Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Coming back to Shannon Airport and the investment there, I told Pádraig Ó Céidigh recently when starting in his new position that, first things first, we should invest in low-carbon solutions for the airport. As part of that, it would take time and money to open a rail line from either Cratloe or Sixmilebridge to Shannon. It has potential but it also has complications and would be expensive. There is sense in what local people suggested to me. If a good shuttle bus ran between either Cratloe or Sixmilebridge and the airport, there could be a good transport service. That could make the case, if we were to have a station in Moyross when building the Limerick metropolitan rail, for doing something similar in Cratloe or Sixmilebridge, whichever one is optimal, to service not only Shannon Airport but Shannon Industrial Estate.