Why should 100,000 jobs be at the mercy of a single company?

I AM bemused at the stance of some media sources, Transport Minister Noel Dempsey and the Department of Transport on Aer Lingus’s cessation of flights from Shannon to Heathrow from January next.

The importance of connectivity for multinational and other business interests to the west, with the development of the second largest industrial cluster outside Dublin, cannot be understated.

In the last decade, Shannon Chamber of Commerce has made consistent calls on behalf of members on this issue because connectivity is being constantly eroded.