Ministers face industry blowback as DAA board readies Kenny Jacobs exit deal

Kenny Jacobs

The Ministers for both Transport and Public Expenditure are set to come under pressure to retain Kenny Jacobs, aviation insiders say, with top airline bosses understood to be concerned at the implications as the airport boss is being lined up for an exit in the New Year.

Agreement is understood to have been reached late on Tuesday between Kenny Jacobs and the board of DAA on terms of a departure from his role as CEO of the semi-state airport operator at a point that would be three years into a seven year term.

However, both the Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien and Minister Jack Chambers at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will have to sign off on the deal, including a potentia

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