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Limerick-based O'Donoghue's remarks came in tandem with an overall criticism of Ryan's apparent failure to deliver an adequate nationwide transportation system.
A notably animated O'Donoghue challenged Minister Ryan in the Dáil last Thursday with regards to the"overpopulation" of Dublin amidst calls for flights into the capital to be diverted to regional airports. "I've people from Dublin ringing me on a constant basis now telling me that this Government has destroyed their future, and their children, their grandchildren – why? Because you allowed Dublin to be overpopulated and they no longer can afford for their children to live in Dublin so they want you to deploy everything back into the regional areas," said O'Donoghue.
"The failure of the Government is everything for years has been shoved into Dublin and it needs to be dispersed around this country." In response, Minister Ryan acknowledged that there is a need for regional areas across the country to thrive, though warned there are"huge complexities and difficulties" in balancing the matter.🎧 LISTEN: Ronan O'Gara bursts Leinster's bubble, Ireland job speculation and wild tales from Marseille