Labour won’t promise railway station or hospital at “every crossroad”

Metro North

Labour leader Eamon Gilmore said yesterday that his party will not be going around to every cross roads and promise a railway station or hospital. He was responding to a question from Newstalk presenter Ivan Yates on the proposed Metro North light railway between Dublin and Swords. Gilmore said: “This is a very different election. [...]

Business group welcomes Metro North approval

Metro North

One of the main Dublin business groups has welcomed the approval of Metro North. An Bord Pleanala yesterday gave the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) approval for the segregated light railway line from St Stephens Green to Swords via Dublin Airport. Fine Gael transport spokesman Simon Coveney also welcomed the approval for Metro North. But he [...]

Council rolls out water tankers to affected areas

6PM UPDATE: Repairs are now complete on the burst Watermain at Marrowbone Lane. The city council said: “No further updates will issue unless the situation changes… Recharging the network with water has commenced and normal supply should be restored to all areas over the course of the evening. ” 3PM UPDATE: Repairs are almost complete on the damaged watermain,  Dublin City Council [...]

Technical support jobs go to Swords

Over 400 previously reported jobs are to be based in Swords, it was announced this morning. Stream Global Services will create 425 technical support jobs, as reported over a week ago.  Stream is based in Santry, but the new jobs are to be based in Swords. The company said it will invest €2.5 million in [...]

Over 560 jobs for Dublin city

Redesigned Xbox 360

Over 560 new jobs are expected to be created in Dublin in three different companies

Dublin Airport to create 500 jobs – claim

Terminal 2

The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) claimed today it is to “create more than 500 new jobs” at the soon-to-be opened Terminal Two. However, the airport authority did not say how many of these “new jobs” are staff from the old Terminal One transferring to the new building. Calls to the DAA this afternoon went unanswered. [...]

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