€90m budget package to help restore routes at Irish airports

Passengers at an almost-empty Cork Airport earlier this year. Picture: Jim Coughlan

A €90m financial aid package to help restore air routes into Cork, Shannon, and Dublin airports will be a key part of Tuesday’s budget, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

Senior Government sources have confirmed there is a “big move” to ensure tourist traffic returns to the country’s main airports, and that the sector will be prioritised.