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//War and economic uncertainty are hitting growth at Dublin Airport, with its operator DAA warning regulators not to cut passenger charges at the country’s biggest gateway. The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has proposed cutting charges levied by Dublin Airport on airlines to €8.58 per passenger next year, from €10.39 currently, despite a request from State company DAA to be allowed to increase charges to fund expanded facilities.//

//While it is in generally fiscally prudent to ensure sustainable funding streams for the delivery of public services, it is ironic that the one sector in which the Government are willing to raise revenue by increasing prices is the sector where they should be doing the exact opposite. After a summer of record breaking droughts and heatwaves, the impacts of climate change have never been more salient.//

//NEW RULES FOR e-scooter riders have come into effect today, meaning it is now mandatory to wear a helmet and high-visibility clothing.//

//Seán Canney acknowledged that there are areas that don’t have a motorway which will make it ‘very hard to test people on the motorway’.//

//AI technology and road cameras could be used to alert people more quickly to someone driving the wrong way down a motorway and to help gardaí in their pursuit of the individuals.
Minister of State for Road Safety Seán Canney outlined the possible move as he separately said new tougher laws to tackle a spate of recent wrong-way motorway driving incidents will be drafted next week and could be in place by the end of the year.//

//The authority’s confirmation places the Luas to Bray scheme firmly within the medium term delivery period of the Greater Dublin Area Transport Strategy, which runs from 2031 to 2036. That strategy divides major transport projects into short term, medium term and long term phases, and the Bray extension had previously been regarded as a long term proposal.//

//The report said the cost of one year's investment is fully recovered by the sixth year of the infrastructure being up and running//

//Irish Rail's National Train Control Centre (NTCC) project, that includes a new traffic management system, is now projected to come up to €57m over-budget.
The projected over-spend on the controversial project has drawn the attention of public spending watch-dog, Comptroller and Auditor General Seamus McCarthy, in his report attached to the National Transport Authority's 2025 annual financial statements.//

//Services were suspended at 12.35pm and power supply was restored at 1.10pm today. However, trains did not begin running until close to 1.40pm after other systems re-started.
Some commuters had to walk along railway lines after being allowed off stranded trains.//

//Work on the 10 crossings are set to be completed by September, while an additional 10 crossings will be built by the end of the year. 
The new crossings will be different to those traditionally seen on Irish roads, as they will not have flashing amber lights and will be more in line with those seen in other European cities like Paris and Lisbon.//

//In one case at Stillorgan in May, a teenager’s coat was trapped as a tram departed. She ran alongside the tram before falling on her face, and was taken to hospital with deep lacerations on her face and grazes to her knees and hands.

In another incident, a dog owner was dragged along the platform after the animal boarded and the lead became trapped in the door; while in a separate case, someone’s fingers were trapped in the tram’s doors with a passenger onboard pushing their fingers out from inside the tram. 

The final case saw a bag placed between the doors of the tram with two passengers running alongside the tram holding onto the bag before it stopped.//

//Iarnród Éireann plans weekend shutdowns in September and October for its own works on Bray Head. These shutdowns could allow rope access contractors to carry out inspections without trains running, but only if all safety and tendering requirements are met in time. //

>Capital’s historic attraction is ‘a destination, not a through road’, officials say - though enforcement is difficult

//Aer Lingus is seeking to reduce costs to boost margins and guarantee future investment in the business from IAG.

However, IAG’s European Works Council (EWC), which includes union officials from across the group, says it should be consulted on the planned shake-up at Aer Lingus, according to a letter from the mIrish Airline Pilots’ Association (Ialpa) to management.//

//The depot will also support future rollout of the BusConnects Network Redesign, with Go-Ahead Ireland's network increasing from 30 ODMA routes to 66, resulting in a total network of 72 routes across the Greater Dublin Area.//

//In a statement released on Wednesday, the group said: “Following years of inadequate engagement by Dublin City Council (DCC) and its failure to address longstanding safety concerns, this escalation comes as 5 August marks one year of weekly peaceful footpath protests. Residents say that while DCC has implemented isolated measures, these piecemeal interventions often address one issue while inadvertently worsening another.”

The group said that their key concerns include years of unenforced weight restrictions resulting in larger trucks using the road as an illegal rat run, the council approving the road as an access route for the Land Development Agency’s Richmond Village development on the road, and what the group called “broken promises on consultation.”//

//“This issue appears to be specific to this latest release of Android, as older Android versions and iPhones are not impacted and are able to top-up Leap cards. However, our testing shows that not all mobile phones that update to Android 17 encounter this problem, even though a significant number of users are encountering problems,” the spokesperson said.//

//Aer Lingus said today that its costs increased by 8% in the first half of the year and passenger revenue decreased by 3%.
It noted that while passenger numbers rose by 1.2%, increased competition impacted fare revenue, particularly on its North Atlantic routes.//

//A new Tesla Supercharger station just outside Wicklow town has gone live, providing eight stalls delivering charging speeds of up to 250kW for both Tesla and non-Tesla drivers.
The V4 electric vehicle (EV) charging station is located at The Wilds Home & Café, formerly known as The Beehive, at Coolbeg, and customers can expect significant range to be added to their vehicle in just 15-30 minutes of charging.//