The Galway builder Brian Conneely paid €3.5 million for Weston Airport in February 2013 when it was sold by a receiver over assets of the late developer Jim Mansfield. Now, it has emerged that the private consortium including the billionaire co-founder of Stripe John Collison is paying about €12 million for the airport, a significant multiple on the last price. The deal was confirmed last week after being exclusively revealed by The Currency. This publication has now learned new information about the high-profile transaction, with the consortium poised to take control of 240 acres of land that includes the airport.…

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