Varadkar: All ports need to start making profit

Major ports like Dublin and Cork have been told they must open up to more outside investment, but Transport Minister Leo Varadkar insisted they would not be fully privatised.

Unveiling a strategy for development of the country’s 19 commercial ports, Mr Varadkar warned that all needed to start turning a profit.

The ports are to be divided into categories, with Dublin, Cork, and Shannon-Foynes on the priority A-list as the Government takes a more “activist” role in how they operate.