Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport
All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann
2:00 am
Ms Mary Considine:
My understanding is we need to work with the local authority there and probably the OPW to address that, and I am subject to correction on that. It is not within the remit of Irish Rail. Having said that, it is really important it is done because we want to upgrade the line between Limerick and Ennis and on to Galway and, ultimately, on to the western rail corridor, when that is delivered. We need to lengthen the platforms along that line; we need to improve the infrastructure. That will then enable more capacity and larger set sizes to be put on. There is a significant amount of work to be done there but we need to address the issue of flooding in Ballycar so we will work with the other stakeholders to do that. Mr. Kenny might come in on that.
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