http://www.independent.ie/national-news/team-to-look-at-developing-knock-airport-3369062.html
Wouldn't break out the Bollinger just yet, the language is cautious, and these studies can become a way to kick the can, like the last study on the business park which was met with silence. But the fact the management are speaking positively about it is good.
The big gain I see here (if followed through) is the Government accepting IWAK is a strategic piece of infrastructure, and that they have an important role in supporting it as a community owned public trust, not a "private company" as Varadkar had been arguing.
That alone should remove some pressure in that any business looking to develop with the airport will now have confidence it has a secure future. Like the aircraft dismantling company who had recently taken over the B hangar.