Fianna Fáil TD Jim O’Callaghan has called for the terminus for Dublin’s MetroLink to be moved from Charlemont in the south city centre to Tara Street or St Stephen’s Green.

Mr O’Callaghan, who represents the Dublin Bay South constituency where three MetroLink stops will be located, said that while he is in favour of approval being granted in general terms by An Bord Pleanála, it is “unusual” for a major European city not to have a termination point between the airport and the city centre.

He was speaking during the second day of An Board Pleanála’s oral hearing into the MetroLink project.