Call for give €3.5m Ryanair settlement to Shannon

SHANNON Airport Authority “should 100% receive” the €3.5 million Ryanair paid to the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) for breach of the five-year contract with Shannon Airport on passenger charges.

That’s according to tourism expert Prof Jim Deegan of the University of Limerick’s Department of Economics, who said yesterday the €3.5m should be transferred to Shannon to be used for the promotion of the airport.

Prof Deegan said: “Shannon made the deal with Ryanair and Ryanair coming into Shannon stopped other airlines coming into the airport. Shannon should 100% receive that money.”