-- When opposition highlighted delays, Tánaiste Simon Harris claims -- after defunding shovel-ready rail projects -- that it doesn't have to be "either-or in terms of road infrastructure or public transport". Three Government TDs have gone against a Cabinet decision to fund more roads at the expense of public transport. John Lahart (Fianna Fail) this week questioned why "crucial Luas Finglas and Dart South-West projects have been delayed in favour of funding roads", while his party colleague, Kildare-based James Lawless TD, and said he was advocating for rail projects at Government level, which he said would cost more if delayed.

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The Government is delaying shovel-ready public transport projects such as Dart+ South West and Luas Finglas in order "to free up funding for more roads", the Green Party's transport spokesperson, Cllr Feljin Jose, has claimed. He said that this is a "disaster" that large new areas of housing in Dublin -- including a development of nearly 900 homes approved in Adamstown today and the major housing project at Poolbeg -- were being left without the promised transport links, forcing more people into cars on the capital's congested roads.

Luas Red Line services between Connolly and The Point will resume tomorrow, three months after they were curtailed following a fire on a bridge in Dublin.

The section of the line between Connolly and The Point was shut down for over three months.

A conservative approach by the Department of Transport to ordering replacement Dart train carriages will lead to increased reliability issues on the Dublin rail network, likely cost the State more when the trains are ordered, and will delay the expansion of other train services, it has been claimed. Earlier this year, the Department of Transport claimed the delay in ordering the trains -- replacements for the existing 41-year-old Dart carriages, which are suffering daily breakdowns and affecting local and intercity services -- was due to a review of the National Development Plan.

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Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rowed back on climate change commitments, saying Ireland may not be able fulfil all current initiatives due to the polarising effect it could have on society.