Residents of apartments above the Markievicz leisure centre on Townsend Street in Dublin’s city centre are planning to protest proposals to demolish the building to build an underground MetroLink station. Last week the southside section of the MetroLink rail line in Dublin was abandoned due to Government unwillingness to endure lengthy disruption to the Luas Green line. The plans published last year, which would connect Dublin Airport to the city centre by rail, will still run from Swords to the city, but is likely to stop at Charlemont. Shafts“They could drill down through shafts on either side to make the station underground. “They don’t have to knock down an entire building to build an underground station.

Source: The Irish Times February 25, 2019 10:07 UTC