I can’t imagine why is the Irish government delaying such immensely beneficial development that will contribute so much not only to Dublin proper but also to the wealth of Ireland.

@RoniiNN

4 ай бұрын

Main reason they are Irish aka slow. I doesn’t take 35 years to build rail.

@cillian.murphy

4 ай бұрын

Because they’re imbeciles

@spacetweek

4 ай бұрын

They aren't delaying it, the planning system and civil service and the courts are delaying it.

@Star.Wars.Editor

3 ай бұрын

@@spacetweek the courts?

@spacetweek

3 ай бұрын

Well the courts not yet but if someone launches a judicial review (which is likely) after planning permission is granted then the courts will certainly be delaying it. Other big infrastructure projects are currently delayed because of such legal actions.

What the video doesn’t say is that a previous incarnation of the project had planning permission approved back in 2011 and just needed digging to start. The government of the time ditched it due to the economic crash. It was a calamitous decision which set the project back 20 years.

Hate to break it to you but your numbers are pretty inaccurate . The Metropolitan area population of Dublin 2024 is 1.4 million the airport handled over 33 m passengers last year (which includes transit passengers)and their was about 7m international visitors in 2022 which was down on 2019

01:39 No it doesn't include 4 routes. It's only one route, those are just four sections of the same route

@joshuaW5621

3 ай бұрын

Those are expandable sections on the website.

A lot of inaccuracies in this video.

10Bn? It'll be 30 or more by the time it's built.

It’s definitely not one of the smallest cities in Europe

Greater Dublin is fast approaching 2•5 million people, from Greystones in the south east to Drogheda in the north east. Hazlehatch to the west. Maynooth in the north west. Ashbourne/Navan in the north. Saggart to Blessington via Selby in the south west. This is not the full population of Wicklow, Kildare, Meath and Louth, it's merely the spill over population from Dublin just over the aforementioned counties

There is quite a few cities in Europe that are smaller than Dublin that I can think of. There's even a few in Ireland alone! Lol Other than this good video, thanks!

@joshuaW5621

3 ай бұрын

I think Dublin is the biggest city in Ireland.

@yutufoulogalasos

2 ай бұрын

Vienna,Prague,Oslo,Bratislava are all similar to Dublin.

Am i correct in saying Metrolink doesn't connect to either of the two mainline train stations nor the central bus station!

This property REIT or whatever it's going to be which owns the other 25% would be a good investment - East Link bridge is still in private hands 40 years after being opened...

While the video is highlighting an important project for Dublin, the innacuracies are glaring and even sometimes contradictory. E.g. the "number of phases" involved in the metrolink design. In one part, a segment of metrolink is described as phase 2, while later on, the conversion of the Green Line to Metrolink is called phase 2. The annual pax total at Dublin Airport is currently around 30 million, not 22 million. And this video claims that there is no commuter rail in Dublin? There are literally hundreds of diesel-powered carriages operating on 4 corridors to the outlying regions. Also, does anyone else get AI-generated vibes from this video?

Has it definitely, definitely, definitely been 100% approved? No NIMBY appealing and An Bord Pleanala waiting for a few more years?

@yermanoffthetelly

4 ай бұрын

Doesn't work quite the same way as regular planning permission. It goes to public hearing in 2 weeks, Joe public can submit an "observation" which is simply that, their own 2 cents on the project. It's not the same as an appeal but they are considered (or ignored) by the planning board when making their decision. The board can approve, reject or approve with conditions. Approval is granted by issuing what's called a railway order. To be honest a project of this scale and importance and the fact €100m has been spent planning it already I can't see them messing around and fully expect it to get the green light by the end of the year. You can also assume a general election is on the way and the politicians want a nice big Infrastructure project started to pretend like they've done something useful.

Dublin isn't one of the smallest cities in Europe and it has 1.4 million people Dublin also does have an innercity metro, it's called the dart and is overground, just cause it's overground doesn't mean it's not a metro Proof being a lot of new York subway lines are overground

@Myrtone

29 күн бұрын

So why not just extend that metro underground?

why cant they just extend the luas as far as the airport

@spacetweek

3 ай бұрын

We want a proper solution. Trams to airports are what a banana republic would do.

@joshuaW5621

3 ай бұрын

The airport needs more than a tram. It needs a proper railway.

It would take 2 years, to build DART connection to the airport. Naaah....let's wait 10 years for Metrolink.

Flash-bang American-style video where everything is shaking and wobbling and with flashing lights and sped-up movements everywhere. Unwatchable.....for the same reason most American TV documentaries are unwatchable. Why not make a sensible European style, cool calm and collected, information video? (And spend more time on actual REAL information than on "flash-bang.")