Brennan ignores union pleas by naming Shannon board

TRANSPORT Minister Seamus Brennan continued to ignore union pleas for an independent review of his plans to break up Aer Rianta yesterday and named the new board to run Shannon Airport.

Announcing the 12-member board, Mr Brennan outlined his opposition to any delay in the break-up of the company and signalled that he expected Dublin, Cork and Shannon to be operating independently before the end of next summer.

“It’s better for choice and better for growing the markets, if the three airports are independent authorities,” he said.