DCU welcomes unveiling of Metro North plans

Dublin City University has welcomed the announcement today by Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD of plans to build a Metro North Rail link to run between the city centre and Swords, via Ballymun and Dublin Airport.

The proposed route will include a stop at Dublin City University which currently caters for a student body of more than 13 000, mainly drawn from the Greater Dublin and Leinster region.

Dr Declan Raftery, Chief Operations Officer at DCU responded to the news,

“This long-anticipated investment will transform connectivity to and from DCU which is very welcome news for the university’s large and growing student and staff population, which will exceed 18,000 by September 2016, as the university significantly increases its geographical footprint in the north Dublin region to include the DCU St Patrick’s Campus and the recently purchased All Hallows Campus in Drumcondra. This new infrastructure will be a real boost to the North Dublin region and will allow DCU to realise its vision of driving social and economic development through partnership with local authorities, enterprise and community organisations.”