Kenny Jacobs: the Daa said he would '[take] some time out of the business'. Photo: Conor McCabe Photography.

Kenny Jacobs: the Daa said he would ‘[take] some time out of the business’. Photo: Conor McCabe Photography.

DAA plc chief executive Kenny Jacobs has begun legal proceedings seeking the lifting of his suspension and the halting of a proposed investigation ordered by its board.

The move was expected and follows months of turmoil at the company, which owns and operates Dublin Airport and Cork Airport.