Ahern derails €2.4bn Metro plan

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern said yesterday the Dublin Metro underground rail system would cost too much.

Séamus Brennan's €2.4 billion proposal suffered a reversal after Mr Ahern said it would be difficult to justify the costs.

While the Minister for Transport launched the LUAS light rail system in Dublin, his hopes of getting Cabinet backing for the first section of the Metro, costing €1.5 million and running from the city centre out to the airport, were cast into doubt.