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'Ripping up rail line for bicycle track cannot be justified' says Sligo's Mayor as he backs re-opening of railway to Galway

There can be no justification for ripping up the railway and replacing it with a bicycle track. I am supportive of greenways but it must be pointed out that there are enough alternative routes to build a greenway/bicycle track between Collooney and Charlestown without interfering with the existing rail infrastructure, the Mayor of Sligo, Cllr Declan Bree, said, when he addressed members of the Western Inter-County Railway Committee at a Mayoral Reception in Sligo City Hall. ....

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