An Bord Pleanála has given permission for the extension of the DART network to Kildare and Meath. The DART+ West project will run from Connolly/Spencer Dock in north Dublin to Maynooth in Kildare and on to the M3 Parkway near Dunboyne in Meath. When it applied for the Railway Order in July 2022, the national railway operator said if the project got the green light that construction would commence in 2024 and the new service could start operating by 2029. Read the full story here.