Éamon Ó Cuív: Sale of €8m airstrips may only recoup €500k

A decision to sell off two west coast airstrips has been slammed by a former minister after it emerged the State may only get a fraction of what it cost to build them.

The airstrips at Cleggan and Inishbofin off Connemara were built by the State at a combined cost of more than €8m.

But former Gaeltacht and islands minister Éamon Ó Cuív said the Government “would be lucky” if it recouped €500,000.