Coveney rules out debt deal for Cork Airport

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has ruled out a deal on Cork Airport’s debt despite the impending loss of another service.

Coveney rules out debt deal for Cork Airport
Mon, 06 Apr, 2015 - 01:00
Eoin English

The Irish Examiner has learned that the airport is poised to lose its last air freight service in June, prompting criticism from a Fine Gael MEP that the airport was ignored in a government submission to an EU strategic investment fund.

The latest blow came weeks after the airport announced three new routes, to Cardiff, Ibiza and Prague.

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