Ireland’s rail ambition is accelerating. From major network upgrades to future capacity expansion, investment is being made at a scale not seen for decades, writes Matt Gibson, Technical Director, Amey. As the pace, scale and complexity of that investment increase,…

The Government’s Accelerating Infrastructure Report and Action Plan states that reforming planning, consenting, and coordination systems are essential to accelerating transport infrastructure delivery in Ireland. The report, published in December 2025, states that the current transport development cycle is “linear…

Earlier this year, we published the National Transport Authority’s (NTA) Statement of Strategy 2026-2030, writes Anne Shaw, Chief Executive Officer, NTA. This document sets out our ambitions for the next five years and reaffirms our commitment to delivering high-quality, sustainable…

Most road traffic collisions stem from human behaviour: including errors, dangerous driving due to intoxication, fatigue, speeding, and mobile phone use. Traditional countermeasures – education and training, enforcement, fines, and penalty points – remain essential. But autonomous vehicle technology presents…

Assistant Secretary for Maritime Transport at the Department of Transport, Eamonn Kelly, outlines how Ireland’s ports are more than just trade gateways, and are also critical enablers of the State’s offshore renewable energy ambitions. Contextualising that approximately 90 per cent…

Ireland’s public transport network is in a period of transformation. Across regional cities, towns, and rural communities, new services, cleaner fleet, better infrastructure, and stronger connections will shape how people access work, education, healthcare, and opportunity. For that transformation to…

Harry McGoldrick analyses the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy 2022-2025 ahead of the publication of the 2026-2028 strategy. The forthcoming strategy, which underwent public consultation between February and April 2026, aims to contribute to the Climate Action Plan target of…

Ask any business bidding for a contract across the world and you will hear a version of the same line: that they will combine their global scale with deep local knowledge. It is, by now, almost a corporate cliché. It…

Against a backdrop of population growth, infrastructure deficits, and increasing pressure on national productivity, transport emerged as one of the most significant beneficiaries of the revised capital investment framework in the 2025 revision of the National Development Plan (NDP). The…

At the North-South Ministerial Council in May 2026, it emerged that the Government is to fund a new air route linking Dublin Airport with the City of Derry Airport. The North-South Ministerial Council (NSMC) published the communiqué of its plenary…