Norwegian Air has said its Irish operations will not be affected despite the airline saying it would reduce costs next year compared with this year. 

International and Irish pilots have come together to condemn as “unwarranted, unacceptable and counterproductive to flight safety” the publication of the last two minutes of the cockpit voice recordings of ill-fated Irish Coast Guard helicopter, Rescue 116.

There is a carve-up taking place at the top of European football and you don’t need to be a conspiracy theorist to see who is behind it.

A European pilots’ association has vowed to challenge US plans to allow an Irish airline operate the first transatlantic flights from Cork Airport.

Officials from leading Barclays Premier League clubs did not discuss the possibility of a breakaway European Super League in London yesterday, it is understood.

Skies full of drones, easier security checks for passengers, and global airlines are the future of the aviation industry according to a new strategy put forward by the European Commission.

The independent auditor of the European Union's accounts has called for a "wholly new approach" to the way the EU spends and invests its money.

Ryanair’s employment practices, especially for pilots, creates safety risks and puts a major question mark over who would be responsible for compensation in the event of an accident, the European Parliament was told.

A mental breakdown or a period of depression would not necessarily preclude a pilot from flying a plane in the future, according to European rules.

Apart from Sunday’s crunch game in Dublin, football fans might be forgiven a small yawn at this week’s European Championship qualifiers.

FIFA’s general secretary Jerome Valcke claimed Uefa and most of the confederations want December 23 as the date for the Qatar 2022 World Cup final — but no decision has been made and no compensation will be paid.

FIFA has announced that two options have emerged as the most likely dates for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar – and both are in the winter.

Bayern Munich chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has urged FIFA to hold the Qatar World Cup in April 2022.

Football Association chairman Greg Dyke still expects the Qatar World Cup to be switched to autumn or winter.

A powerful group of top European football clubs is set to lobby for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to take place between April and May.

Manchester City’s huge fine for breaching UEFA’s financial fair play rules is to be distributed betweeen the other clubs in the Champions League, it was announced today.

All-out strike action by 6,500 electricians on February 24 could cause as much disruption to major infrastructural projects and manufacturing enterprises as similar action did in 2009.

All-out strike action by 6,500 electricians could cause serious disruption to major infrastructural projects and manufacturing within a matter of weeks.

A majority of leading clubs want to see the Europa League winners or finalists qualify for the Champions League.

Pilots and cabin crews across Europe are to stage a “walkout for safety” on Jan 22 over proposed “flight time limitations” they say will endanger passengers and crew.

Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has been appointed to two influential posts within UEFA, European football’s governing body.

Times are hard but football’s gravy train rolls on.

A war of words broke out between FIFA and top European clubs yesterday after a move that could see the number of internationals played each year slashed.

The number of international matches played every year is likely to be slashed after European clubs and UEFA reached an agreement on proposals to change the international calendar.

The number of international matches played every year is likely to be slashed after European clubs and UEFA reached an agreement on proposals to change the international calendar.

Europe’s top clubs are to boycott talks with FIFA over changes to the international calendar.

Barcelona president Sandro Rosell today urged the Premier League to slash a fifth of its clubs – and acknowledged that a European superleague is still being considered by Europe’s elite.

EUROPE’S leading clubs want to reduce the number of internationals to just six a year, Manchester United’s chief executive David Gill revealed last night — a move which could spell the end of friendly matches.

Michel Platini has warned that even Europe’s biggest clubs will have to “face the music” if they do not comply with UEFA’s new financial fair play rules.

UEFA today approved plans to force clubs in European competition to only spend what they earn with the body’s president Michel Platini insisting they want to “protect clubs and not punish them”.

THE country’s 10,500 electricians look set to go on strike once again after one of its bodies rejected a 4.9% pay increase.

THE dispute over pay between unions and electrical contractors which saw a week-long strike by electricians and delays in some of the country’s major infrastructural projects looks set to re-ignite next week.

Two senior industrial relations trouble-shooters are to head up an inquiry into last month’s crippling electricians’ strike, it was revealed today.

ELECTRICAL contractors employing more than 5,000 of the country’s electricians have accepted a Labour Court recommendation which calls for almost 5% pay increases across the industry.

One of the groups representing electrical contractors in Ireland is due to meet later today to consider its response to the Labour Court's recommendation on electricians' pay.

STRIKING electricians were due back to work this morning but with a warning that they were only suspending, not ending, their strike action.

The electricians’ strike is taking its toll on the already fragile economy, Brian Cowen warned today.

THE nation is facing into possibly the most debilitating strike in a generation as union leaders last night fell in behind 10,500 electricians who will pull the plug today on over 200 construction sites and factories across the country.

ELECTRICAL contractors have threatened to put up to 5,000 workers on protective notice if they go ahead with a threatened strike next Monday.

Clubs competing in the Champions League will learn tomorrow if they are to face stringent restrictions on spending on wages.

THE Labour Court began hearing an application by a group of electrical contractors for the abolition of pay increases due to 10,000 electricians due under a registered employment agreement (REA).