'Impossible to give firm date' for Cork's €185m metropolitan rail line

Kent Station: Taoiseach Micheál Martin described the €185m plan as a "'game-changer' for the county when it was announced in June as part of the €1bn recovery plan, with a commuter line from Cobh to Midleton to Mallow planned, running through Kent Station, and new stations at Tivoli, Blarney and Kilbarry.File picture: Larry Cummins

No firm date can be put in place for the recently announced €185m Cork metropolitan rail line, with various cost and planning hurdles to get through first.

That is according to Transport Minister Eamon Ryan who was speaking in Cork on Monday ahead of the Government's National Development Plan (NDP) announcement.