Lifting Dublin Airport passenger cap could lead to 'serious legal risks', top barrister warns 

Legal opinion argues lifting cap may be incompatible with Ireland’s commitments under the European Convention on Human Rights, and its legally binding national and international climate targets

Legal opinion suggests bill's proposed exception from a key piece of climate legislation does not protect the State from a range of overlapping legal obligations.

The Government has been warned it could face legal challenges to its new bill to remove Dublin Airport’s passenger cap, which carries “serious and unresolved legal risks”.

Environmental non-governmental organisation Opportunity Green commissioned a legal opinion from barrister Tim Johnston of Brick Court Chambers in London, which suggests the bill’s proposed exception from a key piece of climate legislation does not protect the State from a range of overlapping legal obligations.