Shannon debacle - We deserve an answer, Minister

THE Government has consistently misled the country about Shannon and the ending of the airport’s service to Heathrow.

We have been misled about what the Government knew and when it knew it.

Material obtained under the Freedom of Information Act proves that senior officials were aware of the storm brewing in the mid-west a full six weeks before July 27, the date the Government has consistently insisted is the one on which it first became aware of the impending crisis.