Overview
- The Dáil moved a bill to rename Dublin Airport after former taoiseach Seán Lemass to its second stage.
- Fianna Fáil TD Malcom Byrne is sponsoring the measure, proposing the title “Seán Lemass Dublin International Airport.”
- Byrne said the initiative is about honouring a leader whose policies opened Ireland to the world, while calling it a small, positive step.
- He cited global precedents such as Paris–Charles de Gaulle, JFK International in New York, and Montreal Trudeau as models for the change.
- Lemass served as taoiseach from 1959 to 1966 and is credited with opening Ireland to foreign trade and leading early efforts to join the EEC.