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Irish Rail staff ‘appeared openly shocked by conditions’ aboard overheating train

The Irish Times 16 Jun 2026
Remember the record-breaking heatwave we had at the end of May? Well, for one reader, it made for a miserable journey on an Irish Rail train that had, she says, the heating on full blast as the sun beat down.
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Opening statement, Mary Considine, Chief Executive Officer, Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) (Houses of the Oireachtas)

Public Technologies 10 Jun 2026
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Failed signalling upgrade at Irish Rail will delay new services and could go over budget ...

Irish Independent 10 Jun 2026
Chief executive Mary Considine said Irish Rail has ‘no certainty’ the contractor for the project can deliver ....
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Irish Rail has no confidence contractor can deliver multimillion euro IT project

The Irish Times 10 Jun 2026
Irish Rail does not have confidence that contractor Indra can deliver a long-delayed IT system to control movement of trains on which €30 millon has already been spent, an Oireachtas committee has been told.
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Irish Rail wanted to end contract last year for delayed IT project company

The Irish Times 10 Jun 2026
Irish Rail wanted a contract terminated a year ago with the company developing software for a long-delayed IT system to manage the movement of its fleet across the network, the State-owned train operator has told an Oireachtas committee.
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Irish Rail inability to source key train-control system parts heightens ‘risk of disruption’

The Irish Times 08 Jun 2026
Irish Rail’s centralised control system to oversee the movement of trains has just two remaining spare central processing units, “heightening the risk of service disruption”, its company directors have been told.
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Scrapped €50m Irish Rail IT project could lead to extra costs of up to €800,000 a month

The Irish Times 06 Jun 2026
Last month the board of Irish Rail wrote down by €50 million the value of its investment in the project ... The Irish Rail board was told in March it could be 2030 or later before the full roll out was completed.
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Irish Rail says rumours new Darts are too big for tunnels are false

The Irish Times 02 Jun 2026
Irish Rail has dismissed suggestions that new carriages bought for the Dart service are too big to fit through the tunnels on Bray Head in Co Wicklow ... An Irish Rail spokeswoman said there was no truth in the suggestion the new trains did not fit.
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Irish Rail writes down €50M after train IT project goes off the rails

The Register 22 May 2026
Irish Rail has quietly written off €50 million on a troubled train traffic management system that now appears headed for the same graveyard as many ambitious public-sector IT projects before it.
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Irish Rail writes down €50m on new train IT system

The Irish Times 21 May 2026
Irish Rail has concluded that a new IT system to control the movement of trains across the country is unlikely to be used and has written down the €50 million value of the project in its accounts.
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€50m write-off of Irish Rail IT project an 'absolute scandal'

RTE 21 May 2026
The Public Accounts Committee has heard that a €50 million write-off by Irish Rail of a failed IT project is an "absolute scandal" ... She said Irish Rail had no confidence in the project which was all about safety.
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Irish Rail confirms Wicklow–Rosslare rail passengers given lower-quality trains

Irish Independent 28 Apr 2026
... poor comfort and a lack of investment in the South-East rail corridor.
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Irish Rail insiders believe re-opening defunct Louth train station is a ‘no-brainer’

Irish Independent 28 Apr 2026
Irish Rail officials in the ...
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Irish Rail board voices concerns over €36m IT project

The Irish Times 22 Apr 2026
The board of Irish Rail has expressed strong concerns at indications that the full delivery of a new information technology (IT) system to regulate train movements countrywide – on which €31.5 million has already been spent – could be in doubt.
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Drug use, racial abuse and drunken behaviour among complaints reported to Irish Rail

The Irish Times 15 Apr 2026
Irish Rail is increasing security patrols on board its services after drug use, indecent exposure, racial abuse, physical violence, and drunken behaviour were reported by train passengers last year.

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