The thing is that Dublin has the bones of great infrastructure in place, it's just that without a proper plan, we can't really benefit from it.
Present industrial strife notwithstanding, LUAS has been the real success story in Dublin transport over the last 20 years. It carries roughly the same load as Irish Rail in Dublin and the whole system was built for around a billion euro. Much as I'd like to see stuff like DART underground built, on previous evidence, all I see as a result of investment in Irish Rail is further deterioration in journey times and reliability.
As Inniskeen said, DART underground won't really solve any problems that can't be solved between the PPT and LUAS without doubling down and sorting out the northern line. So without a plan to continue on, it is a waste of money.
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