[Thomas J Stamp]

if the case for DART underground was there 4 years ago, it is there today.

from my few journeys to dublin these days I have noticed the tower cranes are coming back, there are more people about, and the trains/luas are more packed.

given that the recovery is mostly based in dublin right now to do anything which can hamper that recovery is astoundingly short sighted.

It is not as if there is NO money to get things started (and that is all that is needed), the Government is going to blast out €1.5 billion next month and plans to do the same this time next year - theres your DART underground paid for in full.

Of course, politically they cannot do that, but a small part of that €1.5 billion would have tided this over. As it is, it is the failure to link the Luas again. It will have to happen, because it must happen, and now when it does it will cost a lot more than €3 billion.