37% of people waiting more than a year to see a specialist.

Survivors of abuse, along with legal experts and academics have lined up in opposition to controversial legislation to seal millions of child abuse records for 75 years.

The legislation had been due in Committee State in the coming weeks but this has now been deferred to allow the Oireachtas education committee to further scrutinise.

An advisory council to the National Archives told the Government as far back as 2013 that it was possible to seal child abuse records for longer than 30 years.

A majority of abuse survivors have expressed concern over government plans to seal millions of child abuse records for 75 years.

People who have neurological conditions have been failed by the Government, a charity has claimed.

Legislation to seal millions of child abuse records for 75 years was drafted so “all possible provisions” of the National Archives Act, which allows the public or State bodies to access records, would be disapplied.

The head of the airline which has launched a raft of low-fares transatlantic flights from Ireland — including Cork Airport’s first scheduled direct service to the US — has given a “personal guarantee” that they are “here to stay”.

New court filings from a coalition of aviation unions in the US have appealed against the US Department of Transportation's decision to allow Norweigan Air to operate flights between Ireland and the US.

Eoin English looks at why it was such a struggle to convince some of the stakeholders that transatlantic flights to and from Cork would be a good deal all round.

Details of the first direct transatlantic flights from Cork to the US will be unveiled today, with special one-way introductory offers of €69 expected, writes Eoin English of the Irish Examiner.

Details of the first direct transatlantic flights from Cork to the US will be unveiled today, with special one-way introductory offers of €69 expected.

Details of the first direct flights from Cork to the US could be announced within days after US authorities sanctioned the airline’s final piece of operational paperwork over the weekend.

Budget airline Norwegian is expected to announce low-fares US flights from four Irish airports within weeks.

The annual awards of Cork Business Association — which is celebrating its 60th birthday in 2017— has heard rousing calls for Cork people to embrace what they have in their city if it is to thrive to its full potential.

The airline poised to launch low-cost flights from Ireland to America next summer has confirmed it is considering landing at secondary US airports — each up to 100km from Boston and New York, respectively — to keep costs down.

Cork Airport is celebrating on the double after landing a new route and an EU award for a campaign to secure its first transatlantic service.

An Icelandic low-fares airline has swooped in ahead of a competitor to offer cheap transatlantic flights from Cork Airport, via Iceland, to North America.

One of America’s largest airlines has warned that the ongoing delay sanctioning low-cost Cork-US flights could threaten its, and other US airlines’ growth plans.

Some of the most influential travel industry leaders in America have urged US President Barack Obama to approve a licence for low-cost flights to the US from Ireland.

Cork Airport marked the 10th birthday of its terminal yesterday with a renewed commitment to break the impasse threatening the launch of low-cost transatlantic flights from Cork.

The airline fighting US authorities for the right to start low-cost flights between Cork and the US gave written assurances over a year ago that it would not hire any crew members on the cheap from low-wage countries in Asia.

The European Commission has moved to break the deadlock with US authorities over new low-fares flights to the US from Cork.

An Irish MEP has urged the European Commission to trigger legal arbitration against the US authorities in a bid to break the deadlock stalling the launch of transatlantic flights from Cork Airport.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny plans to raise the stalled Cork-US flights saga with President Barack Obama again.

Low-fares airline, Norwegian, says it remains confident of launching transatlantic flights from Cork, despite the denial of a licence for its British subsidiary to operate US flights.

The Lord Mayor of Cork has called on the US authorities to sanction transatlantic flights from Cork in the wake of the Brexit vote.

The Transport Minister has urged the US authorities to put consumers first and clear the first Cork to US flights for take-off.

There is overwhelming public support for Norwegian Airlines’ plans to launch low-cost transatlantic flights from Cork Airport.

There have been renewed calls for Taoiseach Enda Kenny to intervene to secure Cork’s first transatlantic flights after Hilary Clinton urged the White House to block the proposed service.

President Barack Obama has been asked to block the granting of a licence for the first Cork-US flights.

An association opposing the proposed flights between Cork and Boston took to the skies yesterday as part of their campaign - but a typo brought them right down to earth. 

The first transatlantic flights from Cork Airport are a step closer. The Irish airline planning the services has secured technical certification for the aircraft on the routes.

Cork Chamber issued a rallying call to people last night to back the proposed Cork-Boston flights as US labour unions staged a protest rally at the White House.

Prominent supporters of the proposed Cork-US flights have launched a targeted offensive on key US politicians in a bid to secure the service.

US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders’ claims that proposed Cork-US flights could cost thousands of jobs have been dismissed as “groundless”.

Ryanair has backed a low-fares rival’s plans to launch the first transatlantic flights from Cork Airport, as opposition to the service mounts.

The US Department of Transportation (DoT) has granted a 10-day extension to its Cork-US flights consultation process on foot of a request from the airline’s opponents, including one of America’s largest labour unions.

Irish aviation, political, and business leaders have branded as “false and misleading” claims made by four US congressmen who have introduced legislation designed to block the first transatlantic flights from Cork Airport.

Four US Congressmen have introduced legislation in a bid to block an airline's attempt to launch the first transatlantic flights from Cork Airport.

Low-fares aviation giant Norwegian hopes to launch the first transatlantic flights from Cork Airport in August — six months earlier than expected.