The north Dublin public will be the biggest users of MetroLink, with airport passengers accounting for fewer than one-fifth
After three years and two days in the planning system, and decades more in gestation, the MetroLink rail line, the largest infrastructure project in the history of the State, has been granted permission by An Coimisiún Pleanála.
There was never much doubt MetroLink would secure a positive decision. A rail line from north Dublin to the city, serving the airport, has been Government policy for a quarter of a century, and an aspiration for about 50 years.
Just how very positive that decision is might come as a surprise.
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