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Removal of Dublin Airport's passenger cap should be examined from several  perspectives

The importance of Dublin Airport to Ireland’s economy must be acknowledged, but a significant infrastructural consideration seems oddly absent from this discussion. File picture: Dominic McGrath/PA

The Cabinet has agreed to scrap the Dublin Airport passenger cap, which is set at 32m passengers per year.

Transport minister Darragh O’Brien sought approval for laws granting him the power to either revoke or amend that cap, and the rationale for doing so is the “strategic national importance” of Dublin Airport and the necessity to ensure Ireland remains connected to global markets.