Ireland 2040: Planners criticise ‘focus on politics rather than reforms’

Planners have questioned the validity of the Government’s Project Ireland 2040 plan, saying while its promises are welcome, it appears to be focussed on politics instead of focussed on reforms.

Ireland 2040: Planners criticise ‘focus on politics rather than reforms’
Sat, 17 Feb, 2018 - 00:00
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Brendan McCormack, IT Sligo president, and Una Parsons, head of engineering school, IT Sligo, present Leo Varadkar with an Annie West caricature of the Cabinet, as junior

education minister Mary Michell O’Connor, and Sligo-Leitrim TD Tony McLoughlin look on. Picture: James Connolly

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