Haughey ‘sells British airport’

THE former Fianna Fáil senator, Edward Haughey, now more formally known as Lord Ballyredmond, has sold his airport at Carlisle in northern England to a local businessman for an undisclosed sum.

He reportedly sold it after failing to secure funding from a government development agency for an £18 million (€26.2m) upgrade. Mr Haughey acquired a 150-year lease on Carlisle Airport five years ago for around €1.45m.