There was an article in Fridays Irish Times about how city centre businesses want the O'Connell Street metro stop moved to the Department of Education buildings on Marlborough street. Reasons were a bit flimsy and RPA have looked at it and said that the site could only accommodate a north south station with the demolition of a number of buildings. Further expense etc.
The Airport stop is the only option, the RPA are just working out the financials of it. FCC, DAA, DoT etc all know its about finding that extra €200 - €250 million to fund the tunnelling and construction of an underground station. It has to come from somewhere unless the budget changes but I dont think thats gonna happen. Could be in the form of premium fares, levies, increased airport charges etc. Given enough public pressure the extra could come from T21 but that remains to be seen.
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