The former Department of Finance secretary general says he has major concerns ahead of the National Planning Framework. On Friday, the Government will launch the NPF, committing €115bn to the 10-year investment strategy. There are already concerns that the Cork-Limerick motorway will undermine the plan's objective of creating strong regional cities. John Moran, Director of the European Investment Bank, said that he is very worried about how the plan is developing. "There's been a year and a half of consultation, a year and a half of thinking about what the right options are and of course there's not only one, there's lots of different ones, but it's important to have one," he said.

Source: Irish Examiner February 11, 2018 13:41 UTC