'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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