Bank of Ireland has reduced its fixed rate mortgage offering.

The extra hour in bed was appreciated on Sunday morning but it also meant the start of the long winter nights, writes Gráinne McGuinness

Siptu will host a programme of cultural events to commemorate the 1916 Rising and the role that its headquarters Liberty Hall played in it.

Last year, the GAA’s Minor Review Work Group made the startling revelation a quarter of young players either trained or played seven days a week.

Jose Mourinho had seemingly heard enough, even though he hadn’t come anywhere close to saying enough.

At the Ireland team hotel in Portmarnock yesterday, Roy Keane was asked by a television reporter if he was prepared to discuss the well-publicised incident in the team hotel last Wednesday, in which the Assistant Manager had a confrontation with Irish fan Frank Gillespie.

Householders will receive an information pack from Irish Water next month requesting details on water services, allowances and the number of occupants in every home.

Over 1.6 million people in Ireland now have just €100 to spare at the end of each month, according to new research carried out by the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU).

Former Miss World Rosanna Davison's libel action against Ryanair has reached its closing stages.

Ryanair is in the High Court defending a press release branding comments made by former Miss World Rosanna Davison "narrow-minded" and "elitist".

AIRTRICITY League of Ireland clubs have rallied behind Limerick in their battle with the FAI over the proposed friendly game against Barcelona at Thomond Park on July 31.

Irish small and medium sized businesses are adopting social media marketing techniques according to a survey

The head of UK business watchdog, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) today criticised budget airline Ryanair over aspects of its charging policy.

AFTER a winless NHL campaign Kerry hurlers have high hopes of reaching the Christy Ring Cup final for the first time when they meet holders Carlow in a replay in Tralee this afternoon.

Ryanair have announced a record two million passengers this Christmas and New Year, across 26 countries on 605 routes.

Low-cost airline Ryanair has announced that it will launch 70 new routes across Europe during October.

Ryanair have today announced six new routes across Europe as well as increased flights from Cork and Shannon.

Markets were buoyed this afternoon by news that ISEQ and NASDAQ-listed technology company Icon recorded 40% increases in net revenue.

Ryanair has announced record bookings for the October bank holiday weekend.

Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton faces being sent home from the club’s pre-season tour to Thailand in disgrace after becoming involved in an altercation with a 15-year-old Everton fan at the team’s hotel.

Budget airline Ryanair today said it would carry a record 310,000 passengers on its 44 Irish routes over Christmas and 1.35 million passengers throughout Europe over the festive period.

Ryanair today celebrated carrying nearly half a million more passengers than BA in Europe during October.

Ryanair has today been confirmed as Scotland’s number one international airline for 2003.

In Dublin today, the ISEQ index closed up 8.44 points at 5415.31.

Low-fares airline Ryanair is celebrated a record-breaking month for European passenger numbers.

Ryanair has topped a list for airline punctuality drawn up by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for the first quarter of 2004.

Ryanair carried 2.14 million passengers during May in the UK and Europe compared to British airlines' 2.05 million, the low fares carrier said today.

Ryanair, today celebrated carrying over 45 million passengers to and from Ireland since operations commenced in 1985.

Ryanair has called on Aer Rianta to produce a contingency plan to ensure that Dublin Airport remains open at all times during future industrial action.

Low fares airline, Ryanair, has today announced it has banned eight passengers for life from flying with Ryanair for compromising passenger and crew safety by smoking on board.

RYANAIR will restart low fare flights between Strasbourg and London if the Court of Appeal in Nancy decides in the company’s favour before the end of December.

Ryanair is to halve the frequency of its Shannon to London route.

Ryanair has carried 40m through Stansted airport since it began operations there in 1989.

Ryanair's Head of Communications, Paul Fitzsimmons said that the airline has had record passenger traffic on 55 out of 125 routes for July.

Low fares airline Ryanair is to add three new European routes from its British service from October.

Irish no-frills airline Ryanair was hoping to be able to report a flying start to its financial year today after passenger numbers soared to a monthly all-time high in July.

Ryanair, the low fares airline, have called on Aer Lingus to "come clean" with their punctuality statistics.

CHRIS WHITE (England), the referee at the centre of Munster's controversial Heineken Cup semi-final loss to Stade Francais in Lille two years ago, has been appointed to handle the game with Toulouse on tomorrow week.

Low-fares airline Ryanair has criticised the European Transport Ministry decision to impose compensation levels on low fares airlines in case of cancellations.