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Luas Cork: New preferred route for €2bn line would split Cork University Hospital campus
State transport body opens public consultation over project that will feature 27 stops running from Ballincollig to Mahon Point
Indecent exposure, knives and open drug use among complaints reported to Irish Rail
Irish Rail increasing security patrols after more than 1,150 alerts sent to antisocial behaviour text service in 2025
Where are the fuel protests and which roads are closed in Dublin and across Ireland?
All major routes now clear following earlier disruption, says Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Where are the fuel protests on Friday and which roads are impacted in Dublin and across Ireland?
The latest information on Friday’s protests, including M50 delays and disruption on the M1, M7, M8 and M18
Protester negotiators to attend large Government meeting tomorrow as fuel protests continue
Live updates with delays on multiple motorway routes as well as significant disruption on Luas and Dublin Bus
Where are the fuel protests and which roads are closed in Dublin and across Ireland?
The latest information on the protests, including M50 delays, road closures and public transport disruption
We need a national strategy for the fuel crisis. Here are four things we can do now
And when we’ve done them, we need to build a long-term energy security strategy
Hauliers strike threat on hold after ‘positive’ meeting with Minister over fuel supports
Labour TD says more energy conservation and cost of living measures should be considered by Government
‘Buddy’ system could be a way to combat the fuel crisis
Our Government is considering asking us to drive less, more slowly and to take public transport where possible
‘The smell would be unpleasant’: Battle rages over future of dogs on Ireland’s buses
Plus: Boycott boycotts Byrne’s boycott, civil war in the Limerick mayoralty, and a farewell to the maker of Ireland’s most controversial chair
Government unveils €250 million package of support for households and businesses impacted by soaring energy costs
Government unveils €250m package of supports which Opposition criticise as ‘timid, anaemic’ and ‘pathetic’
A friendly welcome home at Dublin Airport
Citylink intercity bus service staff provide warm welcome to tourists and locals alike
The Irish rail network’s absurd lack of connectivity
One practical proposal might be to link existing main lines at strategic points
Ireland’s busiest road: ‘The M50 is getting worse. I don’t think it is able to take any more’
Dublin’s ring-road motorway is ‘at capacity’ but commuters and hauliers have little option but to keep getting stuck in M50 traffic. What is the plan?
‘All these years in Dublin I have never had a driving licence and I never will’
Miren-Maialen McDonald moved to the capital 26 years ago. The biggest change she’s noticed is in Dublin’s transport infrastructure
Letters: Transport for Ireland’s ‘real-time’ passenger information system is on a road to nowhere
Passengers have lost all confidence in a broken system from which buses mysteriously vanish
Transdev loses €1.75bn Luas contract after running Dublin tram service for 22 years
French-British joint venture between Keolis and Amey believed to have been selected as preferred bidder for light rail service
New public-transport security force to have powers of arrest
Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien outlines plans for unit working across trains, buses and trams
Senior civil servant appointed as ‘housing tsar’ with brief to speed up development
Minister’s previously indicated choice, ex-Nama chief Brendan McDonagh, withdrew amid controversy over salary
Thirty obstacles to meeting climate targets identified by all-party committee
Most are ascribed to shortfalls in Government planning, policies, action and communications
MetroLink: Bidding process for construction contracts worth €7.9bn begins
Each agreement will bear responsibility for tunnelling, track alignment, stations, and bridges along route
Communities bracing for more rain in areas already battered by Storm Chandra
Wexford County Council warns of ‘high risk’ of more flooding in Enniscorthy over bank holiday weekend
St Patrick’s Day trips for Ministers set to be approved; the cost of Dart+ South West
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Dublin Bus is offering €15,000 for ideas. Here’s one for free: channel Michael O’Leary
The evidence from cities that actually fixed this problem is remarkably consistent. It wasn’t congestion charging – at least, not alone
‘It’s just stressful’: Workers facing two and three hour commutes into Dublin
TD missed start of Dáil debate calling for wider right to remote and flexible working as journey from Kildare took more than three hours
Four incidents, 45 deaths and strikes over safety concerns: A week of crisis on Spanish rails
Network, in particular its high-speed lines, has suffered from lack of investment in maintenance in favour of expansion
Spanish train operator orders speed limit on Madrid-Barcelona line following fatal crash
Faulty rail joint may be key to determining cause of derailment that led to collision two high-speed services
At least 40 killed and more than 150 injured in Spanish high-speed train crash
Bodies of victims found hundreds of metres away from site of ‘incredibly violent’ collision between two services near Córdoba
‘Extremely strange’: Experts baffled by deadly high-speed train crash in Spain
First train derailed on straight section of track and had been recently renovated
What is the priority legislation coming before the Dáil this term?
Rent reform, immigration, infrastructure and AI top political agenda as TDs return to pass laws
Permission for Luas extension to Finglas now facing three legal challenges
Proposed route would run from the current Green line terminus at Broombridge to Charlestown
The Irish Times view on public transport funding: a failure of political imagination
Transformational projects like MetroLink cannot substitute for incremental annual improvements
Dublin’s traffic plan in 2026: The changes expected across the city this year
Cycle routes and traffic calming to be expanded as redesign of city centre continues
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