Anger as Government goes ahead on €50m jets

THE Government decision to press ahead with its plans to buy two new executive jets came under renewed fire last night.

As the deadline for the receipt of tenders for the luxury aircraft passed at noon yesterday, opposition parties said that at a time when services were being cut back, the Government was not getting its spending priorities right.

The purchase of a large corporate jet with more than 40 seats and a smaller jet with more than seven seats could end up costing the taxpayer more than €50 million, according to aviation industry analysts.