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Dublin’s Metrolink project just ballooned to a staggering €19 billion—way over the 2022 estimate of €9.5 billion—sparking fresh fears of mismanagement and delays, echoing past failures like the National Children’s Hospital. Meanwhile, Ireland’s Climate Change Advisory Council admits installing 400,000 heat pumps by 2030 is now unrealistic, urging a radical acceleration in retrofits. On the international stage, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sparked awkwardness during his Dublin visit when he spoke only in German, leaving key officials struggling with broken translation devices. Back home, campaigners are pushing for the state to buy land from the former Bessborough mother and baby home in Cork to create a memorial park, countering plans for luxury apartments on the site. And in a legal twist, over 300 former Christian Brothers members will be summoned via national newspaper ads—the group being unincorporated means there’s no single entity to sue directly.

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