Gerard Craughwell (Independent)
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It was more long-haul than short-haul aircraft that were causing the serious noise, although I may be wrong on that. It struck me that these people had tried to negotiate and work with the Dublin Airport Authority but had not been successful.

I am ignorant on the issue of slots, so forgive me. When Aer Lingus was being sold off, there was a big question about the slots that were guaranteed at Heathrow. Mr. O’Leary mentioned that Ryanair had to negotiate slots with the IAA annually. Is that all slots or does Ryanair have a number of slots that are regularly assigned to it?