Lord knows when this will happen with the Govt finances in the merde but as far back as the 2001 timetable (completed by 2006!), Irish Rail were planning on resignalling the city centre to accomodate more trains and allow Drogheda and Maynooth trains to turn back at Grand Canal Dock.
They cannot do this currently and to stop them blocking the DART, services run out to Bray. Changing trains at Connolly would make sense if the DART actually ran at 5-7 min frequencies during the peak hours but given the hit or miss nature of that timetable, it might actually result in a worse service all round.
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