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26-Feb-2026 5:50 PM

Irish Minister for Transport confirms EUR45m capital investment under Regional Airports Programme

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Background ✨

A mid-term review of the Regional Airports Programme 2021-2025 flagged potential phased step-down supports for airports forecasting traffic above one million passengers and explored broadening eligibility beyond one million passengers, alongside a new Regional State Airports Sustainability Programme for Cork and Shannon.1 Ryanair publicly urged Minister Darragh O’Brien to lift the programme cap to three million passengers for 2026-2030.2 Shannon Airport Group also lobbied for Shannon’s inclusion in the next programme.3

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