Transport Dublin streets set for ‘most consequential’ change since Grafton Street pedestrianisationThe draft plans would see cars removed from the city’s quays, except for taxis
Insurance Cheaper insurance should help combat taxi shortages – insurer There are less than 19,500 licensed taxis, hackneys, and limousines on Irish roads today
CLIMATE Just 16% of Irish consumers avoiding leisure flights to help climate, survey showsDeloitte study shows consumers in Ireland attempting to buy more sustainable goods but yet to embrace more sustainable modes of transport
Transport P&O Ferries to axe Dublin to Liverpool routeRoute is mainly used to transport freight between the UK and Ireland
Climate & Environment Parking levies and congestion charges needed to reduce transport emissions - Climate Council chairClimate Change Advisory Council chair says people needed to be dissuaded from driving cars into urban centres
budget 2024 Greens push for lower travel and childcare fees in upcoming budgetParty aims to encourage more people on to public transport and distribute fare reductions evenly across country
Aviation Fingal considers legal action to restore ban on night flightsDAA may be forced to restrict operations at Dublin Airport in peak season
Politics Committee warned probe of search and rescue contract could aggravate concerns of political interferenceUnsuccessful bidder for €800m contract CHC has taken case in Commercial Court over procurement process
Transport Three in five willing to change travel habits to reduce carbon emissions - Red C 73 per cent of drivers would choose walking, cycling and public transport for journeys of less than 2 kilometres
Transport Fresh misery for motorists as tolls to rise for a second time in six monthsTransport Infrastructure Ireland will increase charges by up to 20 cent per trip as it prepares to launch MetroLink
Trade Dublin Port and Irish Rail in stand-off over road-building plansTrain operator’s fears dismissed by engineers after claims new roads would block future freight access to docks
Transport BusConnects lodges plans to buy more south Dublin landParcels of land in the financial sector region are among the private plots needed to widen the capital’s 16 bus corridors for BusConnects
Infrastructure Analysis: Can Eamon Ryan reinvigorate Ireland’s railways with latest rail review?Eamon Ryan, the Minister for Transport, brought the strategic rail review to cabinet today with the intention of reversing a century of rail decline.
Transport Dáil’s spending watchdog concerned over BusConnects expenditure Public Accounts Committee questions the transport authority’s ability to keep plan to overhaul bus networks within budget
Comment Shane Coleman: It is high time for dirty, druggy Dublin city to clean up its actRadical action is required to regenerate the centre of our capital – ideally a multi-agency approach to oversee its long-term social and economic regeneration
Bonkers bureaucracy Bonkers bureaucracy: from MetroLink to pedestrianisation – and polesThe Business Post takes aim at the macro and micro crippling inefficiencies and inconsistencies in administration that are holding Ireland back
Transport PAC chair calls on Minister to ‘knock heads together’ after €150m lost on abandoned transport projectsMembers of the Public Accounts Committee also expressed concern at the €300 million spent on the Metrolink to date
