THE airline industry is up in arms over plans by the aviation regulator to approve the imposition of fees for the use of check-in desks at the country’s three main airports.

The leader of the Seanad today described the legislation to break up Aer Rianta as rushed and premature.

DUBLINERS have already nicknamed their new transport system the Daniel Day Luas.

IT was the 1970s before the first telephone was installed into south Kerry’s Black Valley.

THE Government sanctioned the passage of a consignment of 28 Patriot missiles through Shannon Airport, official documents seen by the Irish Examiner reveal.

THE family of a pilot of an Aer Lingus plane blamed for a crash near Birmingham airport 50 years ago maintains he is the victim of a miscarriage of justice, despite the results of a fresh inquiry which held him responsible for the accident.

RYANAIR chief executive Michael O’Leary claims the no-frills airline has not acted illegally in refusing to refund €4.5m it collects annually in airport charges for no-show passengers.

Defeated Fianna Fail candidate Mary O’Rourke is due to take a position in the Seanad after losing her Dail seat, according to speculation this morning.

The Minister for Public Enterprise has told the Dail that Aer Lingus suffered a large overall loss last year.

Luas remains on schedule to be completed next year according to an expert group appointed by the Minister for Public Enterprise.

Ireland¹s first National Digital Media Conference (NDMC) will take place on Wednesday, 1st May 2002 at O¹Reilly Hall, UCD.

The Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association has criticised the Minister for Public Enterprise, Mary O’Rourke, for her decision to give control of the proposed new low cost terminal at Dublin airport to Aer Rianta.

The low-cost terminal at Dublin Airport has been given the go-ahead.

Ryanair and the airport authority, Aer Rianta could be heading for the courts after a full-page advertisement placed in a national newspaper last week by Ryanair.

Opposition parties are continuing to demand the resignation of Aer Rianta board member Dermot O'Leary after the Minister for Public Enterprise again refused to sack him.

The chairman of Aer Rianta, Noel Hanlon, says the special treatment afforded to Liam Lawlor at Dublin Airport on his return from New York was given on compassionate grounds.

The new Internet Neutral Exchange [INEX] in the Data Electronics Data Centre was officially lit up by Mary O'Rourke, Minister for Public Enterprise yesterday.

The future of a number of domestic flights are under threat, according to Fine Gael’s Jim Higgins.

Aer Lingus will take their campaign to save jobs at the airline to the European commission today.

Aer Lingus workers will lobby Dail Eireann today to impress their plight upon politicians.

There are reports emerging this morning that the national airline, Aer Lingus,

The battle to have the EU lift its ban on state aid for Aer Lingus will be fought on two fronts in Europe today.

At a cabinet meeting today Government ministers will be briefed by the Minister for Public Enterprise, Mary O’Rourke, on the crisis at Aer Lingus.

Bosses at Ryanair say they do not intend to make staff redundant in a hard-hitting advertising campaign launched today.

Embattled Aer Lingus will today forward more details of the strategy it wishes to adopt in order to survive the current international aviation crisis.

Aer Lingus will today highlight its demands and concerns to the Minister for Public Enterprise, Mary O’Rourke, in the wake of the international crisis in the aviation industry.

A meeting of Aer Lingus employees has been called for next Tuesday as the airline suffers from the international downturn in the aviation industry.

The international down turn in air traffic has claimed yet another victim as a small British regional airline has been forced to send its staff home.

Overcrowding on the DART is now so bad that some commuters have to travel outwards from Dun Laoghaire to Bray and then turn around on the ‘return‘ train to have any hope of getting into Dublin at peak hours.

The Minister for Public Enterprise, Mary O'Rourke, has announced that she intends to appoint a new chairman, chief executive and vice chairman for Aer Lingus within weeks.

The Minister for Public Enterprise, Mary O'Rourke, has signed new legislation aimed at cracking down on the production and sale of counterfeit satellite TV smart cards.

A new report shows that Iarnrod Eireann has made substantial progress in improving rail safety.

Financial experts who were given the task of deciding the likely future of the state-owned airline, Aer Lingus, are expected to present their report to the Minister for Public Enterprise, Mary O'Rourke, in the next few days.

A major new report on the future of Irish Rail, has recommended a once-off payment to staff if they do not take part in industrial action.

The Taoiseach is insisting that the proposed flotation of Aer Lingus has not been abandoned in favour of a trade sale.

Opposition parties are upping the pressure on the Government regarding the proposed sale of Aer Lingus.

Aer Lingus could face further industrial difficulties if the Government pushes ahead with a sale of the airline.

Speculation is mounting that the Government is planning to sell-off Aer Lingus instead of floating the company on the stock market.

The Minister for Public Enterprise Mary O’Rourke is insisting she will not consider selling Aer Lingus to another airline without consulting the workforce first.

Fine Gael's Jim Higgins has requested a special meeting of the Public Enterprise committee to discuss the sale of the Irish National Petroleum Company.

The Minister for Public Enterprise Mary O’Rourke is confirming that the sale of the Whitegate Oil Refinery and the Whiddy Island storage facility in Bantry Bay is "almost complete".

The first of the new light rail trams, which will begin service on the streets of Dublin in 2003, has been unveiled by the Minister for Public Enterprise, Mary O'Rourke.

The embattled Aer Lingus Chief Executive Michael Foley has so far not turned up at his Dublin Airport office.

The rail strike is continuing to cause chaos right along the east coast and on the Dublin-Sligo line.