Fingal County Council criticises Dublin Airport’s ‘Trumpian’ behaviour

Independent councillor Jimmy Guerin went one step further, dubbing the behaviour of the daa as “Trumpian.”

“The daa has publicly pointed the finger at Fingal County Council as the cause of the problem;  this is far from acceptable behaviour.”

“The daa is not responsible for planning policy, and it is not above planning regulations or the law,” he said.

“The daa’s Trumpesque approach of making false claims, misrepresenting facts, and incessantly seeking the limelight is harming Ireland’s aviation and tourism sector.”

“Many have been misled into believing that Fingal County Council’s planners are to blame, when in reality, it is the daa’s own failures that have contributed to this mess.”

He criticised what he called “alarmist carry-on,” and he said it was “disrespectful to the planners in Fingal County Council who are exceptional in their work.”

“It often appears that daa’s senior management is keeping its PR department busier than its planning department,” he remarked.

Councillor Guerin said that either the board of the daa or the Minister for Transport should intervene and replace the current senior management team with one that is “solution-focused, collaborative and capable of restoring the positive and productive working relationship that previously existed between the daa and Fingal County Council.”