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Fri 08 Aug 2007FF TDs criticise Cabinet's silence on Shannon decisionThe Government has been attacked by its own TDs for failing to respond to the decision of Aer Lingus to transfer its Heathrow slots from Shannon airport to Belfast.Clare Fianna Fáil TD Timmy Dooley said last night that the Government's continuing silence had heightened the sense of alarm across the midwest. His comments followed critical remarks from a number of other Fianna Fáil TDs in the region, including Minister of State Tony Killeen and two Limerick TDs, Peter Power and Niall Collins.