Dáil plea to keep air link

LABOUR has tabled a Dáil motion criticising the Aer Lingus decision to scrap its Shannon-Heathrow air services and calling on the Government to take all appropriate steps to ensure the service is maintained.

The move was announced by Limerick East Deputy Jan O’Sullivan yesterday when Labour Party public representatives from the mid-west region highlighted their opposition to the Aer Lingus decision.

Ms O’Sullivan said: “Given what we have heard from employers and investors over the past week, neither the Aer Lingus management nor the Government can be in any doubt about the potential social and economic consequences of this decision for the mid-west and western regions. We are determined that the plan will be defeated and we are not going to be fobbed off with substitute services to some other airport that would not provide the key links that Heathrow alone can guarantee.