Varadkar accused of making airports’ boards ‘redundant’

TRANSPORT Minister Leo Varadkar was last night accused of making the boards of Cork and Shannon airports redundant.

Fianna Fáil transport spokesman Timmy Dooley made the claim after the Department of Transport confirmed that the boards of Cork and Shannon have been reduced, with four employees of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) making up the membership of the two boards.

The department confirmed that no replacements are to be made at this time for the chairmen, Brian O’Connell at Shannon and Gerry Walsh at Cork, or for the other minister-appointed board members who stepped down at the end of their term in December.