Planning Approval for the Finglas Luas Extension

I welcome today's decision by An Coimisiún Pleanála to grant the railway order for the Finglas Luas project. The transport project involves an extension of almost 4 km of the Green Line from Broombridge to Finglas, linking north Dublin to the wider Luas network.

This is a big day for our community. A project which everyone has been campaigning for now has full planning permission. When we started holding local meetings in 2018 calling on the NTA to extend the line from Broombridge, I think many of us thought it would not be achieved. The granting of full planning permission now makes the construction possible, and I will be working with An Taoiseach and the Minister for Transport, Darragh O'Brien, to ensure the funding is in place to allow us to go to tender.

I want to thank everyone who has campaigned so hard for this project. I also want to thank Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and the National Transport Authority (NTA) who have put thousands of hours of work into the project to ensure the planning is granted.

When it's up and running, the line will include four stops at St. Helena's, Finglas Village, St Margaret's Road and Charlestown. The line will also interchange with bus and rail services, and the St. Margaret's Road stop will include a 350-vehicle park and ride, close to the M50 and M2 interchange.