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Frank McDonald: Dublin Airport doesn’t need to dominate – the sky is much clearer out west

Doom-laden forecasts that any reduction in passenger numbers at Dublin Airport next year would cost the Irish economy half a billion euro in tourism revenue are just another knee-jerk example of the pervasive Dublin-centric view of Ireland that’s leading us down the wrong road.

Cartoon by Tom Halliday Doom-laden forecasts that any reduction in passenger numbers at Dublin Airport next year would cost the Irish economy half a billion euro in tourism revenue are just another knee-jerk example of the pervasive Dublin-centric view of Ireland that’s leading us down the wrong road. According to Eoghan O’Mara Walsh, CEO of the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation, any restriction on “the main gateway” into Ireland would be “an act of self-sabotage for an island nation” and it needed to be set aside by “an overriding ministerial order” to remove the cap of 32 million passengers per year. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news.