Mr. Jim Meade:

It was looked at previously. The alignment would be that we would go beyond Clongriffin Station, turn left and go in under the flight path. We would elevate and go over the M1 rather than underground, just as the railway through the centre of Dublin is elevated and has been for 190 years. As we approached the motorway, we would elevate, stay up and go into the departure areas of T2 and T1.

On the western rail corridor, again, that is a line item and we know it is the ambition of the Minister for Transport to reinstate it if he can. It is called out in the strategic review. We recently started doing some de-vegetation works on it to keep the line clean and open. The Department's view is that it is very viable for a freight corridor, in particular. We would probably do it in stages from Athenry to Claremorris. Beyond Claremorris, we would certainly support the ambition to keep it for rail traffic rather than anything else, and in time, if a decision is made to connect to Collooney, so be it.