Status
In May 2010, Iarnród Éireann anticipated that if construction had begun in 2012 the tunnel would have been operational by 2018.
On 30 June 2010, Iarnród Éireann submitted an application to An Bord Pleanála for a Railway Order for the scheme under the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001. Under this Act, the Board charged with considering planning, environmental and property issues regarding proposed developments.
The November 2011, the government deferred funding the project due to capital spending cuts until 2016 at the earliest.
A month later in December 2011, in the Railway Order was granted for the development. The granting of the Railway Order permits both the construction of the scheme and any necessary compulsory acquisition of property. It does not however commit funding to the project.
According the Iarnród Éireann, the government has indicated that funding the project will be reconsidered in the next capital investment programme. Because this will not take place before 2015, the tunnel cannot however be completed by 2018 even if funding is approved in that next budgetary cycle.
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