Gilmore pressures TDs from west on Shannon

LABOUR leader Eamon Gilmore has called on Defence Minister Willie O’Dea and Government TDs from the west to take a stand with the people they represent in a Dáil vote on the Shannon-Aer Lingus controversy.

Speaking in Shannon yesterday, Mr Gilmore said that he would be asking Mr O’Dea and Government TDs along the west to vote in favour of a Labour Party motion calling on the Government to take all appropriate actions to ensure that the Shannon-Heathrow service is maintained.

Speaking after meeting with representatives from the Atlantic Connectivity Alliance (ACA) and the Shannon Action Group, Mr Gilmore said: “There are occasions when TDs have to take a stand with the people they represent and sometimes that means breaking the party whip and taking the consequences for that.”