The Dublin airport row perfectly encapsulates Ireland’s most pressing policy problems – Gript

There are a number of examples you could turn to in order to illustrate the combination of short-sightedness and self-sabotage engaged in by so many of Ireland’s civic bodies, from the Oireachtas’ bike shed to the Children’s Hospital, but the row over the passenger cap at Dublin airport encapsulates the worst of it in a unique way.

We read this morning that Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) chairman Basil Geoghegan wants the Government to intervene in the long-running dispute, which comes hot on the heels of the DAA’s warning earlier this month that the 32 million passenger cap will be exceeded this year.