Elaine Loughlin: Ireland’s broken infrastructure is no longer someone else’s problem
In the late 1930s, the government of the day was willing to flood an entire village to allow for an ESB hydroelectrical development on the River Liffey at Poulaphuca, Co Wicklow, which remains one of two major water sources for Dublin. Picture: Silverblaster
Those with the most illuminating insights often have a habit of being frustratingly dull.
The injection of colour into the warnings now being issued by naturally cautious civil servants and economic boffins should terrify the Government.
