Feargal Quinn (Independent)

It was a success. From the outset, the Custom House Docks project was marked by the unprecedented readiness of the authorities to fast track legislation to facilitate the broadest range of activities in the centre. They grabbed hold of it and it was a question of moving with the times. Senator White referred to her husband.

Whenever a market opportunity was spotted by the IDA or one of the other players in those days, there was no delay in putting the necessary enabling legislation in place. There was a real sense of getting it done, and that approach has clearly paid off.