Strong feelings for Cork International Airport
20 August 2010
| Cork
A proposal from Cork City Sinn Fein councillors to rename Cork International airport to Terennce MacSwiney Airport has been met with opposition from some oif Ireland's leading journalists and other high profile personalities, including Kevin Myers and John-Paul McCarthy in articles published in the Belfast Telegraph and the Independent.
In one of these articles it suggested that the hunger strike of Terence MacSwiney that caused his death is the main motivation for him to be remembered in such a way, and this is not just cause to have Ireland's second ariport named after him. It is likely there will be more to this story over the coming months as both opinions will be aired and debated and we will all see if Cork Airport is to be renamed.