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Iarnród Éireann (IE) has reaffirmed its commitment to bringing the Western Rail Corridor (WRC) back into use, describing the project as an “absolute priority” for the organisation amid what it says is a “significant change in momentum” towards reinstating the currently disused route.

Iarnród Éireann (IE) has reaffirmed its commitment to bringing the Western Rail Corridor (WRC) back into use, describing the project as an “absolute priority” for the organisation amid what it says is a “significant change in momentum” towards reinstating the currently disused route.

The annual patronage on Local Link services has seen a remarkable 759 per cent increase in passenger numbers from 2018 to 2023. Local Link rural bus services, connecting towns and townlands in rural Ireland carried 3.2 million passengers in 2023, a 14% increase on the 2.8 million passenger journeys in 2022.

Multi-million plans to develop Galway’s rail infrastructure will play a key role in Iarnród Éireann’s decade of delivery which aims to revitalise rail travel in this country.

Iarnród Éireann Athlone station based Aidan Fallon was named regional winner and was a finalist in the in-station CX Excellence category at the company’s inaugural CX Awards, which took place at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin recently.

Iarnród Éireann has announced a new partnership with Family Carers Ireland to provide supports and resources for colleagues nationwide who are balancing their jobs with caring responsibilities at home.

The Westport-Dublin train service is to improve and increase its offering substantially over the next number of years as Iarnrod Eireann (IE) invests millions in expansion plans and upgrade works while looking to provide linkages to more rural areas in Mayo.

This ancient site on the southern end of what we now know as Eyre Square was occupied by a Knights Templars convent in the 13th century. By the 17th century Robert Martin had a large house on the site, but this was taken from him by the Cromwellians and given to Edward Eyre. The Eyre family held on to the property and on May 12, 1712, Edward Eyre, son of the above, presented the land in front of his house to the corporation as a place of recreation for the people of Galway. In 1827, a man named Atkinson built houses at this end of the Square and by 1845, the site was occupied by a block of tenements owned by Fr Peter Daly.

In 1887 Arthur J Balfour, a quintessential English unionist, was appointed chief secretary of Ireland by his uncle Lord Salisbury, the Conservative prime minister. No one expected much from this man whose appointment appeared so nepotistic as to suggest he was an incompetent. He was far from that.