An Irish family celebrated the birthday of a man missing for three years in the Netherlands with a protest at the Dutch embassy in Dublin yesterday.

THE family of an Irishman who went missing in the Netherlands three years ago want the Dutch courts to force a full police investigation into his disappearance.

Ireland West Airport Knock has announced that Robert Grealis has decided to step down from his position as chief executive of the airport following a period of over four years at the helm.

IN MANY respects Knock airport is the aviation equivalent of a Field of Dreams — the hit US film that saw a baseball ground being built in a remote Iowa cornfield to attract major league players.

Airport bosses are expecting a record-breaking year in numbers flying to and from the west of Ireland, it emerged today.