Disrupted rail commuters in the mid west are expected to be back on track today with the re-opening of the Limerick to Ennis railway line.

TRANSPORT Minister Noel Dempsey is planning to bring forward plans for an ambitious rail tunnel linking Heuston Station to St Stephen’s Green, the docklands and Pearse Street Station.

RETURNING from a recent walking holiday on the Dingle peninsula, my partner and I chanced to stop off in Abbeyfeale where we heard about the Great Southern Trail, the walking and cycling route being developed along the trackbed of the old Limerick-to-Tralee railway line.

Millions of commuters were expecting to hear today that they would face travel chaos on the Tube in the run-up to Christmas because of industrial action in a dispute over safety.