Mansfield’s Weston airport being sold at down-to-earth price of €3m

The airport previously owned by high-flying businessman Jim Mansfield is being sold at a down-to-earth price of €3 million.

And, the likes of entrepreneurial Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary is being touted as necessary to get the aerodrome business flying once more.

The Weston Executive Airport outside Dublin by Leixlip is being off-loaded by Nama via receivers KPMG, with a price of €3 million quoted for the 256 acres of land, 100,000sq ft of buildings and hangars, a period home and 28 stables and paddocks.