A chara, – Dr John Doherty (Letters, December 9th) tells only half the story of your columnist David McWilliams's proposed high-speed train network (Opinion, December 5th).
If Dublin/Derry costs €42 billion, then Belfast/Dublin/Cork will be another €78 billion, making the total bill €120 billion.
Given the experience of the National Children’s Hospital, we can double that to €240 billion, which is approximately the gross national product.
Your columnist optimistically concludes that, “money will not be the impediment but lack of vision might be”. – Is mise,
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WALTER GOE,
Dublin 6.