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'Radical' solutions required to tackle 'emergency' in energy, water, and transport

'Radical' solutions required to tackle 'emergency' in energy, water, and transport

Sean O’Driscoll, chair of UCC’s Governing Authority, claims public servants are 'more afraid of the public accounts committee than they are of the economy declining'. Picture: Dan Linehan

Ireland is facing a “national emergency” in infrastructure, Sean O’Driscoll bluntly states, as he speaks to the Irish Examiner from a private room on the grounds of University College Cork.

In a wide-ranging discussion in which he claims public servants are “more afraid of the public accounts committee than they are of the economy declining” he warns of crises mounting in our energy, water and transport sectors.

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