Tourism plan puts Shannon stopover at risk

I VISIT Ireland every year, sometimes on business but mostly it’s a holiday.

But, most importantly, it is to the beautiful and rugged west of Ireland that I go. I have no interest in flying into Dublin as I feel it is like most national capitals I have visited over the years once you have seen it, you have seen it. So it is to Shannon that my friends and I go, as it is closer to our respective destinations.

Another factor is that many people here in the southwest United States (I live in San Antonio, Texas) are from or have roots in the west of Ireland.