A Wexford Dáil deputy says he does not believe assurances that the Rosslare to Limerick rail link will survive if it is decided to close the Thurles sugar plant. The line at present is used by passenger trains and by goods trains carrying sugar beet from South Wexford to the Thurles plant.
Report shows sugar beet being loaded onto lorries in Wexford.
Train crossing a bridge.
Wellington Bridge Railway Station in County Wexford.
To camera Michael Ryan on local fears that the line will go if the Thurles factory closes.
Interview with Hugh Byrne, Fianna Fáil TD, Wexford, who is opposed to any plan to close the line.
Thurles sugar plant and sugar beet being processed.
The reporter is Michael Ryan.
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