ISLANDER TO PROTEST AT INIS MEAIN AIRPORT OVER LAND DISPUTE

Date Published: 17-Oct-2008

A protest will be held tomorrow at Inish Meain airport over a land ownership dispute with Udarás na Gaeltachta. Patrick Faherty of Lisheen Village, Inishmeain, Aran Islands, will stage a peaceful protest at the airport He's claiming to be the legal owner of three plots of land at the airport and is seeking damages from Udarás na Gaeltachta for wrongful entry. He claims he became the owner of the lands in 1994. However Udarás na Gaeltachta claims IT is the benefical owner of the lands because it bought the lands off Sean Ó Conghaile in 1986.