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Full coverage: Transport

Abolishing fares was never an option, but the free public transport study backs up alternatives

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.

Thomas Hubert
15th Mar, 2023 - 5 min read

Renewables, retrofits and rural buses: The big Sinn Féin climate interview

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.

Thomas Hubert
7th Mar, 2023 - 20 min read

Land, leases, licences and the law: Motorway case clarifies tax treatment of FDI property

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.

Thomas Hubert
21st Feb, 2023 - 5 min read

A €12m warehouse, four more planned, and “debt-free”: How Nolan channels a logistics Brexit boom

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.

Thomas Hubert
13th Jan, 2023 - 6 min read

Uber wants to seize on Ireland’s “outlier” taxi problem

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.

Jonathan Keane
1st Dec, 2022 - 5 min read

How Fastway Couriers doubled its business before a private equity deal

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.

Thomas Hubert
10th Jun, 2022 - 3 min read

Multiple identities and a contested €2m wage subsidy claim: The curious insolvency of a Dublin transport company

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.

Thomas Hubert
27th May, 2022 - 10 min read

Dublin Port is raising prices again, defending itself from developers’ diggers and at risk from sea level rises

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.

Rosanna Cooney
14th Apr, 2022 - 10 min read

Buses in the cloud: How a pair of Longford schoolfriends grew to modernise New York’s public transport

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.

Thomas Hubert
31st Jan, 2022 - 8 min read

Covid-19 toll: A €100m cost to the state and a central motorway link on the brink of default

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.

Thomas Hubert
24th Nov, 2021 - 5 min read
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