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FOUR NEW LUAS stops could be up and running by 2031 under new plans set to go before ministers tomorrow morning.
Transport minister Eamon Ryan will tomorrow seek approval to bring plans to extend the Green Luas line to Finglas forward by five years. The line already serves Broombridge to Brides’ Glen.
Up to 60,000 people will be served by new stations St Helena’s, Finglas Village, St Margaret’s Road and Charlestown.
Under the plans, it will take, at minimum, seven years to built the four kilometres of track needed to extend the Green line along the preferred route.
Those tracks will be mostly off-road – meaning the line will not be built on or alongside existing roadways. Blueprints also path the trams along areas where new housing developments are to be built.
The extended line will also be met with increased services, with trams running every 7.5 minutes once built and later building up to every five minutes.
The average travel time from Charlestown into the city centre is expected to be 30 minutes.
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Apologies writing here but re the article about the lads knocking that girl onto dart lines. It’s a complete sham. Zero repercussions in this country. I’m sure he’ll go on to become a valued member of society
@Gareth Wogan: that gives carte blanche to any other 5 c u m b a g to prey on innocent members of society
@Gareth Wogan: complete and utter waste of time, a gang, intimidating and assaulting people and there are no consequences, I wonder if it was the judges daughter they did that to, would it be different. They must be laighing with their mates over this…
Sure isn’t that marvellous! Now where they going to stay? Any digs out there!? Streets? Tents?
@✨Barbara Christopher: there’s actually a good supply of student accommodation in Dublin and more being built at present. Not sure about rest of the country though
@✨Barbara Christopher: you’re right Barbara, they shouldn’t have bothered creating extra places for the students who have been competiting for places where points have gone up unprecedentedly. Isn’t that right? Always something to moan about. Moan when they do something and moan when they don’t
@Ian McDonald: Not moaning, stating a fact. Let’s see come October. I love the fact there’s more places made available, but will the students find accommodation that’s affordable and acceptable. There’s nothing out there to rent – fact. That was my point.
@Dave Harris: that not the consensus of most students ringing in to newstalk radio station struggling to find accommodation in Dublin..
So 1000+ extra student places. Great. Any chance of increasing the funding to the colleges that will be dealing with extra workloads involved? Any chance of more staff so as to address our currently dire staff:student ratios? We are WAY behind the OECD average. I won’t hold my breath.
@Dr Angela Flynn: Christ, someone else making a positive into a negative.
@Ian McDonald: Its facts.
@✨Barbara Christopher: Barbara, you are choosing to fester in the negatives of a positive. There’s nothing more I can do for you.
@Ian McDonald: hateful when people mention reality rather than “be positive xD! Wooo!”
A move in the right direction, increasing places where there are skills shortages but they could do more if they squandered less public money on ‘candy floss’ courses like gender studies, women’s studies etc. In fact they could get rid of most courses with ‘studies’ in the title and society would be no worse off.
Wonder how many are for the irish
Where will they all live?
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