Colm Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Senator Craughwell is dead right. This project is about developing the entire region, and it is important that the emphasis be on the growth of Cork and Munster and moving away from the major growth centre of the past 25 or 30 years, namely, Dublin, so that we can plan properly and ensure we have the necessary infrastructure.

I wish to raise another matter regarding the British media's commentary on Brexit. I was shocked to read an article in yesterday's edition of The Timeswritten by Ms Melanie Phillips. She wrote: "The crisis bubbling just below the surface ever since Britain voted to leave the EU is now at the point of eruption." She also wrote: "Only a tiny amount of trade crosses the Irish border." For someone to write that in what I regard as a reputable newspaper-----