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New harbour finished at Royal Canal Park

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The new harbour has been finished at Royal Canal Park. This was developed by Ballymore as part of the Royal Canal Park housing development. The cycleway along the canal bank has been reopened. As can be seen from the photos - the harbour is excellently built and will make for a very attractive feature on the Dublin Galway Greenway,

YOU ASKED: WHAT’S GOING ON WITH THE DUBLIN GALWAY GREENWAY?

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Editor’s Note: Many of our readers have contacted us and asked us how plans to develop the Dublin Galway Greenway were going. Here’s what we found out A little over six months ago, the Minister of Transport, Pascal Donohue,  announced  that the western end of the Dublin Galway greenway project would be paused to allow local issues be resolved while Kildare/Meath section would get the green light for immediate investment. This article will examine the current status of the project and look at the potential outcomes in 2016. As a background, the Dublin Galway greenway will be Ireland’s first cross-country cycle route covering a total distance of 210 km. The greenway forms a critical part of the Dublin to Galway Euro Velo Route #2   [readers correction]   and was announced as a strategic government project by Minister Leo Varadkar in 2012.  While the project was strongly supported in the east of the country, problems started to emerge at the western end due to landownership