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Sam Boal

Public consultation launched on extension of Dart line from Heuston to Hazelhatch

Once this consultation is completed, all submissions will be considered by the project design team.

THE FIRST ROUND of public consultation has begun to extend the Dart line from Heuston to Hazelhatch.

It is planned that the Dart+ South West project will deliver an improved electrified network, with increased passenger capacity and enhanced train performance between Hazelhatch and Celbridge and Heuston, and the Glasnevin/Docklands area via the Phoenix Park Tunnel. 

The project is expected to:

  • Continue the four-tracking of the rail line from Park West & Cherry Orchard Station into Heuston, extending the works completed on the route in 2010.
  • See track improvements and bridge modifications, where necessary, to facilitate electrified train services.
  • See the Phoenix Park Tunnel upgraded to allow for significant extra services directly into the city centre.
  • Include a feasibility study and concept design will be undertaken for a future new station at Heuston West.

The project is being funded by the National Transport Authority and the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency. 

The first phase of public consultation is now live. It is designed to present the emerging preferring option for provision of Dart+ South West to communities and stakeholders along the route. 

People can review the full details of the project here. A dedicated phone line, email address and online feedback form are all available on the website. 

Due to current public health restrictions, in-person consultation is currently not permitted. 

A series of webinars for communities along the route will commence next week. 

Once this consultation is completed, all submissions will be considered by the project design team and these will be used to inform the subsequent design development. 

A second round of public consultations will take place once this design work is complete. 

This will be followed by more detailed design work before the lodging of a railway order application to An Bord Pleanála. A statutory consultation period will take place after this and it’s expected that An Bord Pleanála will hold an oral hearing on the application, which will be open to all members of the public. 

“We want to encourage more people to make the switch to public transport by making it faster, more frequent and more accessible,” Transport Minister Eamon Ryan said. 

“The Dart+ South West project is critical to our overall plans for Dublin and the surrounding counties. I encourage everyone to take the time to engage in this consultation process and feedback your views on how we can create a rail service that serves the needs of all its users,” Ryan said. 

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    Mute Ruth McKenna
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    Mar 12th 2017, 7:52 AM

    Can we have a list of names of the ones in Dublin?

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    Mute Brian Ward
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    Mar 12th 2017, 8:20 AM

    They are all on the FSAI website.

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    Mar 12th 2017, 9:40 AM

    Do they publish all the reports positive ones and bad ones ? Any link

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    Mar 12th 2017, 8:43 AM

    How about a list please so we can avoid them

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    Mute Leadóg Hackett
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    Mar 12th 2017, 8:26 AM

    I’m going to Belfast for chips. According to the map they’re the bees knees.

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    Mute Daniel Murphy
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    Mar 12th 2017, 9:08 AM

    Mentioning cork in the subheading and not Dublin is very misleading – the author easily dismisses Dublins number 1 spot due to population but not Cork.

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    Mute David Dineen
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    Mar 12th 2017, 9:12 AM

    Big city small problems

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    Mute Jeffrey McMahon
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    Mar 12th 2017, 1:41 PM

    Aye. Dublin has bigger problems than just the most takeaways closing. Like open gang warfare, near daily shootings and a massive drugs problem.

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    Mar 12th 2017, 10:34 AM

    There is 8 counties not mentioned in that list. Are we to assume everything was hunky dorey in those counties or is it the case the health inspectors in those counties are not doing their job properly.

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    Mar 12th 2017, 10:57 AM

    There’s no food outlets in Leitrim. 4 pubs, a Spar, a petrol station and a church. That’s it.

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    Mar 12th 2017, 11:31 AM

    So far in 2017 on the Fsai site tbese have been closed…. Express Pizza (take away), 6 Lord Edward Street, Limerick Punjab Pantry (take away), 39 Richmond Street South, Dublin 2 Synergy Subs Ltd t/a Subway (restaurant/café), Mellview House, M1 Retail Park, Drogheda, Louth Jalapeno Mexican Cuisine Ltd (restaurant/café), 46 Drumcondra Road Lower, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 Culleton’s Fish & Chips (restaurant/café), Main Street, Bansha, Tipperary Hot Spot (take away), Parnell Street, Limerick Polonez (retailer), 20 Moore Street, Dublin 1 Pacinos Restaurant, 18 Suffolk Street, Dublin 2 Beachview Tandoori (take away), Strand Road, Laytown, Meath Kavanaghs Fine Foods Cork Ltd (service sector) A Chef Kebab Foodstall, At Daltons Pub car park, Fuerty, Roscommon Day to Day (retailer), 54 Georges Street Upper, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin Palak Restaurant, High Street, Tuam, Galway Ali Baba (restaurant/café), Bank Place, Rathkeale, Limerick T/A I&A Organic Gardening and Catering (food processor), 21 Shandon Way, Shandon, Cork Auckley Ltd., The Palace (public house), 17 Ludlow Street, Navan, Meath Largo Foods (manufacturer), Kilbrew, Ashboune, Meath

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    Mute Daniel Murray
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    Mar 12th 2017, 9:35 AM

    And not one in Sligo!

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    Mar 12th 2017, 10:28 AM

    Ah ya but we have the Wild Atlantic Way… all ye have is Hurling ha ha!

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    Mar 12th 2017, 11:54 AM

    @Larry Doyle: The inspectors name was Kenneth and they completed their mission. Bad egg I’d say!!

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    Mar 12th 2017, 11:45 AM

    Environmental Health Officers do a great job and follow things through.
    I wish they could enforce a public notice on the front of the premises like in the U.K. A post on here mentioned some law in California which was even better but I can’t recall it.

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    Mar 12th 2017, 11:34 AM

    Not surprised about The Punjab Pantry.. I was driving down Richmond Street yesterday and i kid you not it is like something out of Damascus. The dirt and smell OMG is like something i have never seen. FILTH. I can only imagine the restaurants/takeaways. Rolled the windows down and quickly rolled them back up. The hum in the air i can still smell it.

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    Mar 12th 2017, 5:18 PM

    If the names of the places are already in the public domain, Why not publish them. This article is as good as useless if it doesn’t. I’m no wiser than I was before when it comes to deciding where not to eat. Sorry to be a moan.

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    Mar 12th 2017, 11:09 AM

    No naming and shaming?

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    Mar 12th 2017, 1:10 PM

    Having lived in Roscommon I can believe it.

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    Mar 12th 2017, 12:37 PM

    I’d love to see a closure per capita rate – if anyone has the time

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    Mar 12th 2017, 11:06 AM

    Name and shame please

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    Mar 12th 2017, 3:18 PM

    Best chipper in the country was poison paddy’s in Blackrock village cork , when horse meet was meet and we still gave a few Bob for the black baby’s

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    Mar 12th 2017, 1:04 PM

    Why not name and shame the offenders? Telling us in which counties they’re located is a pointless and tells us NOTHING.

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    Mar 12th 2017, 7:22 PM

    Cleanest chipper I have come across recently is Whartons Fish and Chips in Bantry town in County Cork.

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    Mar 12th 2017, 9:52 PM

    Is that yourself?

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    Mar 12th 2017, 2:01 PM

    name and shame!

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    Mar 12th 2017, 1:30 PM

    What about Moore Street, Dublin?

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    Mar 12th 2017, 4:19 PM

    Were in cork are they

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    Mar 12th 2017, 1:08 PM

    Why not name and shame the offenders? We need to know WHO they are, not just where they are so we can avoid eating at these places. The information is useless otherwise ….

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    Mar 12th 2017, 1:56 PM

    What was the kip in Wicklow called ? Or Andreas

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