New accounts show that revenues at Connaught Airport Development Co Ltd, which operates Knock Airport, rose by six per cent last year.

A Charlestown-based councillor has questioned why a critical piece of infrastructure that was built in 2009 is still lying idle.

Kiltimagh-based Cllr Adrian Forkan has said he is disappointed that there was no Active Travel funding for the East Mayo region. Total funding of €4 million was given to Mayo, a reduction in the €4. 5 million received by the local authority last year.

New accounts for Connaught Airport Development Co Ltd show that the airport made a strong post Covid-19 pandemic recovery as passenger numbers increased by 314 per cent to 721,894 in 2022.