Anger over delay to rail corridor's re-opening

The plan to delay the full re-opening of the Western Rail Corridor for nine years is totally unrealistic, it was claimed tonight.

Under the Transport 21 strategy, the line from Ennis to Athenry will be opened by 2008 but the line to Tuam in County Galway and Claremorris in County Mayo will not be opened until 2011 and 2014 respectively.