Dont know how well Newcastle is doing but there were developments today when no less than the infamous (that word again!) Mr Gerry Adams, MP, MLA, leader of Sinn Fein, came out in public in Cork as a champion in the cause of no debt for Cork Airport and as one political pundit put it to me later Mr Adams might be able to summon up one helluva enforcement team to get the job sorted!
Gee, this General Election business is great. From contacts in the Labour Party and the Green Party the airport has been coming up as a topic on the doorsteps during their nightly canvases. Health would still be a much bigger issue, of course.
Today's other big development for Cork Airport was the first flight by Air Southwest from Newquay. The service is due to run until the end of September at a three weekly frequency for May and then four weekly from June. Let us hope the numbers are good enough for Air Southwest to continue the route after September.
Best of luck to 'em anyway, everyone at Air Southwest. Hope they get great loads on the Dash 8s. It is not everyday a new route starts at Cork!