Ratepayers pick up the tab for City of Derry Airport's £449,000 loss of Ryanair route - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
Link to before mentioned B Tel article above.
On a different note I am a great supporter of the airport and hope it succeeds, I'm flying to Faro next summer from Derry but I've noticed on the City of Derry Facebook and Twitter pages that certain staff seem to attend so called business social dinner functions quite often as they seem happy to post their glad rag pics on the official Twitter and Facebook feeds.
I'm all for business networking but these functions usually have a cost, the airport (Derry rate payer) will be paying for their attendance, and I question the value of these knees ups especially considering the precarious financial situation that the airport is in.