Free bus and rail tickets are not on the table. Their discussion has helped pave the way for investment in better services and restrictions on car usage, however.
There is more to Sinn Féin’s climate policy than its opposition to the carbon tax or its non-commital stance on the emission cuts needed in agriculture, an in-depth discussion with Lynn Boylan and Darren O’Rourke reveals.
When a Spanish multinational sold its stake in the company that built the M4 toll road, Revenue issued a contested CGT bill. Following a tax appeal in 2021, the High Court has now ruled on the case.
The family-owned transport group signalled a strategic shift towards end-to-end logistics services with the grand opening of the first phase in a €50m warehousing park in Wexford this week, tying its expansion to widespread change in supply chains.
The ride-hailing giant’s Ireland general manager Kieran Harte speaks to The Currency about the country’s taxi shortage and its pitch to government for easing the licensing regime.
New information reveals spectacular growth at the recently acquired parcel delivery business during the strictest pandemic lockdowns – and the key role played by its franchise model.
The Currency has identified over 30 companies or business names connected with the directors of B Logistics over the past 20 years. They have one thing in common: All have failed.
In a major interview, Eamonn O’Reilly, outgoing chief executive of Dublin Port Authority, discusses the extreme challenges facing the shipping industry and how he is funding the €1.6 billion masterplan to expand the port.
Six years on from founding CitySwift, Brian O’Rourke and Alan Farrelly explain how they developed AI to optimise bus fleets, sold it to the UK’s major operators and are now going international – having raised funds from A-list investors including Ryanair’s founding family along the way.
Analysis of official traffic data and results from private toll road operators paint a grim financial picture. Another private operator is in serious financial trouble, while the taxpayer is shouldering most of the sector’s continuing pandemic burden.
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