Tue, 31 Mar, 2020
A fair question to ask about any service or product is: Who’s asked for it? From whom, in other words, comes the demand that will give the supplier a viable business?
Fri, 15 Nov, 2019
Thomas Cook’s grounded planes are likely to disappoint creditors waiting to get some of their money back after liquidators sorting through the company’s wreckage sell them off.
Fri, 27 Sep, 2019
One of over 40 aircraft taking part in the effort to repatriate 150,000 Thomas Cook holidaymakers was forced to divert to Shannon Airport last night after suffering technical issues off the southwest coast.
Tue, 24 Sep, 2019
The first of three flights that will take part in the mass repatriation of stranded Thomas Cook holidaymakers has taken off from Shannon Airport.
Mon, 23 Sep, 2019
A study placed the Irish-based budget airline in eighth place, with an average delay of 21 minutes per flight in 2018.
Mon, 15 Jul, 2019
Eight cabin crew members were affected by fumes and assessed by paramedics. No passengers were reported to have been affected.
Sun, 14 Jul, 2019
Gatwick Airport has announced that flights have resumed following an earlier problem in its control tower.
Wed, 10 Jul, 2019
A Swedish woman has been arrested at Gatwick Airport in south London on suspicion of committing a terrorist offence.
Fri, 05 Jul, 2019
An alleged IRA bomber given a so-called “comfort letter” by the Tony Blair Government, has lost his latest challenge aimed at preventing his extradition to Northern Ireland for the 1972 Enniskillen bombing.
Wed, 03 Jul, 2019
The 20th count in the Ireland South constituency has seen the Green Party's Grace O'Sullivan secure the fourth seat while Deirdre Clune from Fine Gael claimed the fifth seat.
Wed, 05 Jun, 2019
The flight had departed at around 3.45pm and was about two hours into its journey when the crew turned around and diverted to Shannon.
Wed, 29 May, 2019
An alleged IRA bomber given a so-called “comfort letter” by the Tony Blair Government, must wait to hear the outcome of an appeal against his proposed extradition north for the 1972 Enniskillen bombing.
Mon, 27 May, 2019
All flights in and out of Glasgow Airport were suspended following a security incident involving a flight from London.
Tue, 30 Apr, 2019
Twenty years hence, when the producers of Reeling in the Years are choosing the sounds and sights to represent the stories of 2019 they shouldn’t face too arduous a task.
Sat, 06 Apr, 2019
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Fri, 21 Dec, 2018
Here's your morning bulletin.
Thu, 20 Dec, 2018
Filmed in February, 2015, the footage of three London teenagers at Gatwick Airport, beginning a journey so they might join the Isis terror campaign, remains one of the most chilling of recent years.
Wed, 13 Dec, 2017
A British bride and groom are facing a race against time to attend their own wedding after their flight was cancelled five minutes before they were due to board.
Mon, 02 Oct, 2017
The director of a British G4S-run immigration centre which was criticised after footage showed staff abusing detainees has resigned.
Fri, 22 Sep, 2017
A Home Office employee has been suspended following claims of abuse and assaults against detainees at a G4S-run immigration centre.
Sat, 02 Sep, 2017
IF Ryanair were a TV cartoon it might be called The Little Airline That Could.
Thu, 03 Aug, 2017
Dozens of people have flown back to Gatwick Airport to find difficulty being reunited with their cars after a meet-and-greet parking company apparently stopped trading.
Wed, 19 Jul, 2017
Holidaymakers are facing disruption due to a system problem with British Airways.
Sat, 27 May, 2017
A man was arrested at Gatwick Airport on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts after disembarking a flight from Iraq, Scotland Yard said.
Fri, 10 Feb, 2017
Sat, 07 Jan, 2017
Fri, 21 Oct, 2016
British Airways has apologised to passengers for delays after an IT glitch hit check-in systems.
Tue, 06 Sep, 2016
A passenger jet taking off from Gatwick Airport was involved in a near miss with a preceding aircraft, according to an official investigation.
Fri, 02 Sep, 2016
Police in England have released video footage of an elderly motorist who drove for six miles in the wrong direction on a motorway after he became confused after returning on a flight to the UK.
Fri, 12 Aug, 2016
A man who died after being struck by a train when he put his head out of a carriage window has been identified as a 24-year-old from Sussex.
Tue, 09 Aug, 2016
An airline crew member was arrested at Gatwick Airport after turning up to work on a flight smelling of alcohol, police in England have said.
Tue, 12 Jul, 2016
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.
Sun, 03 Jul, 2016
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Sat, 04 Jun, 2016
Fri, 03 Jun, 2016
Six months after securing a book deal, Emily Hourican was diagnosed with mouth cancer. Now finished the treatment, she’s published a bestseller, writes Sue Leonard.
Sat, 21 May, 2016
Ryanair is battling lower fares in the first months of its financial year, weighed down by French air-traffic controller strikes and by travellers’ concerns about a future terrorist incident following last month’s bombings in Brussels.
Wed, 20 Apr, 2016
UK police in Surrey and Sussex have been granted more than €300,000 to acquire four new drones as part of a trial to clamp down on crime.
Wed, 13 Apr, 2016
Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.
Tue, 05 Apr, 2016
On September 16, 2002, a group of 19 people, who were born in the Chagos Archipelago, picked up their suitcases from the carousel at Gatwick Airport and, having passed through immigration, walked into the South Terminal.
Counter-terrorism officers in England have arrested a man at Gatwick Airport on suspicion of Syria-related offences.
Mon, 04 Apr, 2016
When a holidaymaker was slapped with a £46 (about €60) baggage charge on an EasyJet flight, he had a genius idea not to pay it.
Wed, 30 Mar, 2016
A Frenchman accused of entering Gatwick Airport with an air rifle and a knife has been remanded in custody.
Mon, 16 Nov, 2015
A Frenchman accused of going into Gatwick Airport with an air rifle and a knife is due in court.
A man from France has been detained by police in England after a suspected firearm was discovered at Gatwick Airport.
Sat, 14 Nov, 2015
A man has been tasered by police on board an aircraft at Gatwick Airport after reportedly wanting to take two pieces of hand luggage onto the plane.
Fri, 21 Aug, 2015
A small British oil producer has said it has discovered a possible world-class oil resource in the countryside to the south of London that could contain billions of barrels of oil.
Fri, 10 Apr, 2015
A 38-year-old Wicklow man has appeared at Bray District court today charged with the murder of Anne Shortall, a teacher has threatened to go on a hunger strike over proposed Junior Cert reforms, Cork’s St Patrick’s Street could soon see a car ban and Ed Sheeran has announced who he’ll be lining out with at Croke Park. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com.
Thu, 09 Apr, 2015
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