An extract from a letter in today's Indo...
Last weekend, when challenged about the lack of progress in developing the Metro link to Dublin Airport, the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, told Sean O'Rourke on 'The Week in Politics', "I never promised that the Metro would be running by 2007".
He went on to explain that he had merely promised to "examine the possibilities of putting a Metro there."
However, the Programme for Government, which Mr Ahern signed up to in 2002, is quite clear on the matter.
In it, the Government says: "We will develop the Metro for Dublin on a PPP basis making the maximum use of private finance and achieving a link to Dublin Airport by 2007".
My own (conspiracy) theory on this is that the DAA are making far too much money on the long term carpark to allow a Metro to be built.....
Any thoughts?
Firely
Last weekend, when challenged about the lack of progress in developing the Metro link to Dublin Airport, the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, told Sean O'Rourke on 'The Week in Politics', "I never promised that the Metro would be running by 2007".
He went on to explain that he had merely promised to "examine the possibilities of putting a Metro there."
However, the Programme for Government, which Mr Ahern signed up to in 2002, is quite clear on the matter.
In it, the Government says: "We will develop the Metro for Dublin on a PPP basis making the maximum use of private finance and achieving a link to Dublin Airport by 2007".
My own (conspiracy) theory on this is that the DAA are making far too much money on the long term carpark to allow a Metro to be built.....
Any thoughts?
Firely