Second terminal gets green light

THE GOVERNMENT has finally given the go-ahead for a second terminal at Dublin airport and plans to allow independent companies bid to build a third terminal within the next 10 years.

However, in an unexpected twist to the ongoing saga, Transport Minster Martin Cullen confirmed last night that nothing would prevent the Dublin Airport Authority from bidding to build and run a third terminal.

A guaranteed independent terminal three had been mooted as a key concession demanded by the Progressive Democrats.