If the DAA did not run up all of this debt, then they would be paying back a divident to government and the tax payer for running profitable airports....so effectively the €100m write off of Shn's debt relieves that airport from that obligation to pay it back (interesting from an EU state aid perspective) and puts the burden fully back on the DAA ,and ultimatly us the tax payer at the end of the day. Fair do's to Shn for pulling this stroke, now its' up to the FG TD's , Minister and Taoiseach to deliver once and for all for the west of Ireland.