Blame put on tourism tax as Irish airports report 13% drop in traffic

IRISH airports were among the worst-performing in Europe last year, with analysts blaming the tourism tax for a 13% fall in traffic.

This compares with traffic falls of 7.2% in Britain, 8.1% in Spain and 2.3% in Italy.

Ireland comes sixth-from -bottom among 34 European countries, according to figures compiled by airline analysts anna.aero.