Aviation

McEvaddy: ‘We surrender’ after 27 years of DAA blocking plans for third terminal at Dublin Airport

Businessman and partners are selling 260 acres of land, between main runways, bought in 1995 and earmarked for additional facility

Ulkick McEvaddy: ‘DAA have held us up for 27 years. They have refused to countenance an independent terminal, other than one run by them, and they are a monopoly so they can do that’

After almost 30 years, businessman Ulick McEvaddy has ended his dream of building an independent third terminal at Dublin Airport.

Ulick and his brother Des, along with Seán Fox and Brendan and Orla O’Donoghue, are putting up for sale three connecting lots covering 260 acres in the centre of the airport grounds, located between the two main parallel runways. McEvaddy acquired the land in 1995 with the intention of building a terminal to cater for ...