Junior minister Emer Higgins’s attempt to stall the Dublin Transport Plan is short-term, reactionary populism

Minister of State Emer Higgins is set to ask DCC to delay the plans until at least after Christmas.

If Fine Gael favours slowing down investment in cycling infrastructure or stymieing better public transport, it should make that clear to voters

Minister of State has taken a reactive punt on the Dublin city centre transport plan based on no data and favouring a few disgruntled business owners

Council’s chief executive urged to resist ‘inappropriate intervention’ from junior minister

Dublin transport plan shouldn’t be derailed over concerns about short-term disruption

The row has escalated this week after Minister of State Emer Higgins intervened and said the plan should be delayed.

Sloganeering about “populism” is over the top when discussing real peoples’ real concerns for their city

Minister Eamon Ryan appeared before the Oireachtas Transport committee this afternoon

A new economic analysis claims to show a lot of problems with the new Dublin city transport plan – but it doesn’t stack up, writes Dr Barra...