World of Politics with Harry McGee

The decision on Tuesday was not surprising. The government has been talking for years about raising the 32 million passenger numbers cap at Dublin Airport.

As long ago as 2007, a decision was taken that this would be the limit – not because the airport itself lacked capacity, but because of the severe traffic problems in the vicinity that higher passenger numbers would cause.

This year, Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien was determined that the passenger cap would go. This is, of course, the minister’s own constituency, and........

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