State aims to weave green into gold
The government wants a ‘more ambitious’ National Development Pan that will provide a post-Covid and post-Brexit boost to the economy, while also improving our green credentials. Is it a flight of fancy, or a realistic prospect?
It’s the year 2038. You’ve just nodded off on the high-speed train back home to Dublin from Cork, where you’ve spent the day discussing a proposal for a new offshore wind farm that would generate enough electricity to power half a million homes.
Once you arrive into Heuston Station, you’ll get the Luas to your luxury apartment on the site where Dublin Port used to stand, before most of it was moved to Rosslare, and ...