I met one of Ireland’s best-known insolvency practitioners for coffee the morning I wrote this column. “Something doesn’t feel right, Stuart,” he told me as we discussed recently published data, which shows that Ireland is one of Europe’s best-performing economies. Most forecasts predict steady growth over the next 12 months. The State’s coffers have never been healthier and inflation is under control. So, where is the problem? One problem is that the infrastructural platform upon which Ireland’s economic success has been built is no longer fit for purpose. In some ways, this is the price of success. An economy that…

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