The professionals said: “this site is unsuitable
for an airport”. Cork replied: “fuck you, we’ll
build it here anyway”.
Remains of airplane that crashed in low cloud at Cork airport. |
The site on which this Irish airport was constructed is an example of extreme Irish stupidity and backwardness. In the 1960’s when an airport to service Cork city was proposed a number of sites were put forward. The main contender – and the one eventually chosen – was a site at Ballygarvan just outside Cork city.