New security measures, including retaining information on everyone who takes a flight into or out of the EU, are back on the agenda following the brutal murders in Paris.

EU plans forcing airlines to give passenger records to police authorities create a Big Brother society and increase the cost of air travel, an Oireachtas Committee has said.

EVERYBODY travelling to the United States will have to send their details two days in advance for clearance, Michael Chertoff, US Secretary for Homeland Security, told parliamentarians in Brussels.