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Fri 04 Apr 2003'Review's message to Irish people is clear - stick with your car'
POLITICAL REACTION: The Strategic Rail Review (SSR) is "fatally flawed" because it "legitimises line closures and pays nothing more than lip-service to the Government's own spatial strategy", according to the Fine Gael transport spokesman, Mr Denis Naughten TD.
While the commuter developments for Dublin and Cork and the upgrading of inter-city routes should be "fast-tracked as a priority", he said the review paved the way for the closure of the Limerick-Ballybrophy and Limerick Junction-Waterford lines.
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