Dunkettle train station stopped in its tracks

IARNRÓD Éireann’s plans to build a new commuter railway station on the Cork-Midleton line have been shunted into the sidings by An Bord Pleanála.

The semi-state company had applied for planning permission to build the station at Dunkettle but was involved in a row with the National Roads Authority (NRA) over land ownership.

Cork County Council had granted Iarnród Éireann permission for two platforms, a footbridge, a 367-space park and ride facility and ancillary works at the site. But the NRA appealed the decision.