FG call for inquiry into Shannon Foynes land deal

FINE Gael has called on the Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey to make a public statement about a suspect land deal after obtaining a memo under Freedom of Information which shows the minister discussed the matter in 2008.

The party’s transport spokesman Fergus O’Dowd TD and Limerick TD Dan Neville called on the minister to set up a departmental inquiry into activities of the Shannon Foynes Port Company, and to publish a Deloitte & Touche report into the matter.

Mr O’Dowd said a third party made millions by selling 16 acres of land it had obtained in a land swap with the port company.