Read the full analysis HERE.

Submissions on this new proposal can be made to Irish Rail before Monday 13 th Oct here: https://tinyurl.com/DARTwallfeedback

NTA/Irish Rail have published a new plan for the coastal protection of the railway including
the section between Merrion Gates and Dun Laoghaire Harbour. The rock amour solution
that they proposed just a year ago for most of that section has been abandoned. It is now
proposed to demolish the old stone sea wall down to the level of the tracks and replace it
with a crude precast concrete wall which will be 1.3 m higher than the existing wall. That is
higher than the top of the passenger windows in the DART. The existing view of Dublin Bay
will be obliterated forever despite what the sketches and drawings published by Irish Rail
appear to show. On a strategic level, the new proposal takes no account of other national
and local objectives that could and should be integrated into this project.

All of these issues are referred to in greater detail in a paper that the S2S Supporters Group
is now making public HERE. NTA/Irish Rail have requested comments from members of the
public on these proposals to be submitted by Monday 13 th October 2025. Information on
how to make a submission can be found here https://tinyurl.com/DARTwallfeedback