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Does Munster need four airports?

Work has begun on a €30m runway extension to allow Waterford Airport to accommodate international jet aircraft.

Waterford turned the sod last week on an ambitious €30m plan to see a return of international aviation to the South East.

Funded by private US investment, the planned runway extension would allow jet aircraft to fly into the airport, with the developers setting an ambitious target of 400,000 passengers annually within three years.