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
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Spending on infrastructure makes sense, cutting VAT on hospitality is madness
However, unless the planning system is reformed, I’m unlikely during my lifetime to ride the metro or drink Shannon water from my tap
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MetroLink to Dublin Airport not needed, says Michael O’Leary
Government cannot be trusted on €275bn development plan, airline boss warns
National Development Plan main points: how much is being spent and what are the big winners?
NDP is a total investment of €275.4bn from 2026-2035
Budget to focus on long-term gains at cost of short-term pain
Spending on infrastructure to rise as cost-of-living measures unlikely to feature
Ireland’s infrastructure to be ‘transformed’ over next decade with €200bn plan
Ministers to be warned to rein in current spending
Ministers sought multiples of available funding as part of national plan review
Spending on five key areas yet to be resolved in advance of launch of revised National Development Plan next week
Decision on €9bn MetroLink rail project expected within weeks
First confirmed timeline for progress on 16-stop line serving airport and city centre
The Irish Times view on building infrastructure: design is not a luxury
The idea that Ireland’s built environment is characterised by excessively high levels of design is surprising
‘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?
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
Construction contract for first BusConnects corridor to be signed next month
First corridors to get under way will be on Liffey Valley-city centre and Ballymun/Finglas-city centre routes
The Irish Times view on infrastructure: stop making the same mistakes
The Government has an opportunity to make progress but it can’t just continue doing the same things
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
Chronic inability to build anything big in the State is baked into the system
New Oireachtas committee needs continued failure in big projects if it is to function effectively for its members
Government to examine Metrolink cost estimates after project director predicts big overrun
Dr Sean Sweeney says project might not be completed by 2035 deadline
Housing crisis: Proposals to boost LDA’s remit under consideration to boost housing output
Government considering steps to allow Land Development Agency to build more private housing at its projects
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
Roads, rail, hospitals: why are big projects so slow and costly in Ireland?
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan: Why projects like BusConnects and Metro North take decades to deliver
Cost of long-delayed Dublin Airport Metrolink could rise to more than €23bn, Minister told
Briefing for Darragh O’Brien warns true cost of link between Swords, Dublin Airport and city centre will only be known at procurement stage
Learner drivers face having to start again if they have more than four permits without passing a test
Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien advises changes must be made to learner permit regime for sake of road safety
800-space car park close to M1 motorway proposed to encourage bus commute into Dublin
Interim facility would be replaced by larger park-and-ride facility when planned MetroLink system is built
Proposal for Finglas Luas to stop near Dublin Airport was rejected
Dublin City Council ultimately said it accepted that ‘providing a bridge over the M50 is not within the scope of the project’
Area 14: Dublin Airport’s ghost underground station
Terminal 1′s under-utilised basement has double-height ceilings for a specific reason
Half a million for a 33-page report on MetroLink? It may prove cheap at the price
Why spending €514,000 for a 33-page report on MetroLink may prove good value for taxpayers
State paid consultants €514,000 for 33 pages of Dublin metro plan reports
Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy accuses State bodies of ‘out of control’ expenditure on consultants
The Irish Times view on the Metrolink: slow train coming, possibly
Commuters on the proposed route, many sitting in daily traffic with few other options, will hope that a decision is forthcoming shortly
Lidl says Metrolink must not be built at expense of its future use of Dublin lands
Lidl owns sites at the proposed Northwood metro station, just south of the M50 in north Dublin
Dartmouth Square residents criticise ‘wholly inadequate’ MetroLink compensation payments
Payments ‘considerably in excess’ of the maximum compensation of €75,000 would be required, according to new submissions made to An Bord Pleanála
OPW doubles down on its resistance to St Stephen’s Green metro stop
Planned MetroLink station would have ‘direct, severe, negative, profound and permanent impact’ on park, Office of Public Works argues
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
Incoming MetroLink CEO requested removal of probationary period in €550k contract
Sean Sweeney, appointed in June, also sought changes to pension terms and car access ahead of taking up post
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