Limerick council drops airline boycott motion

LIMERICK City Council last night dropped a motion calling for the boycott of Aer Lingus.

After a flurry of angry exchanges, Cllr Diarmuid Scully of Fine Gael agreed to drop his proposal, which was substituted with one agreed by all 15 councillors present on the Shannon/Heathrow crisis.

After Cllr Scully initially refused a request by Mayor Ger Fahy, also a FG member, to withdraw his motion, angry exchanges raged across the chamber.