‘Congestion damaging competitiveness’

FORFÁS, the State training and innovation agency, has said congestion and overcrowding at Dublin Airport are damaging the country’s competitiveness.

The agency is pressing for the €1.2 billion capital development plan at the airport — which will see a new terminal (T2) and runway built — to get underway immediately.

“The relatively poor quality of Ireland’s, and Dublin’s, air transport infrastructure is of major concern from an enterprise development and national competitiveness perspective.”