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Western Rail Corridor will cost more than €154 million – Eamon Ryan

MINISTER for the Environment Eamon Ryan has suggested that the Western Rail Corridor will cost more than the previously estimated cost of €154 million. Minister Ryan re-affirmed his support for reopening the Claremorris-Athenry railway but said it ...

14 Jul 2023 at 08:58

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Musings on music in a crazy world

I WAS never taught music at school. It was not on the curriculum. My sisters were sent to piano lessons, but this was not deemed necessary for the boys. Besides, money was scarce. If ever there was a possibility that poetry could fill in what ...

25 Jan 2024 at 19:30

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Could Mayo’s sparsely populated county be a weapon in our fight against Covid-19?

Analysis Edwin McGreal Could the sparsely populated nature of Mayo work to the county’s advantage in tackling Covid-19? There’s a strong possibility it might, according to a leading economist – once people in the county adhere to measures ...

24 Mar 2020 at 12:17

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Mayo-Sligo railway is ‘vital’ to region’s future, says new report

REOPENING the railway line between Mayo and Sligo could deliver major growth for small towns in Mayo and ‘open up the whole northern part of Connacht’. A 216-page report, edited by former ESRI professor Dr John Bradley, has made the case ...

07 May 2024 at 11:59

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COMMENT: Pull together or pull apart

Designing national development strategy is difficult. But designing a parallel and compatible regional development strategy is even harder. We have a clever and robust national strategy (basically, low corporation tax, high education ...

10 Aug 2023 at 17:01

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OPINION: Rail Review has serious implications northern and western region

IRELAND entered the 20th century with one of the most extensive rail networks in the world. From that peak, it slowly decayed, starting with closures of peripheral routes (Westport-Achill; Galway-Clifden), accelerating with massive ...

05 Aug 2023 at 09:00

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Plans to reopen railway line between Claremorris and Athenry outlined in new report

PLANS to reopen the disused railway line between Claremorris and Athenry have been formally outlined as part of a €35 billion overhaul of Ireland’s rail network. The All-Ireland Rail Review has detailed plans for the reopening of ...

31 Jul 2024 at 09:39

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OPINION: Book culture alive and thriving in Mayo

I’VE been an avid reader all my life. As children, growing up in Dublin in the 1950s, we bought comics in the local shops and borrowed books from the local Carnegie library. This was an era before Telefís Éireann began operating ...

09 Aug 2024 at 19:00

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OPINION: Interpreting the referendum results

I DID not pay much attention to the debate during the run-up to the recent referendum. It was not because of any lack of interest on my part. Heavy involvement in a different campaign meant that I didn’t pick up on the hidden ...

05 Apr 2024 at 21:00

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Rural thoughts from the centre

THE Irish Times recently contained a curious column written by Michael McDowell, former leader of the Progressive Democrats (PDs), former Tánaiste and currently a Senator on the National University constituency. The PDs, you ...

24 Dec 2024 at 15:00

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OPINION: Tracking the flaws – correcting past reports on the Western Rail Corridor

Governments reach out to private consultancy firms to seek advice and guidance in situations where the civil service or state agencies lack specific expertise. An economic justification can be made for this kind of ...

15 May 2024 at 10:15

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OPINION: The unification debate must move beyond economics

The recent report by Professors John Fitzgerald and Edgar Morganroth on the ‘costs’ of unifying Ireland has sparked a debate that produces more heat than light. The professors show that Northern Ireland (NI), ...

03 May 2024 at 19:01

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