John Mulligan: O’Leary and other airline chiefs will welcome scrapping of ‘zombie’ cap at Dublin Airport, but saga could yet have a few more twists and turns

John Mulligan: O’Leary and other airline chiefs will welcome scrapping of ‘zombie’ cap at Dublin Airport, but saga could yet have a few more twists and turns  The Irish Independent


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