Gli agricoltori concordano sull’accordo multimilionario per facilitare la pipeline di Shannon a Dublino

I dislike a lot about this. 

1. The estimated budget is between €3b and €10b. Which just gives immediate flashbacks to the children’s hospital. Presume this is just a budget buffer of €4b-€6b as the civil service will have hands all over this.

2. Big pay-outs to farmers too. Great process.

3. Why should the Shannon have to supply Dublin just because they’ve wrecked their own supplies. Nevermind the possible ecological impacts. Once the pipe is laid they’ll suck as much water to Dublin as possible. It’ll create untold disturbance further down stream.

Theres a hole in the bucket dear Liza

You think the rossport protests were bad you ain’t seen nothing yet.

The agreement reached with the Irish Farmers Assocation (IFA) and the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) is expected to greatly reduce the likelihood of objections to the 170km (105-mile) pipeline.


Absolutely needed if we want Dublin to get denser.

I know I’m but a simple, anonymous internet commentator, and not a highly paid consultant. However, given that much of the cost of this pipeline appears to be the land, would it not have made sense to simply run this thing alongside the existing motorway from Dublin Limerick?