Iarnród Éireann pushes for €200m airport rail link

IARNRÓD ÉIREANN is pushing the Government to approve a €200 million plan to build a link to Dublin Airport amid growing signs that plans for a €3 billion metro link between the airport and the city centre are to be scrapped.

The state rail company is hoping the project will find favour with the Government following recent hints by the Department of Transport that two larger underground projects — the Metro and €2 billion DART interconnector — are likely to be halted due to budgetary constraints.

Iarnród Éireann confirmed yesterday that it had submitted a business case for the DART airport link to the Department of Transport and the National Transport Authority.