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\nMalcom Byrne called Se\u00e1n Lemass the ‘architect of modern Ireland’<\/p>\n
A bill to officially rename Dublin Airport after former taoiseach Se\u00e1n Lemass has been moved to a second stage.<\/p>\n
Fianna F\u00e1il TD Malcom Byrne put forward the bill and said it is “not simply a question of changing a sign”.<\/p>\n
“It’s about recognising a leader whose vision transformed Ireland and whose polices opened the gateway through which millions now pass,” he said.<\/p>\n
Mr Byrne noted that the airport’s social media accounts recently mooted the idea of naming the airport after Irish footballer and hat-trick hero Troy Parrott.<\/p>\n
He said this was an “interesting proposition” after Mr Parrott’s “inspirational performance”.<\/p>\n
\nMalcom Byrne called Se\u00e1n Lemass the ‘architect of modern Ireland’<\/p>\n
However, Mr Byrne suggested that “naming the metro line out to the airport after him” would be more appropriate.<\/p>\n
He said: “They both have been involved in long delays and just as hope was fading, we had delivery right at the end, or so we hope.”<\/p>\n
Mr Byrne said Lemass was the “architect of modern Ireland, having fought in the Easter Rising and helping in the building of our fledgeling State”.<\/p>\n
“Lemass saw aviation as a lifeline for Ireland, a bridge to a wider world,” said Mr Byrne.<\/p>\n
He said Dublin Airport “owes much to his policies and foresight”.<\/p>\n
Lemass welcomed US president John F Kennedy to Dublin Airport in 1963.<\/p>\n
Mr Byrne said it was a moment that “symbolised Ireland’s new confidence on the global stage”.<\/p>\n
He said he was conscious “that there are bigger issues that need to be addressed by the Dublin Airport Authority”.<\/p>\n
“But this is a small and positive step,” he added.<\/p>\n
Mr Byrne said it is “quite common” for airports to “bear the names of leaders who shaped their nations”.<\/p>\n
“Renaming Dublin Airport after Se\u00e1n Lemass would be a fitting tribute to a man who stood for progress, ambition and opportunity,” he added.<\/p>\n
He said renaming the airport ‘Se\u00e1n Lemass Dublin International Airport ‘ was about “inspiring the next generation”.<\/p>\n
A broader debate on the bill and its intention is due to take place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bill to officially rename Dublin Airport after former taoiseach Se\u00e1n Lemass has been moved to a second…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-159307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}