If you ever meet Dr Lynch you might get a good idea as to why Irish Rail is the mess it is. In an ideal world he would have been forced to resign over the fraud inquiry in Irish Rail, the Malahide viaduct and the failure to deliver on the journey time promises of On Track 2000, but as our new leader has realised this is not a ideal world.
I will forever remember a lunch in Cork where the management of a major european rolling stock company was insulted by a certain CIE chairperson, it might have been a joke but it didn't work.
Legally its unclear if an extension is even possible as last time round was sold as being the last possible extension. We need a purge of this old school in favour of experienced transport professionals, even if it means getting in someone from Europe
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