Maria Byrne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

History was made in Limerick last weekend when we elected the first directly elected mayor in Ireland. I congratulate all the candidates who put their names out there and participated in the election. It covered the city and county so candidates had to travel to quite a broad area. They engaged with community groups, organisations and different groupings. It is something that other counties will look at in the future.

I wish the best for all councillors, especially the new councillors who were elected. There are ten new faces on the local authorities in Limerick city and county. It is going to be an exciting time for Limerick and councillors will have a significant role to play in passing the budget and in respect of the overall plan that the mayor will bring forward. I wish the mayor and the new council all the best for the coming term.

A report published today states that Dublin Airport is the eighth most stressful airport in Europe. The airport in the mid-west, Shannon Airport, is easily accessible. It was one of the first airports that did not require passengers to take their travel bags out of their luggage. There are many car parking spaces, the lack of which was a knock on Dublin Airport as it was ranked the eighth most stressful airport in Europe.Shannon Airport has so much to offer and the scope of its offering has expanded. I congratulate the management and staff at Shannon Airport on bringing the airport to where it was pre-Covid. I wish them all the best in the future because I know they have new plans.