Search
06 Sept 2025
Search
06 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Irish Rail will undertake remedial line works between Portlaoise and Ballybrophy overnight this week. It follows the suspension of services for a time on Thursday, September 5 over fears of subsidence adjacent to the line.
Services have been suspended between Portlaoise and Ballybrophy following a report of subsidence adjacent to the line.
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) September 5, 2024
Crews are en route to complete an inspection.
Update to follow.
-CL
Iarnród Éireann crews were dispatched and an investigation was carried out.
Providing an update to Leinster Express/Laois Live a spokesperson said: "Upon investigation, there was no subsidence – as we will always put safety first, we asked a maintenance team to attend, who advised that there was a minor track bed issue over a short distance.
"Services resumed at reduced speed, and we will undertake remedial line works with a tamping machine (which compacts the stone known as ballast on the track) overnight this week."
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
