Photograph: Metrolink.ieThe cost of buying houses in Ranelagh to end a legal challenge to the multibillion-euro MetroLink rail project will be “carefully managed”, Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien has said. The project was first proposed over a quarter of a century ago and is expected to cost north of €10 billion. A computer generated image of a MetroLink serviceThe houses at Dartmouth Square West back on to the Charlemont terminus of the line. He said he couldn’t speculate on how much the homes would cost, but said the cost “will be managed and will be managed carefully”. He said it is “too early” to say at this stage ahead of procurement how much the project will cost.

Source: The Irish Times December 24, 2025 15:18 UTC