Mayor hosts meeting on airport debt

THE Government faces a week of sustained pressure over its apparent u-turn on the controversial Cork Airport debt issue.

Its new €160 million terminal, which is at the centre of the controversy, will open on May 10, airport management confirmed over the weekend.

But with a cloud of doubt still hanging over who will pay for the building, the city's Lord Mayor, Deirdre Clune (FG), will host a crunch meeting in City Hall this morning of the city's 12 Oireachtas members.