LUAS Network + Future Expansion

GDP is not a measure of real output as it is tied to money. It is a useful metric in certain instances, but not this one. Young people cannot afford to move out of the box room. Further, households are not forming so any population growth is not genuinely sustainable. Why? Because the average Irish worker's output is not high enough. The existing assets e.g. machinery and commercial units help offset this, but living standards are declining nonetheless. What is more, this vulnerability is being exploited by state actors that pose advanced persistent threats such as Russia, China and other BRICS nations. Ireland's infrastructure has already been damaged as a result.

If you want to invest in the future, shift the economy towards capitalism and turn everyone who lives on this isle into a net contributor to the state's coffers. That way, population growth will be more sustainable and the government will be able to plan infrastructure development appropriately.

If you let Ireland's super-wealthy oligarchy dictate infrastructure development, the result will be subpar as they have no long-term vision for Ireland. Their status is premised on wealth extraction via rent rather than on farming or manufacturing. They are cannibalising the middle class by having them subsidise employment schemes for transient labour. The costs are offloaded to society and the state through erosion of purchasing power.