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Old Dec 16, 2012 | 3:21 am
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Originally Posted by Kgmm77
The Government have historically sided with the business lobby view that access to LHR is a national asset that should be protected. However, that's balanced against a financial situation that remains dire.

Tough decisions.
The Irish Government is caught between a rock and a hard place:

i) Access to LHR is a critical issue for business and Ireland - not only for access to London (on a point-to-point basis) but also for onward connections; 90 years after independence the UK and Ireland are culturally closer than they have ever been.

ii) The Irish Government needs money. Asset sales are an obvious route. They therefore needed the biggest return for their holding in EI.
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