I don’t think an overarching transport authority is necessarily a bad idea in principle, but whether we can have any faith in this government with respect to managing public transport infrastructure is another thing altogether.

There is always the risk that instead of dealing with problems in one organisation, they just create another along side it. Case in point - Iarnród Éireann and the RPA.

One of my worries is that the DTA will simply be doing constant battle with everyone else (including the Department of Transport) to get anything done.

And of course lets not forget that there is more to Ireland than the Pale - god help the rest of the country if they want anything other than a road, bus (or train if they are lucky) to Dublin!