Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

On a final point about metro north, when the former Rail Procurement Agency held substantial consultations in 2008, it had three corridors for the new metro north, or metro-heavy rail, one which would have gone through the western part of Dublin Bay North, coming up through Coolock from Drumcondra. Eventually, the RPA decided on the alignment that is being discussed in press statements and elsewhere in the context of the Minister's reconsideration of the project. People felt the north-west had to be brought into this and the result was the western part of Dublin Bay North was left out of the equation. We are fortunate to have the DART in Malahide and Portmarnock on the eastern side of our region. Therefore, we need some major public transport capital infrastructure as well and the Malahide bypass-----

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