The leader of the Green Party says that the future of transport in Ireland is rail
"The motorway as planned in Limerick and Cork going through Buttevant, in my mind makes no sense. It's a huge expense and it will not work. It arrives at a traffic jam in Cork and the same, actually, at the other end in Limerick."
Ryan went on to state that rail is the preferred option for the future of Irish transport, stating that some towns are"dying on their feet" and need life brought back to the centre of them. Ryan also noted that the entire railway network in the country needs to be electrified and upgraded as Ireland looks towards a zero-carbon future.
"I'd far prefer to invest in the rail systems in both Cork and Limerick. If there is a need of an upgrade to the Cork-Limerick road system, I think it's far better to do it and far cheaper to do it if you joined the existing N7 and allow for traffic to work that way. "I don't believe that the big overblown Fine Gael motorway plans make sense and we would use the money instead to fund public transport," Ryan concluded.Hit play for The Architects of Business