Re: Re: Airports; how many state subsidised airports are required in Ireland

a boyle agrees with thomond park that shannon is overstuffed with people doing non jobs. i would go one step further and say i would like to see it face bankcruptcy so that a competent company could take over.

regarding subsidised airports we need zero. they should all close, right away.

Regarding the country: one airport seems to serve the eastern side of the country rather well (a little too well many would argue.)

So the inescapable logic is that one airport on the western side of the country is needed. The strategic location for such an airport is undoubtedly shannon.

The hundreds of millions saved could be spent on radically improving the rail network and the bus network. What person would argue that shannon is a poor choice when with a high quality rail link it would shannon closer to galway and cork , than charles de gaulle is to paris , heathrow to london, and jfk is to new york.

Those disagreeing with me would probably be silenced if only shannon was renamed : Cork , Galway and Limerick International Airport.