Railway work to progress

Dunboyne man and former Meath team manager Sean Boylan was granted a temporary injunction halting railway works near his home on Thursday last, which was lifted on Friday after the issue had been resolved. Mr Boylan secured the High Court interim injunction restraining Irish Rail or its agents carrying out the works on the first phase of the Navan-Dublin line close to his home in Dunboyne, unless they were carried out in accordance with law. Counsel for Mr Boylan said the court application was prompted by 'extraordinarily dangerous' works carried out within feet of his property on Tuesday of last week without prior notice. Early that day, he said he saw machines 'pulverising' a ditch and trees within feet of his property, representing a danger to his family, employees and clients of the Sean Boylan Herbal Medical Clinic which he runs at his property. He ran out to the workers involved, who expressed surprise that he was unaware the machines would be coming onto his property to carry out the works. Mr Boylan was supportive of the Dublin-Navan rail line project but people should not be put at risk, his counsel said.