Most drivers admit that road rage at bad driving actually makes their own driving worse, according to new statistics.

At the recent Frankfurt Car Show, Ford unveiled a new feature that lets drivers pre-set their car to go at or just above the speed limit. In-car cameras and software read and react to road signs, speeding the car up or slowing it down.

FIFA says it is in advanced talks with companies to replace a number of sponsors whose contracts have expired.

Three major FIFA sponsors have ended their relationships with world football's governing body, it has emerged.

Louis van Gaal has made a breakthrough in his mission to reinforce Manchester United’s defence after a deal was struck to bring Marcos Rojo to Old Trafford.

Argentina defender Marcos Rojo has suggested his move to Manchester United is imminent, describing it as a ’dream’ to play for the Old Trafford club.

Moscow: BP lost $849m (€617m) on its investment in OAO Rosneft yesterday, highlighting how its relationship with Russia’s state oil company may become awkward as the crisis in Ukraine develops.

Manchester United star Nani has been involved in a car crash with an unmarked police car.

Manslaughter convictions against Continental Airlines and a mechanic for the July 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde that killed 113 people, have been overturned by a French appeals court.

Air passenger duty should be abolished across the UK, a Stormont committee has said.

Continental Farmers Group (CFG) has posted €3.1m after-tax profits for 2011, a 19% rise on the €2.6m posted in 2010.

Shannon Airport is set for another blow this summer, after confirmation United Airlines will not operate additional services from the Mid-West to the US.

All Aer Lingus flights scheduled to operate to and from New York today have been cancelled because of Hurricane Irene.

AIRLINES operating from Ireland to the east coast of America are warning that Hurricane Irene may disrupt operations over the next few days.

Paul McGinley has a chance to further his claims to the Ryder Cup captaincy in 2014 after being put in charge of the Great Britain and Ireland team again for the Vivendi Seve Trophy in Paris on September 15-18.

HAVING in the past week travelled to Ireland for a brother-in-law’s funeral, the thought of ever again flying with Aer Lingus turns my stomach.

Shannon Airport Authority has called for an aggressive US marketing campaign to capitalise on the first signs of recovery in the transatlantic market.

THE ISEQ declined 24.17 points to 2,820.72 after a massive sell-off on the Tokyo stock exchange following the devastation of last week's earthquake.

Ninety-six United Airlines aircraft have been grounded temporarily while the US carrier performs uncompleted maintenance checks.

THE US north-east began yesterday to shake off the grip of one of the biggest blizzards in years, but beleaguered travellers faced another day of headaches in New York airports.

CONTINENTAL Airlines and one of its mechanics were convicted in a French court of manslaughter yesterday because debris from one of its planes caused the crash of an Air France Concorde jet that killed 113 people a decade ago.

US airline Continental and one of its mechanics were today convicted of causing the Air France Concorde crash that killed 113 people 10 years ago.

America’s Continental Airlines and one of its mechanics were today found guilty of criminal negligence in causing the French Concorde crash that killed 113 people 10 years ago.

Marks & Spencer is planning a return to Continental Europe and hopes to buy back the stores it controversially sold there nearly a decade ago, it was claimed today.

THE Shannon Airport Authority (SAA) has failed to attract a scheduled service based on its €21 million US-Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in the 12 months since the service was introduced.

European competition enforcers have cleared a $3bn (€2.3bn) merger between United and Continental that will create the world's biggest airline.

Families whose loved ones died in the fiery crash of a supersonic Concorde jet 10 years ago joined together near Paris today, laying flowers at a monument to the dead and wandering the breezy field where the plane went down.

The defence lawyer for Continental Airlines challenged court experts, the prosecutor, the judge and the plaintiff – Air France – today as a French court wrapped up a trial into the crash of a Concorde supersonic jet 10 years ago.

VOLCANIC ash from Iceland has helped ferry group Irish Continental to achieve near flat year-on-year revenue of €75.7m and before-tax earnings of €8.0m.

United Airlines and Continental Airlines are moving closer to announcing as early as Monday that they will merge to form the world's largest carrier by passenger traffic, according to sources.

A number of flights to the States out of Dublin Airport have been cancelled this morning because of heavy snow fall on the US east coast.

A French court today rejected defence requests to call off a long-awaited trial on the deadly crash of a Concorde supersonic jet.

A French court is today deciding whether to call off a long-awaited trial on the deadly crash of a Concorde supersonic jet on a technicality.

CONTINENTAL Airlines and five men went on trial yesterday for their alleged role in the crash of an Air France Concorde that killed 113 people in 2000 and ended an era of luxury supersonic travel.

A court today finally began to decide who was to blame for Air France’s 2000 Concorde crash, an accident that killed 113 people and hastened the end of the world’s only supersonic airliner.

A four-month trial over the Air France Concorde crash 10 years ago will begin today.

WAS an abandoned scrap of metal on the runway really the main culprit in the fiery crash of an Air France Concorde shortly after takeoff?

A four-month trial aiming to establish the definitive cause of the Air France Concorde crash 10 years ago is due to start tomorrow.

IRISH shoppers are continuing to flock to New York despite the downturn with figures indicating numbers are up on last year.

The FTSE 100 Index finished a see-saw session on the front foot today as mixed company results gave investors food for thought.

The Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros takes place in Paris in two weeks’ time, but whether the former world number one is going to be there is in doubt.

Aer Lingus is being criticised for not using a new US customs and immigration clearance facility for transatlantic flights at Shannon Airport.

AN airliner crashed into the control tower after landing on the Thai holiday island of Samui yesterday, killing the pilot.