If this country had a coherent system for evaluating big public investment projects, Dublin Airport’s second runway, which finally opened in August 2022, would have won plaudits for long-term planning.  First conceived in the 1960s, it was built on land acquired, at modest cost, 40 years ago when the existing main runway opened. The plans for a second were promptly made public and sileage patiently harvested on the acquired farmland down the years.  The first (south) runway was criticised initially since it operated below capacity. But runways adequate for direct transatlantic flights, reluctantly conceded to Dublin by the Irish government,…

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