Dublin’s planned new metro system will need about 8,000 workers

An episode of the Newstalk Breakfast podcast, hosted by Newstalk, titled "Dublin’s planned new metro system will need about 8,000 workers" was published on November 20, 2025 and runs 4 minutes.

November 20, 2025 ·4m · Newstalk Breakfast

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Dublin’s planned new metro system will need about 8,000 workers to construct, according to Metrolink’s Project Director Sean Sweeney. He told the Oireachtas Committee on Transport that the Irish construction industry cannot support the construction of this project.

Shane discussed this further with Paul Davis, Lecturer in Public Procurement at DCU.

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