The population of Ireland is set to rise to 5.6 million residents by 2040 according to experts who are concerned that an additional 900,000 people could completely clog up an already oversubscribed capital city in Dublin where land prices have sky rocketed and infrastructure is already being stretched to breaking point. The subject of a potential new city in the midlands arose at a Government ‘think in’ as a way of linking up the existing cities in Ireland and potentially creating a brand new business district in the centre or northwest of the country. Which leads to the question, if it...