Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I had to drive my friend to the airport so I drove him from my house in Leopardstown to Dublin Airport through the city. He remarked that once we crossed the Liffey it was like entering a different city. On one occasion he asked me, "Is this Beirut?" That is how poor some of the city is.

I am delighted to have the Luas, which stops outside my front door but I join with Senator Norris in asking what lunatic put the proposal together that left a mile and a half of a gap between the two Luas lines.