Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann

2:00 am

Photo of Michael CollinsMichael Collins (Cork South-West, Independent Ireland Party)

How is it that in the context of the 130 km from Cork station to Ardgroom there is not one single railway line? How is it that there is no rail link to Mizen Head, which is 125 km from Cork, and no plans for such a link that I know of? I may stand to be corrected on that. It is an an-island review. If there are no plans, however, it is not an all-island review and the name needs to be changed immediately. You cannot leave out 130 km to the west and 125 km to the south west and say that it is an all-island review. Will Iarnród Éireann commit to commissioning a feasibility study on restoring rail links to west Cork?

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