How much would a larger drill bit be?
Well worth the money I'd say.
Well apparently the government made a decision back in 2006 to rent out the drilling machine at the cost of the taxpayer, from Nishimatsu, Mowlem, and Irishenco consortium (NMI) following the completion of the Port Tunnel.
The drilling machine was to be put in use again for the Dublin Metro, however with those plans now shelved, the drilling machine has since been stored in some tent in Galway again at the cost of the taxpayer.
However recently there has been conflicting reports with regard to its whereabouts:
Upon hearing an ex. Lord of the Banks had hired it out, we visited his home in Wicklow, where he had nothing much to say, only to say he was planning a journey to middle earth.
Other reported sightings of the drilling machine, led us to some cowboy's ranch in Biffo territory, where some local had confirmed that this cowboy had some regrets that his comerades had flogged off the Corrib Gas field & it was his intention to find some oil or gas in Biffo County & give it back to the Irish taxpayer.
Chile Bird, RTE News, San Jose gold & copper mine, some 2,300ft below ground, unshaven of course, Chile