Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 March 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Before answering the Senator's questions, I will go back to his Bianconi connections. Bianconi was an incredible man. He was an Italian and a friend of Daniel O'Connell. He hauled picture frames around the country and got fed up with seeing the aristocracy going by in their carriages so he decided to set up his own. He ran the Ryanair of his day and had real class. His carriages ended up going as far as Belmullet, with the first stop having been-----

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