• 5 Greystones DARTs cancelled from Monday, leaving hour gaps

    Irish Rail is introducing a third timetable in a year on Monday 16th September. The timetable has deleted 5 Greystones Northbound DARTs including a rush hour one at 08.21. There are many 1 hour gaps, destroying the previous regular 30 minute schedule. This regular aspect was important in getting people out of cars. This is […]

  • New timetables slow DART service

    The new rail timetable of 26th August was launched with much publicity. It does have extra trains stopping at Kilcoole, However comparing it to previous timetables shows a continuous slowdown in spite of much investment. Its now 15% slower than 2004. Having campaigned for decades for better transport this is very disappointing, especially after all […]

  • Wicklow Rail Line, needs more trains

    There has been recent publicity about a lack of a plan for the future Wicklow Rail Line service. ‘The line has the worst service of any in the Greater Dublin Area and had the most timetable complaints in Irish Rail’s recent national timetable consultation’ said Cllr Derek Mitchell (FG). I have again urged Irish Rail […]

  • Greystones Wind Farms are excessive, a 10 Km gap is needed

    The 2 wind farms meeting off Greystones, Codling & Dublin Array, will have a serious adverse visual impact on Greystones and on Bray Head an SAC & SAAO.

  • Mitchell pleasedsome Greystones faciliies approved in Capital Plans

    €16m from Development Levies has been approved for the long awaited Delgany to Blacklion Road. This will provide a proper footpath and road. Uniquely it joins 5 schools with a cyclepath though I am surprised that no Government funding is available. The road and path is in a terrible state and many houses have been […]

  • Running Rosslare trains as a shuttle to Greystones unlikely to work.

    Irish Rail are considering Rosslare line trains being operated as shuttle where passengers have to change trains to a DART at Greystones, representing a worse service as the change will add at least 7 minutes to the journey time and be disruptive. A shuttle train was used previously from Bray to Greystones and it failed […]

  • Mitchell concerned that Planning Bill ignores Population Targets

    Cllrs Derek Mitchell & Lourda Scott are concerned about the recently introduced S605 of the Planning & Development Bill going through the Oireachtas now. At the Greystones Municipal District meeting they asked for the Section to be cancelled. This section would allow developments to get Planning Permission even if the population targets for the town […]

  • Greystones DART cancellations. Irish Rail to investigate Shuttle & Bus alternatives

    Irish Rail met with Greystones Councillors about the disruption from many weekend closures for engineering works. Rail staff emphasised the need for the works. Following discussion councillors agreed with this but asked for replacement transport. The journey time from Greystones to Dun Laoghaire increases from 30 minutes by rail to 70 by normal bus. Whereas […]

  • Mitchell concerned about Greystones Bus Connect changes

    Bus Connects have published changes to the bus routes agreed 5 years ago with the intention of implementing them this Summer. A key part of the changes was to provide a circular route replacing the 84 & 184, connecting Greystones, Kilcoole, Newcastle & Newtown. However the circular route has been eliminated and there is no […]

  • Mitchell suggests empty Commercial building should be used for school classes

    Mitchell suggests empty Commercial building should be used for school classes. There is a shortage of Secondary School places in Greystones for September 2024 and many parents are worried. At a recent meeting Cllr Mitchell said there were 2 empty new buildings next to Shoreline. These could be used for classes until the Community College […]