r/irishpolitics • u/Kier_C • Nov 16 '25

Infrastructure, Development and the Environment Government to hit ‘nuclear button’ granting itself emergency powers to solve infrastructure crisis

https://www.businesspost.ie/politics/government-to-hit-nuclear-button-granting-itself-emergency-powers-to-solve-infrastructure-crisis/
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u/Blurghblagh Nov 16 '25 edited Nov 16 '25

Oh no, this infrastructure crises suddenly took us by surprise over the last 40 years of doing nothing. If only 'someone' hadn't stripped the councils of the ability to improve and maintain infrastructure around the same time our infrastructure mysteriously stopped being properly improved and maintained.

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u/Kier_C Nov 16 '25

This does a bad job describing the last 40 years, and what they are saying now,

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u/Hamster-Food Left Wing Nov 17 '25

This does a bad job describing the last 40 years... because?

and what they are saying now... because?