Comment: NDP must be built on best business practice

The announcement of the €184 billion development plan represents the single biggest investment programme that this country has ever undertaken.

The breadth of aspiration encompassed in the document released last Tuesday is impressive.

A number of commentators have already raised questions about how prepared we are to undertake this task. Attention has been focused in particular on the question of project evaluation and progress review, and these are certainly important elements of a ...