Chamber boss hits out at Government over handling of Cork Airport debt

THE Cork Chamber has launched its strongest attack yet on the Government for its handling of the controversial Cork Airport debt issue.

Chamber president Roger Flack, who represents over 200 businesses in the region, said events of the last few days have led to him question whether the Government’s so-called independent evaluation of the issue was nothing more than a “smoke screen”.

Mr Flack was speaking in the wake of comments from senior Government sources that the Cork Airport Authority (CAA) will be saddled with some level of debt despite a 2003 Government pledge it would be debt free after the break-up of Aer Rianta.