Aviation

‘Ireland can only support so many airports’ - Eamon Ryan on Arklow proposal

Transport minister said proposals for new international airport in Wicklow would need to show value for money

The proposed East Leinster International Airport in Wicklow with hotel and conference centre.

Plans for a new international airport in Wicklow would need to show a business case that benefits the public, Eamon Ryan has said.

The Business Post recently revealed that investors are advancing plans to build a project dubbed the East Leinster International Airport (ELIA) and have provisional deals with local farmers and families in place to buy more than 600 acres of land.

Landowners in Wicklow have provisionally agreed to sell more than 600 acres ...