O’Leary’s airport pricing claims sharply criticised

THE vice-president of the Irish Hotels Federation yesterday hit back at claims by Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary that Shannon airport has priced itself out of the market.

Clare-based hotelier Michael Vaughan said charges at Shannon “are a fair price for a fair service offered”.

He was responding to a letter by Mr O’Leary to Clare County Council, in which he claimed that Shannon “has continued to implode” as a direct result of “unjustified Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) cost increases”.