Brennan in bid to prevent further airport disruption

TRANSPORT Minister Séamus Brennan will meet with Aer Rianta unions in a bid to stave off further disruption for passengers at the country’s main airports.

But the minister is still refusing to meet the unions’ demands for an independent evaluation of his plans to break up Aer Rianta and make Dublin, Cork and Shannon independent. Yesterday, unions showed what damage could be caused by threatened industrial action when more than 30 flights and up to 4,000 passengers were affected when SIPTU held workers meetings at the three airports.

But SIPTU rowed back from balloting its members on industrial action and instead drew up a 10-point plan to stave off the break-up of the company.