Opposition dismisses 10-year transport plan as ‘political con job

FINE GAEL last night dismissed the transport plan as a “political con job” and wasted opportunity.

The party’s finance spokesman Richard Bruton led a concerted opposition savaging of the initiative. He said the 10-year programme amounted to little more than the reheating of projects dating back to 1998.

“The Government has repackaged every transport plan over the past seven years that they have failed to deliver and tried to present this as a new transport plan for the country,” Mr Bruton said.