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
Fri, 03 Oct, 2003 - 01:00

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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