Planning for the long term to meet our future needs will pay dividends

Caroline Spillane says a focused and long term approach led by a single unit of government is needed to avoid the mistakes of the past and to properly plan and deliver the infrastructure required for a small open economy like Ireland.

WITH the economy on the turn, the challenge is how growth can be sustained.

In the past, boom and bust cycles have led to sporadic investment in strategic infrastructure, with Dublin often getting a disproportionate share at the expense of balanced regional development.