tadgh - I'm not saying the airport justifies it by itself, and I agree with your assessment of where the link should be planned for. What I'm saying is that Shannon should have been a decent size town years ago with people using rail to commute from Limerick to jobs there if not from Ennis via a continuation of the Limerick spur through to Sixmilebridge.
What I am saying is that Clare CC have been scared into action now that they can see that their inexplicable stranglehold over Irish aviation policy and the consequent propping up of their area by Aer Lingus coming to an end, their planners might have to work for a living, having left the first planned town in the State moulder in obscurity for decades. Having done so, they show no sign of having learned from the experience of other local authorities who put forward car-dependent plans years ago and are now paying for it.
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