Bully tactics cannot be tolerated

THE latest development whereby the board of Cork Airport Authority (CAA) has been ostracised from having any influence whatsoever in the extent of the debt it is to be burdened with is very serious and sinister.

With less than two months to go before the new terminal at the airport is due to open, it is ludicrous that its board has been excluded from discussions about the €160 million debt that hangs over it.

This intolerable position, whereby consultants have refused to meet with them, is reflected in the fact that an emergency board meeting has been called by the CAA for this morning to discuss this critical issue.