I’ll shout “stop” at the Irish Times for publishing more drivel from that drooling NIMBY idiot.
Michael McDowell has been consistently against public funded infrastructure projects his entire life. He keeps getting column inches to push his anti public transport agenda. Living in a bubble ….
This cunt with his personal vendatta against people having public transport in the middle of a fucking city (because it might mean a tiny alteration to one of the rental properties he owns in Ranelagh no less)
The Irish times is a fucking rag for giving him this endless platofrom.
It’s a metro. It will cost a lot of money. It will also drastically improve things in Dublin. Just get it built
This eejit would have been against busses if he had a newspaper column when they were invented.
Sick of this prick to be honest. Metro North was first proposed in 2000 he was in government from 2002-2007 and is partly responsible for why we didn’t have money for this project from 2008-2016.
When we start saying stop to pricks like this we might get public transport projects progressed in a timely manner.
I can see his point. It’s not like he would ever lower himself to use public transport.
Just fucking build it.
One of the obvious problems with not building the metro is there isn’t an alternative on the table to serve the airport and Swords, especially not if you want those to grow (as we currently officially do).
A tram would not offer the necessary capacity (to say nothing of speed issues).
A regular train line would require either four tracking into Connolly, a project of a similar scale to metro link involving the rebuilding of basically every train station between Connolly and Clongriffin, CPOs galore etc, or a brand new tunnel into the city centre which would be bigger than metro link.
For most corridors in Dublin I think trams are likely more suited, given our density and urban layout, but there isn’t a sensible alternative on this route.
Good man Michael a bucket and spade is all you need to dig a City Metro
Yeah I will shout stop.
Stop refusing to build it, and while you’re at it, stop only even _planning_ half a line in a city that’s decades overdue a full system.
Don’t we need to start before stopping?
Like the electorate did when McDowell became Progressive Democrat leader and lost every seat they had bar the leader he ousted.
This man is a bad joke being played on ireland and up there with Ronan Mullen as a primary reason to reform the Seanad.
Metro link is essential but baffling that it stops at Charlemont, should go out past M50 where it can be a park and ride.
Infrastructure costs money. It always seems to cost a little extra here but this link is needed.
“The shocking thing is in the late 1990s the Mitsui Corporation, a Japanese conglomerate, told the Irish government that it would construct an “x”-shaped Dublin underground system with a single central hub for nothing – yes, at its own expense, bar a small initial injection of funds from the State – in exchange for the right to operate it as franchisee for 25 years.”
I’ve heard this since I was a kid but always just assumed it was apocryphal. I have to presume, at least, this isn’t the whole story…
If the guy hates public transport so much he should just move out to nearly any rural village or town in the country. No annoying public transport infrastructure out here to interfere with his rental properties
Irish times has churned out so many anti metrolink articles.
Man who is responsible for the Metro finishing at Charlemount, writes opinion piece to try get Metro cancelled.
Well it won’t get any cheaper so, the sooner it’s built the less it’ll cost
Thus guy has been screaming Stop for decades. He’s a big part of the reason the price is so high. Like clockwork he is with the anti public transport pieces.
Will somebody shout “Go” for a project that will stimulate the economy and pay for itself in time? Jesus, some people are clueless as to how infrastructure is an *investment*.
Public transport doesn’t cost money it saves money. The 20 billion estimate is like at the top percentile with the likely cost being much lower. This is lost on oafs like McDowell
This elderly NIMBY has a serious horn for this Metrolink. He’s all over the shop.
Of course it’s Michael McDowell, he didnt want the DART or the Luas either
And for the last time, the €23 billion figure is a 1-in-20 chance of happening, the current estimate is still €9-12 billion
Didn’t McDowell oppose Luas back in the day???
People need to realise that Luas, while certainly welcome, is a far more mediocre service than acknowledged.
It can take up to an hour and 10 minutes to go from Saggart to the city centre. That’s frankly pathetic. Luas is not a substitute for more ambitious projects like the Metro.
We needed Dublin Metro 20 years ago. Just build the damn thing.
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I’ll shout “stop” at the Irish Times for publishing more drivel from that drooling NIMBY idiot.
Michael McDowell has been consistently against public funded infrastructure projects his entire life. He keeps getting column inches to push his anti public transport agenda. Living in a bubble ….
This cunt with his personal vendatta against people having public transport in the middle of a fucking city (because it might mean a tiny alteration to one of the rental properties he owns in Ranelagh no less)
The Irish times is a fucking rag for giving him this endless platofrom.
It’s a metro. It will cost a lot of money. It will also drastically improve things in Dublin. Just get it built
This eejit would have been against busses if he had a newspaper column when they were invented.
