Government to launch ‘Ireland 2040’ plan in Sligo later

The government is to launch it’s 115 billion euro ‘Ireland 2040’ plan later.
The document will outline how Ireland should develop over the next 20 years and where big capital spending will be done.
It will be launched in Sligo after a special cabinet meeting.
There’s two plans being launched today
The National Planning Framework, and the National Development Plan.
Together they form Project Ireland 2040 – the government’s vision for how to develop the country over the coming decades.
So what will be in it?
A big focus on housing with the government expected to commit to building more than half a million homes up to 2040
A new housing body will also be announced to have a focus on land hoarding
Health will get a big investment with three new hospitals in Dublin, Cork and Galway to deal with surgery waiting lists
A second runway at Dublin airport and a new control centre there
The M20 Motorway from Limerick to Cork
Money for the re-development of Waterford’s North Quays
More new schools will be announced
A DART extension to Drogheda and Metro North in Dublin
The new Children’s Hospital
New IT systems for the HSE and money to replace the Garda Pulse system
The Defence Forces will get two new maritime aircraft to patrol the seas post-Brexit
Athlone to be dubbed capital of the midlands, with extra importance to be given to developing Sligo as well
Along with much more
But it’s been politically sensitive with claims the plan leaves out rural Ireland by focusing on urban areas
A grand ambition of a plan, whether it will actually be achieved is another matter.