Paul Hosford: Another year, another Metro announcement for Dublin

This time, it was said, the business case is strong, the numbers have been checked and rechecked and the engineering is done. We are all systems go, kind of

At Tuesday's Metrolink announcement, a figure of anywhere between €7.1bn and €12.1bn was mooted. Picture: Julien Behal

"It's like deja-vu, all over again."

The words of New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra seemed to ring around the Italian Room of Government Buildings as yet another Metro announcement for Dublin was made