Boy, 6, tells Irish Rail to save the train his sick mum needs to get to hospital

A little boy’s plea to save the train on which his mother travels to hospital was a timely reminder of the importance of transport infrastructure, Irish Rail has said.

Six-year-old Darragh Walsh wrote to the rail company after reading, in his local newspaper, about the uncertainty surrounding the Sligo-to-Dublin train route.

The letter came to the company’s attention after a family member posted it on Twitter.