Western Rail Corridor unlikely to proceed
Any prospect of extending the Western Rail Corridor from Athenry to Sligo appears to have receded as Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the Greens step up government formation talks. There is no mention of any western rail extension in the Green Party’s manifesto – as it negotiates a viable…
Petition to create Greenway reaches 20,000 signatures
The proposed Greenway from Collooney to Athenry has now surpassed 20,000 signatures in their online petition. It was created by The Western Trail Campaign which is a community campaign made up of people from Sligo, Mayo and Galway. The goal of the petition is to reach 25,000 signatures on the…
More than 2,000 sign online petition for greenway
An online petition calling for the provision of a 125 kilometre greenway from Athenry to Collooney has collected over two thousand signatures. The petition was launched in March of this year by Western Rail Trail Campaign, who are campaigning for the stretch of disused railway between both towns to be…