The metro is 100% proof that FF & FG are not good at governing. The children’s hospital is the icing on the cake. It’s astonishing how bad these are. I don’t think Irish people understand just how bad this is. There are countries that are 2nd and 3rd world who have built mega projects bigger than these, in faster time and usually on budget. While we somehow put up with a bunch of teachers presiding over projects that never get completely on time, run so far over budget that it creates world records (think about that one) and yet we have voted them back in. I just don’t know what to think. It’s a very sad and pathetic state of affairs that we are in when it comes to spending our money. We can’t get any of it right. Why is that, why is it so bad?
@@FiremanSimon It could be a lot better and the metro project is a fiasco at this stage but there are plenty of other places that are worse. Granted public transport in particular leaves quite a bit to be desired.
@@FiremanSimonNot really. Could we be a lot better? Yes. But I’ve travelled and seen with my own eyes how bad it can get and very quickly. There’s less than a handful of similar sized countries that are far better than us - most of them have had no wars for 100s of years, oil reserves, gold reserves, huge amounts of cash or have had decades of economic growth that helped them slowly build their infrastructure. We essentially only started in the 90s.
Quarter of a century?? I'm old enough to remember the old CIE proposing such a scheme back in 1971! "No modern capital city should be without a rail link to its airport" and "We need an underground link between Connolly and Heuston stations" and how about "No EEC (Old name for the EU) capital city should be without an underground". I've long since learned that 'announcements' are not the same as actually doing, and to ignore them.
Failure everywhere, transport, health system disaster, housing crisis, lack of schools in some region, immigration out of control. We just need a big food supply crisis and we will have a strike. Now is the Metro a priority? Why not improving, extending Luas? Why building a Metro for a city which will be floaded soon if nothing is done on that aspect. I would more invest in a crash course in Netherland on that matter!
I agree we need a metro but in a city which is closest to our biggest trading partners..the European Union..and as all capital cities should recognise where their bread is buttered..Dublin is no longer that city bring the once gateway to the affluent British markets..which sre now looking unattractive for most... modern politics is all about assisting Dublin with that denial... Dublin will be deserted by 2050..bless them !😊
The metro is a waste of time, the luas goes out to cabra why not extend it to the airport, most European airports have either train links or tram links to the cities, Edinburgh, Amsterdam London and Newcastle Airport all have a rail or tram link,the Edinburgh tram system is excellent by the way from the airport right onto prince's Street and if Ireland are playing Scotland at Murrayfield the tram stops right outside the stadium, the dart does stop outside lansdown Road which is good but it doesn't half cause a backlog, the metro north fiasco is costing way too much
Like everything in this joke of a country it will be disaster. We literally cannot do anything on a big scale. It will be done by 2050 and be the most expensive metro line every built and most likely won't work half the time. Spend the billions on housing, hospitals and prison....things we actually need. Vote these people out!
The metro really is the modern version of sinking the Shannon.
The metro is 100% proof that FF & FG are not good at governing. The children’s hospital is the icing on the cake. It’s astonishing how bad these are. I don’t think Irish people understand just how bad this is. There are countries that are 2nd and 3rd world who have built mega projects bigger than these, in faster time and usually on budget. While we somehow put up with a bunch of teachers presiding over projects that never get completely on time, run so far over budget that it creates world records (think about that one) and yet we have voted them back in.
I just don’t know what to think. It’s a very sad and pathetic state of affairs that we are in when it comes to spending our money. We can’t get any of it right. Why is that, why is it so bad?
Please please dont start building anymore state projects until we can hire people to manage them.
We get a lot right in this country ???
Beg to differ.
You should travel to a lot of other countries and you would see he is right on that.
@@jmo8934 i have and that’s what angers me. Comparatively to similar size cities were a disgrace !!!
@@FiremanSimon It could be a lot better and the metro project is a fiasco at this stage but there are plenty of other places that are worse. Granted public transport in particular leaves quite a bit to be desired.
@@FiremanSimonNot really. Could we be a lot better? Yes. But I’ve travelled and seen with my own eyes how bad it can get and very quickly. There’s less than a handful of similar sized countries that are far better than us - most of them have had no wars for 100s of years, oil reserves, gold reserves, huge amounts of cash or have had decades of economic growth that helped them slowly build their infrastructure. We essentially only started in the 90s.
Quarter of a century?? I'm old enough to remember the old CIE proposing such a scheme back in 1971! "No modern capital city should be without a rail link to its airport" and "We need an underground link between Connolly and Heuston stations" and how about "No EEC (Old name for the EU) capital city should be without an underground". I've long since learned that 'announcements' are not the same as actually doing, and to ignore them.
We already have an underground line between Connolly and Heuston - they need to do it.
Can someone please enlighten me, what exactly do we get right?
Nothing but d crooks involved in these contracts make millions
Why does the government keep talking about the metro.Its never going to happen.
Failure everywhere, transport, health system disaster, housing crisis, lack of schools in some region, immigration out of control. We just need a big food supply crisis and we will have a strike. Now is the Metro a priority? Why not improving, extending Luas? Why building a Metro for a city which will be floaded soon if nothing is done on that aspect. I would more invest in a crash course in Netherland on that matter!
Vote Cleo and his cronies out . We need a change and it's up to us to make that change.
I agree we need a metro but in a city which is closest to our biggest trading partners..the European Union..and as all capital cities should recognise where their bread is buttered..Dublin is no longer that city bring the once gateway to the affluent British markets..which sre now looking unattractive for most... modern politics is all about assisting Dublin with that denial... Dublin will be deserted by 2050..bless them !😊
Sure ir will. We're thriving up here.
We could do with that money here in limerick, traitors
The metro is a waste of time, the luas goes out to cabra why not extend it to the airport, most European airports have either train links or tram links to the cities, Edinburgh, Amsterdam London and Newcastle Airport all have a rail or tram link,the Edinburgh tram system is excellent by the way from the airport right onto prince's Street and if Ireland are playing Scotland at Murrayfield the tram stops right outside the stadium, the dart does stop outside lansdown Road which is good but it doesn't half cause a backlog, the metro north fiasco is costing way too much
Like everything in this joke of a country it will be disaster. We literally cannot do anything on a big scale. It will be done by 2050 and be the most expensive metro line every built and most likely won't work half the time. Spend the billions on housing, hospitals and prison....things we actually need.
Vote these people out!
Metro waste of money
Fix hospitals and housing first
We don't need a Metro ...there are viable cheaper alternatives ....we are the fools we vote party lines no matter how foolish and empty the promises.
They have to have a way of getting their noses in d trough