Government announces plans to expand and upgrade the public transport network.
Transport 21 plans to develop Dublin transport links, including a metro line from St Stephen's Green to Dublin Airport, continuing to Swords.
At present, passengers can only travel to Dublin Airport by bus or car.
It's the only capital city airport in western Europe that has no metro or rail link.
Passengers at Dublin Airport speaking to RTÉ News believe that a train service is long overdue. The government say that the airport metro line will be in place by 2012.
Declan Collier, Dublin Airport, welcomes the plan, describing it as great news for passengers.
Transport 21 includes a second metro line travelling west of the city, serving areas including Clondalkin and Blanchardstown.
St Stephen's Green will become a transport hub for the entire city. Minister for Transport Martin Cullen said that St Stephen's Green will be to Dublin what Grand Central Station is to New York.
By 2008, Stephen's Green will provide the long awaited link between the green and red Luas lines. There are further plans for a Luas extension from the city centre to Liffey Junction on the Maynooth railway line. There will be extensions to Cherrywood, CityWest, the Docklands and Bray and a new Luas line to Lucan.
Along rail lines, signalling will be improved to allow more trains to travel through Connolly Station. DART services will also be extended to Hazelhatch, Balbriggan and Maynooth. There will be a new station at Spencer Dock. A rail interconnector tunnel will link Dublin docklands to Heuston Station by 2015.
Dublin Bus will benefit immediately from the arrival of twenty new buses under the plan. There are also plans to double the number of quality bus corridors.
On roads, there will be an upgrade of the M50 completed in five years.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 1 November 2005. The reporter is Orla O'Donnell.
