SHANNON Airport Authority chairman Brian O’Connell is set to make his first comprehensive public statement on the future of the airport today.

A DUTY-FREE shop recently opened at Shannon has been closed due to concerns of the US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) personnel who are based at the airport.

MEP Seán Kelly has called for an immediate termination of the link between Shannon, Cork and Dublin airport authorities.

DUBLIN Airport Authority has advertised for the supply of up to €2 million worth of full body scanners to the main terminal in Dublin Airport.

THE Dublin Airport Authority was strongly criticised yesterday for its failure to inform colleagues in Shannon about the planned closure by Aer Lingus of its Shannon-Heathrow route.

THE British civil aviation authorities have temporarily shut down the City of Derry Airport grounding all commercial flights as and from today.

CORK Airport Authority (CAA), or some entrepreneurs, should take the bull by the horns with regard to Ryanair’s announcement of flights from the EU to the US.

SOME people are going to be paid a lot of extra money for what, to most outsiders, will seem as the same amount of work.

SOME people are going to be paid a lot of extra money for what, to most outsiders, will seem the same amount of work.

When the Government announced the break up of Aer Rianta in 2003, then Transport Minister Seamus Brennan promised the airport authorities in Shannon and Cork would start independent operations debt-free.

Car-parking charges are to rise at Dublin Airport from tomorrow to fund extra facilities in 2006, it was claimed today.

People were today warned of the dangers of drink-driving, as the transport network and leisure facilities geared up for a busy bank holiday weekend across the country.

There is no threat to weekend flights at Dublin Airport despite a simmering staff row over new security recruits, it was claimed today.

The Progressive Democrats will be aiming to win 12 seats at the next General Election, it emerged today.

TAXPAYERS may have to pay the €1.1 million repair bill for damage caused to a US Navy plane at Shannon by a peace activist.

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Hong Kong’s hospitals may be unable to cope with new cases of a deadly mystery disease coming in daily, the legislature’s medical representative said today - but he predicted that the illness could be contained in two to three weeks.