New Rosslare Europort - with no rail connection

[Maitland]

220 million Euro development by Iarnród Éireann with NO rail facilities!

[LNERW1]

I wish I was surprised. Never any winning here. DART+ pushed back, Luas Finglas pushed back, Metrolink delayed, 2:1 cut. For a country that has no significant large companies (such as car companies in the US and Germany, Shell in the Netherlands etc) to lobby against public transport, we seem to be doing an incredible job of ruining any hopes of competent public transport. Nothing but despair and fury from me over this.

Edited December 3, 2025 by LNERW1

[ei6jf]

I'm usually the first to criticise IE's total disinterest in all things railfreight but, in this case, given that this development is primarily for the assembly and transport of offshore turbines, with virtually all of the raw material arriving by ship and the finished product leaving the same way, it's hard to see a justification for a rail connection.

Mark