Fine Gael’s staunch defence of the publicly owned Irish rail system against the EU’s Railway Directive continues to raise eyebrows in many quarters. For a party ideologically dedicated to market competition and the invisible hand of the market, the Government’s decision to continually derogate the demand to privatise public rail transport might be mystifying. The… Read more »
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