Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

There is a quote from the Scottish Government to the effect that there has been an historical imbalance in UK aviation policy that has held back Scottish airports and the development of direct international links. British Airways is the company that did this and Aer Lingus is inviting it in as its partner in Ireland. It is not that company's record in Scotland according to the Government there.

I need all of the documentation on the slots. It seems that in respect of the High Court judgment in London last Thursday, Aer Lingus was stating one thing here and another in the United Kingdom. To quote from the judgment:

Many of the potential competitive effects of the transaction that we considered [that is whether Ryanair should be a partner] would manifest themselves in terms of the absence of an action that might otherwise have been taken by Aer Lingus (for example, Aer Lingus being prevented from combining with another airline [which is what we are talking about today] or from disposing of Heathrow slots in the context of optimizing its route network and timetable).

Was that case made by Aer Lingus in the UK courts? How, otherwise, did their Lordships include it in the judgment? Were we trying to dispose of the slots when we were fighting the Ryanair case in the English courts while promising here on the very same day to retain the Heathrow Airport slots? Which is it?