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Editorial: Much to be done to salvage Ireland’s woeful record on delivering major projects
For the past decade, at least, successive governments have persistently misunderstood the nature and scale of the housing shortage
Ireland’s reputation for completing infrastructure projects on time and on budget is poor. Too many things – hospitals, transport initiatives, even simple initiatives such as improving our urban environment – take too long to plan and build, and almost always cost more than envisaged.
The publication of the National Development Plan in 2018 was an attempt to do better. In essence, it identified the things that were most urgently needed – in housing, transport, education, ...