Irish Examiner view: Ireland needs immigrants to help address our labour shortage
Alan Barrett of the ESRI said the Government is trying to deliver an 'enormously ambitious national development plan' while at the same time increasing the number of new homes being built. Stock picture: Gareth Fuller/PA
A series of points and counterpoints have been made in recent days about our national infrastructure.
No sooner had we learned of ambitious plans for rail stations in Cork, and motorways linking Limerick and Cork, for instance, than parallel announcements were made that had the effect of dousing those plans in cold water.
