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As others have pointed out the candidates for doubling are
Maynooth - Mulingar (was two tracks till 1917)
Portarlington - Athlone (always been single)
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Would be surprised if that happened, there would need to be a bounce in demand for such project?? It's only a slight problem in the evenings and all routes have similar issue. Moving the 18.00 to Connolly to 18.30 and the second platform at Enfield would most likely solve the problems. Other routes manage to keep time when crossing with 2 or 3 services there is no reason why it can't happen on Sligo line.
When you compare Muilingar to Portarlington-Athlon the second busiest section on the network which get average of 34 trains/freight passing per day doing Muilingar just doesn't stand up and no way does it justify it. Limerick is the busiest with 36.