Eamon Ryan

Dublin to Belfast train link expanded to hourly service

Connolly Station and Belfast’s new Grand Central will see 15 services in each direction

New EirGrid chief to receive salary of €300,000 after Government agrees to raise

Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe sets pay rate at €300,000 for new EirGrid CEO – €60,000 more than the Taoiseach earns

Dublin’s next Luas line has been approved, we asked those who’ll be served by it what they think

Cabinet has approved Dublin’s next Luas line, which could bring trams to Finglas by 2031. About 60,000 people would be served by it. We asked some what they think

Lobby group calls for dedicated energy minister

Eamon Ryan’s brief is too broad, says Industry group Fuels for Ireland in call for dedicated government department

Finglas Luas: New tram line could service population of 60,000 by 2031

Early sanction for the new line could see services in 2031 five years ahead of schedule

Planes allegedly carrying munitions over State may not have needed permission for ‘some of’ cargo – Ryan

Minister says there is ‘ambiguity’ around whether aircraft needed an exemption but were not in breach of international law

Kerry Airport chief warns that Dublin Airport passenger cap is bad for business

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Eamon Ryan to raise fears of biofuel import fraud with EU committee

Minister for Transport calls for investigation by EU on biofuel imports

Funding uncertainty for climate-vulnerable countries may undermine a Cop29 agreement, says Ryan

Event’s critical issue ‘providing finance’ where African countries were being frozen out of private finance to help clean energy transition

Why are environment activists so divided on the issue of liquefied natural gas?

LNG is a hot issue within the environment movement, while most governments insist it is essential to national energy security

Doubts remain on passing of legislation on marine protected areas but €25m LIFE project to go ahead

Ministers Malcolm Noonan and Eamon Ryan say they want Bill passed before election as was agreed in programme for government

Gardaí have compiled list of Oireachtas members and other people they believe have been targeted by Russians

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín calls on Irish political parties to audit members to see if anyone has received potential contact from Russian intelligence

Transport chiefs plan to break up Road Safety Agency and start big projects using Apple proceeds

Budget 2025: Eamon Ryan favours investing in metropolitan rail in Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford

High Court overturns refusal of permission for Shannon LNG terminal in Co Kerry

Judge proposes to ask An Bord Pleanála to reconsider planning application ‘in accordance with law’

High Court orders planners to reconsider Shannon LNG project

Multinational proposes €650 million liquefied natural gas plant for north Kerry

DAA chairman: ‘I would like us to take the airport off the front page’

Basil Geoghegan says airport operator, facing passenger cap struggle, has same standing in planning system as a person extending their house

‘I refuse to accept the horror that has become the status quo’: what did politicians say when students wrote to them about their lives?

Simon Harris, Micheál Martin, Holly Cairns and others reply to letters from students and recent graduates on the key issues they face today

The Week That Was at the UN General Assembly: Jennifer Bray’s New York diary

Micheal D Higgins, Simon Harris and Micheál Martin make headlines with comments on homelessness and immigration, Israel and Iran, a trip to Washington and time spent with Meryl Streep

Eamon Ryan set to get lead role in climate adaptation talks at UN gathering

‘Ireland can be a bridge between Global North and the Global South. We have a lot of credibility’

Analysis: Tense, eventful week at the United Nations gives everyone plenty to talk about

State’s leaders all trod carefully in New York with mixed success as homelessness, migrants, Israel, Palestine and Iran all impinged as part of political reality

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