Simon Coveney says €1bn infrastructure investment plan for Cork and Kerry is ‘not an election stunt’
The strategic regional infrastructure projects, which are part of the Government’s previously announced €42bn framework for infrastructure investment plan for 2016 to 2021, will ensure the economic recovery continues in the main development counterpoint to the capital and will provide for up to 45,000 construction jobs, they said.
Defence Minister Simon Coveney rejected suggestions that the timing of the announcement was a cynical pre-election ploy.
