The construction of the MetroLink project will require around 8,000 workers, with some coming from abroad, the project's director has said.
Programme Director of MetroLink Sean Sweeney told the Oireachtas Committee on Transport that the major contracts for the project will go to international firms, as there were no firms within the Irish construction industry with the necessary scale and skills required for a project of this size.
He said these international firms would bring in workers from abroad for the duration of the construction.
