Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport
All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann
2:00 am
Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
My time is coming towards an end. I will just ask two questions, the first of which concerns the double-tracking of the Limerick to Limerick Junction line. Consultants were appointed in 2022. Is there any update on that project and particularly the Ballysimon station section?
Second, over the summer, there was some great work in terms of running late trains for some of the big events that took place, particularly in the park and so forth. Is there any capacity to have later trains operating on a more permanent basis rather than just on a once-off basis? They are hugely beneficial for people trying to enjoy themselves, but when they are done on a once-off basis, people cannot really plan for it.
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