Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Yes. I had to get a bus to Roscrea and then switch to a minibus for the final leg. It was a lovely trip and great people but we had to take buses because the line was being upgraded. We have just spent €6 million on upgrading the track, which is the first thing we need to do to be able to get the speeds up. The reason the speeds were low was the track quality, so we put the money into the track.

We were talking about better balanced regional development and I made the point about Limerick needing to thrive. Limerick can thrive on the rail lines that lead into it. That Ballybrophy line can be a commuting line or shopping line into Limerick, as well as improving the service for people coming down from Dublin. Let us forget about Dublin and think about the south west and that region. If we have really good metropolitan commuting services from places like Cloughjordan, Nenagh or even Ballybrophy and Roscrea into Limerick-----

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