Sick of this prick to be honest. Metro North was first proposed in 2000 he was in government from 2002-2007 and is partly responsible for why we didn’t have money for this project from 2008-2016.
When we start saying stop to pricks like this we might get public transport projects progressed in a timely manner.
I can see his point. It’s not like he would ever lower himself to use public transport.
Just fucking build it.
One of the obvious problems with not building the metro is there isn’t an alternative on the table to serve the airport and Swords, especially not if you want those to grow (as we currently officially do).
A tram would not offer the necessary capacity (to say nothing of speed issues).
A regular train line would require either four tracking into Connolly, a project of a similar scale to metro link involving the rebuilding of basically every train station between Connolly and Clongriffin, CPOs galore etc, or a brand new tunnel into the city centre which would be bigger than metro link.
For most corridors in Dublin I think trams are likely more suited, given our density and urban layout, but there isn’t a sensible alternative on this route.
Good man Michael a bucket and spade is all you need to dig a City Metro
Yeah I will shout stop.
Stop refusing to build it, and while you’re at it, stop only even _planning_ half a line in a city that’s decades overdue a full system.
Don’t we need to start before stopping?
Like the electorate did when McDowell became Progressive Democrat leader and lost every seat they had bar the leader he ousted.
This man is a bad joke being played on ireland and up there with Ronan Mullen as a primary reason to reform the Seanad.
Metro link is essential but baffling that it stops at Charlemont, should go out past M50 where it can be a park and ride.
Infrastructure costs money. It always seems to cost a little extra here but this link is needed.
“The shocking thing is in the late 1990s the Mitsui Corporation, a Japanese conglomerate, told the Irish government that it would construct an “x”-shaped Dublin underground system with a single central hub for nothing – yes, at its own expense, bar a small initial injection of funds from the State – in exchange for the right to operate it as franchisee for 25 years.”
I’ve heard this since I was a kid but always just assumed it was apocryphal. I have to presume, at least, this isn’t the whole story…
If the guy hates public transport so much he should just move out to nearly any rural village or town in the country. No annoying public transport infrastructure out here to interfere with his rental properties
Irish times has churned out so many anti metrolink articles.
Man who is responsible for the Metro finishing at Charlemount, writes opinion piece to try get Metro cancelled.
Well it won’t get any cheaper so, the sooner it’s built the less it’ll cost
Thus guy has been screaming Stop for decades. He’s a big part of the reason the price is so high. Like clockwork he is with the anti public transport pieces.
Will somebody shout “Go” for a project that will stimulate the economy and pay for itself in time? Jesus, some people are clueless as to how infrastructure is an *investment*.
Public transport doesn’t cost money it saves money. The 20 billion estimate is like at the top percentile with the likely cost being much lower. This is lost on oafs like McDowell
This elderly NIMBY has a serious horn for this Metrolink. He’s all over the shop.
[July 2018 – Time to stop and reconsider the Metrolink madness](https://www.michaelmcdowell.ie/reconsider-the-metrolink-madness/)
[March 2019 – A panicked political decision on MetroLink](https://www.businesspost.ie/insight/a-panicked-political-decision-on-metrolink/)
[February 2024 – Moving MetroLink terminus from Charlemont would cost ‘several hundred million’ and delay project](https://www.thejournal.ie/moving-metrolink-terminus-charlemont-cost-millions-redesign-6305278-Feb2024/)
[July 2024 – A billion spent on rail is a billion less spent on roads](https://www.newstalk.com/news/a-billion-spent-on-rail-is-a-billion-less-on-roads-is-metrolink-worth-it-1753027)
[August 2024 – Is the Metrolink really the best way to provide a rail link to Dublin Airport?](https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/08/07/is-the-metrolink-really-the-best-way-to-provide-a-rail-link-to-dublin-airport/)
[September 2024 – Children’s hospital, Metrolink and bike shed are all symptoms of a deep governmental malaise](https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/09/25/michael-mcdowell-childrens-hospital-metrolink-and-bike-shed-are-all-symptoms-of-a-deep-governmental-malaise/)
Of course it’s Michael McDowell, he didnt want the DART or the Luas either
And for the last time, the €23 billion figure is a 1-in-20 chance of happening, the current estimate is still €9-12 billion
Didn’t McDowell oppose Luas back in the day???
People need to realise that Luas, while certainly welcome, is a far more mediocre service than acknowledged.
It can take up to an hour and 10 minutes to go from Saggart to the city centre. That’s frankly pathetic. Luas is not a substitute for more ambitious projects like the Metro.
We needed Dublin Metro 20 years ago. Just build the damn thing.
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