Galway Bay fm newsroom – It’s been revealed that Galway County Council is set to close a deal to lease the Galway Airport site to a Film and TV production company.
At today’s meeting of Galway County County, Chief Executive Kevin Kelly informed Councillors that negotiations are at an ‘advanced’ stage.
The meeting heard that the impending deal would see a media company occupy two hangers at the site on a short term lease of eleven months.
It was also revealed that discussions with previous operator, Carnmore Aviation, are no longer ongoing – putting an end to months of speculation over the prospect of commerical aviation returning to the site in the near future.
Currently, Carnmore Flying Club uses the Airport Site at weekends, and the meeting heard that any deal reached with the media company would not impact on this activity.
However, Councillor James Charity questioned what he called the ‘piece-meal’ lease of Galway Airport, and asked if it would harm any potential lease of the full site.
As the deal relates to a short term lease under 12 months, Councillors have no say in the matter, and it will be the County Executive which signs off on the deal.
Councillor Charity says that while the partial lease is welcome news, questions do remain over it’s impact on the future of the site.
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