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Irish Rail's Over Budget Control Centre | Cork News
Irish Rail’s new National Train Control Centre is spiraling out of control — ballooning from €148 million to a potential €205 million, thanks to delays in its critical traffic management system and missed deadlines. Originally slated for completion by March 2025, the project now faces a major timeline slip. Public watchdog Seamus McCarthy has flagged the overspending, noting Irish Rail already wrote off €50 million earlier this year — much of it tied to the same flawed system. Meanwhile, nearly €7 million was spent on unused electric buses waiting for charging stations. With the National…
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