People keep moving to the city. Unless we relax the plans and start building sprawling car-dependent suburbs, making bold up-front investments in commuter rail is the only game in town.
The world runs on competition. But it's not necessarily the best way to deliver complex capital projects.
A new study says civil servants matter to infrastructure projects. When the state is investing billions on infrastructure, competent officials are a good investment.
The economic benefits of a bigger population are greater than the simple addition of taxpayers. A bigger country would be more stable, richer and cheaper.
Now that there’s plenty of money available, the clamour for the state to splash out on infrastructure immediately is louder than ever. This is the worst time to do it, says Ibec’s chief economist.
There are growing numbers in rural Ireland with the emigrating instincts a young Séan Donoghue had in Manorhamilton in the 1950s. The test of the emerging Ireland is to provide the services and the opportunities that allow them to remain at home.
The former owner of Beauparc Utilities is in discussions with the promoters of a direct jet fuel link between Dublin’s port and airport. Here is the background of the proposed project.
When a Spanish multinational sold its stake in the company that built the M4 toll road, Revenue issued a contested CGT bill. Following a tax appeal in 2021, the High Court has now ruled on the case.
Finance and contractors are in place for the major infrastructure project destined to replace peak gas-fired generation with overseas renewable or nuclear electricity. Thomas Hubert reports from Paris.
Tokyo is worth paying attention to because it shows how to have your cake and eat it: A growing, rich, modern city with low rents, and a unique culture.
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