Dublin airport expansion ‘vital for tourism’

THE planned expansion of Dublin Airport must be urgently completed as it is a vital link in the future growth of the tourism industry, it was warned yesterday.

Richard Bourke, president of the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF), said industry would be stunted unless the construction of an extra pier at the terminal was completed on schedule.

“Delays in the delivery of crucial infrastructural projects have long impacted on the spread of tourism across the country.