Exporters plead for port expansion

DELAYS in giving permission to expand port facilities could damage the country’s economy, the Irish Exporters Association (IEA) warned yesterday.

The IEA said capacity at Irish ports, particularly Dublin, is constrained and that the delay in granting permission to expand facilities would limit growth of exports.

A new report from the association says that exports will grow by up to 10% a year until the end of the decade, but capacity at Dublin Port will run out in the next couple of years.