Council seeks airport meeting

CLARE County Council members are seeking a meeting with Transport Minister Leo Varadkar and the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) on the future of Shannon airport.

In a heated debate, Fine Gael Cllr John Crowe told the October meeting of the council: “It is an absolute scandal what has happened at Shannon Airport in the past couple of years. We have seen this airport decline, decline and decline.”

Independent Cllr PJ Ryan said the Shannon Airport Authority (SAA) “was operating with one hand tied behind its back with the DAA calling the shots. Dublin is the big concern for the DAA”.