John Downing: Renaming Dublin Airport after Seán Lemass is a noble sentiment, but here’s why it’s a bad idea

Is the proposal to honour the trailblazing taoiseach an innocent celebration of a true Irish hero or party-political meddling?

Fianna Fáil founding member Seán Lemass is rightly revered by people of all parties

Sometimes no good deed goes unpunished in Irish public life. Take the bid by the Wicklow-Wexford TD, Malcolm Byrne, to have Dublin Airport renamed in honour of economic trailblazing taoiseach Seán Lemass.

What could be wrong with that? you ask. Well, how long have you got here? we must counter-ask.