Niall Ó Brolcháin (Green Party)

Regarding the western rail corridor, I had the great honour yesterday of travelling on the train from Limerick to Galway, the first train to travel on that track in 34 years. A number of Ministers were on board that train. Therefore, people who say that only negative things are happening are wrong. I agree this is a major development. We are talking about historic days and yesterday was a historic day for the west. The symbolism of the journey was enormous; the number of people who came out and stood at each station on a wet and windy day in the west was fantastic. This is a community-led project. We need communities on this island to come together and promote positive-----