Minister: Get tourists to fly into Cork and Shannon to overcome Dublin passenger cap

James Lawless said there need to be creative solutions to the impasse caused by the 32 million a year passenger limit

Ryanair wrote to Transport Minister Eamon Ryan asking him to direct the Irish Aviation Authority to authorise additional slots at Dublin Airport this winter. 

A government minister has suggested getting Dublin-bound tourists to fly to Shannon and Cork airports instead as a solution to the ongoing saga over a passenger cap at Dublin airport.

Junior Transport Minister James Lawless made the comments following a meeting with Ryanair in the long-running saga over Dublin Airport's passenger cap.