Marketing and taxes are among the biggest challenges facing Irish start-ups, whether they are based here or abroad, the Global Irish Economic Forum heard yesterday.

BILLIONAIRE entrepreneur Richard Branson has praised Ryanair as an “aviation pioneer” in his new book on global aviation history, Reach For The Skies.

Virgin airline passengers were delayed in Nigeria after police arrested a cabin crew member following the discovery of cocaine on the London-bound plane, it was reported today.

THE person most disappointed by the fact that the Government has finally made a decision about the second terminal at Dublin airport must be Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary. It has removed the reason why he, his views and his commercial interests have got such an inordinate amount of attention of late.