Colin Hunt has been appointed to the board of Aer Lingus as a non-executive director with immediate effect. Mr Hunt, a nominee of the Minister for Finance Brian Cowan will be designated as “Minister’s Nominee” in accordance with the company's articles of association.

SOME of the TDs who contributed to a debate in the Dáil last week on the introduction of the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill, while rightly decrying the exploitation of vulnerable women, got very nostalgic for the old days.

Ryanair today called on the balance of the Aer Lingus Board to recuse themselves on the grounds that they were all appointed by the Minister for Transport.

The ISEQ seems to be feeling the effects of the Ryanair/Aer Lingus stand-off as the index dropped 7.19 points by close this evening bringing it to 8494.47.