Irish Examiner view: The clock is ticking on housing and infrastructure projects 

Amid multiple holdups and budget overruns it’s time for the Government to act, and decisively

Most pressing of all the current Government's challenges is the slow progress in housing. File picture: Getty

Why is it that the delivery of major infrastructural projects in this country is consistently beset by delays, financial overruns, and the sort of political fractiousness and frustration that can only be brought on by incompetent governance?

A glance at any newspaper over the past year will reveal how one or another vital piece of infrastructure — be it hospitals, roads, housing developments, water delivery, or green energy initiatives — is being delayed or abandoned because of planning rows, investment concerns, or opposition from fringe interests.