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> Irish people’s expectations for their jobs have changed, but AI is set to disrupt what they perceive as normal

> A spokesperson for the National Transport Authority said that they are considering ways to improve their own tool.

>Figures provided by the NTA also show that expenditure on BusConnects nationwide dropped by €80m to €156.1m in 2025. Jeremy Ryan, director of public transport at the NTA, insisted it is “continuing to invest in capacity, punctuality and reliability improvements during 2026 in the face of rising congestion and passenger demand”.
However, he admitted the expansion of routes is being limited by funding. Mr Ryan also said further projects will only be delivered if sufficient money is allocated.

>The control centre, intended to manage all train movements on the national network, was approved by the NTA as an Iarnród Eireann project in July 2019. Expenditure on the project to the end of last year was €148.3m, with a further €12.2m committed.

> Despite reporting near-record profits, the Irish airline’s move to downsize has puzzled observers

>Plans to re-open the Bray to Greystones Cliff Walk have moved one small step further, with consultants now progressing the assessment, detailed design and costs of potentially rerouting parts of the walk on the Greystones side of the route.

>An Aer Lingus aircraft with 146 people on board experienced a potentially serious incident after it banked sharply in excess of normal limits after an initial attempt at landing at Dublin Airport was abandoned, an investigation has revealed. >Details of how the Airbus A320 made a steep turn at an angle of 44 degrees followed by two low-speed events and a deviation from its assigned altitude are contained in a newly published report by the Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU). >The incident was classified as an “aircraft upset”, which is where a plane unintentionally goes beyond its normal safety flying angles or speeds. >The report details how the flight crew struggled to line up the aircraft for landing at Dublin Airport on January 14 last year when the aircraft was above the correct descent path.

> O’Brien, the transport minister, in recent days rejected reports that the Metrolink project will cost more than €19 billion, insisting the costings he has received are at odds with those in the media. >A final cost of above €19 billion would mark a major escalation on the most recent formal cost estimates, which calculated a cost range of €7.16 billion to €12.25 billion.

>A division of BAM, the Children’s Hospital developer, is part of a consortium shortlisted to undertake primary works for the long-awaited Metrolink project, the Business Post can reveal. >Metrolink has now informed a number of globally-led consortia of their inclusion on the shortlist of potential developers to undertake the main tunnelling for Dublin’s underground railway. >The quality of the global consortia attracted will be seen as a major vote of confidence in the Metrolink venture.

>“We can continue introducing new rules around e-scooters, dangerous driving and road safety, but if there are not enough gardaí available to enforce those laws, then they risk becoming little more than words on paper.

> Battery-powered scooters help cut emissions by replacing car journeys and when used with public transport

>Gardaí need to be properly resourced with drones to catch culprits breaking the law, and fining parents is worth considering

>Wicklow County Council has spent more than €116,000 on barriers to restrict use of the closed Bray-to-Greystones cliff path – though walkers often ignore them. The money has also been used for signage along the route, which officially closed in February 2021 due to erosion concerns.

>Fourteen-kilometre stretch from Dublin Connolly to Malahide is to be doubled from two-track to four-track

>According to Cllr Staples’ findings, Wexford has just five weekday train services to Dublin compared with Portlaoise (37), Tullamore (17), Thurles (16), Carlow (11), and Longford (10). Of those trains, just two arrive in the capital by lunchtime, again ranking unfavourably in comparison with Portlaoise (16), Tullamore (9), and Thurles (7). > >In addition, Wexford’s final train to Dublin leaves at 6.26 p.m., “far earlier than most other counties,” says Cllr Staples, “many of which have departures between 8 p.m. - 10.30 p.m.”

>The penalties for striking rail bridges and level crossings leading to delays should be reviewed, a TD has said. > >Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly was speaking as figures supplied to him by Irish Rail showed that while bridge strikes so far this year are down from 33 to 21 at the same point of the year, level crossing incidents are up from 11 to 13. > >In June alone, there were five level crossing strikes, while February saw nine incidents where a vehicle had struck a bridge.

> It will hold critical documents such as passports, driving licences, birth certs and health data, but will not automatically have two-factor authentication

>Renewed missile exchanges between the US and Iran and uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz drove declines in markets globally on Monday, with rising oil prices adversely affecting travel and leisure shares. Wall Street indexes fell as the escalation in conflict unnerved investors, while chip stocks extended their recent slide. In Europe, Irish airline Ryanair, Lufthansa and TUI all fell between 1.1 per cent and 4.1 per cent, as oil prices spiked by more than 4.8 per cent on the day.

>Hammerson on Wednesday said it had sold assets of £69 million (€80.7m), including Dublin central lands, to TII. The latter would not confirm how much it had spent on the deal, saying it was commercially sensitive. However, it said it had acquired more than 2.5 acres of O’Connell Street road frontage, surrounding the former Carlton cinema, where an underground station is planned. > >This could be hailed as another bold, strategic property deal which removes obstacles to the development of MetroLink, arguably the most important infrastructure project in the State. > >However, in this case, there were no legal or planning obstacles to the development of the line at this site. TII had already secured planning permission for the station underneath the Carlton site and this had not been contested by Hammerson. Indeed Hammerson had repeatedly voiced its support for the metro project.

>Irish Rail has opened Ireland's first purpose-built modular simulator training centre for Dart drivers at its historic Inchicore Railway Works. > >The 1,100 sq m facility, delivered by Cpac Modular, the Co Meath modern methods of construction specialist contractor, forms part of Irish Rail's wider Dart expansion programme. > £The facility is designed to train drivers using advanced simulation technology as the national rail operator prepares for a significant expansion of its electrified network.