Ireland is brilliant at identifying problems and terrible at solving them – The Irish Times
Metrolink: The project's programme director Sean Sweeney recently told an Oireachtas committee Ireland does not have enough workers to build it. The Construction Industry Federation insists we have plenty of workers; the problem is pipeline, planning, funding. Then the MetroLink director tells an Oireachtas committee that Irish construction fundamentally cannot support this project. The Metro North cancellation is our Rosetta Stone for understanding Irish infrastructure dysfunction. The problem for Ireland is that we have too many professional problem-identifiers, and too few professional problem-solvers.
Source: The Irish Times December 06, 2025 11:34 UTC
