Lack of foresight then and so it is now

THE more things change, the more they stay the same. I was reminded of this adage while watching Prime Time on September 17.

Lack of foresight then and so it is now

Our Minister for Transport, Seamus Brennan, had to admit that the Luas project was an unmitigated disaster.

It was obviously ill-conceived and, as usual in this country, “blank chequed” by our profligate Government. It is yet another costly fiasco for the hard-pressed taxpayer.

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