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Mon 10 Oct 2009'Ghost town' fears for Shannon airport after Ryanair threat
ANY MOVE by Ryanair to reduce its Shannon airport base by 75 per cent “would turn the airport into a ghost town”, it has been claimed.
The mayor of Clare, Tony Mulcahy (Fine Gael), was responding to a threat by Ryanair to reduce the number of aircraft at Shannon to only one from next May if the Government does not remove the €10 departure tax by next February. Mr Mulcahy said yesterday: “If Ryanair presses ahead with this, it will cause horrendous damage.” He described the departure tax as “senseless”.
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