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A coastal erosion plan commissioned by Irish Rail will cost in the region of €145 million to carry out works along the coastline from Bray to the Murrough in Wicklow town. Iarnród Éireann commissioned Arup to review the Irish Coastal Protection Strategy Study (ICPSS) and revise and forecast erosion rates for the coastline from Ringsend to Wicklow town. Irish Rail extended the study to Arklow as Wicklow County Council was interested. Marc Devereux, senior engineer, Environmental Section, provided the elected members with a presentation of the study findings at Monday's meeting of Wicklow C...

Question Number(s): 241 Question Reference(s): 24153/20 Department: Transport QUESTION To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the Fota Road in Cobh, County Cork; and if funding will be allocated to upgrade same. REPLY The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of the relevant local authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from the Council’s own resources supplemented by State road grants. The extent of the cutbacks in grant funding during the post 2008 recession ...

Drogheda Port Company has announced it is to develop a new deepwater port, to be located on the Meath coast north of Bremore Head, that will support Ireland's Climate Action and EU Green Deal targets and act as a national logistics hub. The new port is set to be one of the largest national infrastructure projects in recent years, will drive green innovation to support Ireland's climate action targets, and will create a critical logistics hub that will deliver much needed sustainable jobs in the north east, the Drogheda Port Company said. Paul Fleming, Drogheda Port Company CEO, said: "This pr...