DAA seeks dismissal of Ryanair action

THE High Court was yesterday asked to dismiss a challenge by Ryanair to the planning permission for a second terminal at Dublin Airport.

Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) claims Ryanair’s legal challenge to the permission cannot be permitted because of a settlement reached between the budget airline and the Government in March 2006.

Planning permission was granted by An Bord Pleanála for the second terminal, T2, last August, and Ryanair launched a High Court challenge to the validity of that decision in September.