FG: Cullen ‘robbed’ Cork airport

TRANSPORT Minister Martin Cullen “robbed” Cork Airport of €100 million on the same day he announced funding of €22.3m for an airport in his own Waterford constituency, the Dáil has heard.

Fri, 23 Feb, 2007 - 00:00
Paul O’Brien and Stephen Rogers

Opposition TDs lambasted the Government for breaking its promise to Cork Airport that it would be debt-free upon independence.

Dublin Airport was supposed to assume the debts of both Cork and Shannon once the three separated.

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