The Government is being told it should penalise any Aer Rianta union that seeks to disrupt Ireland's Presidency of the EU.

TRANSPORT Minister Seamus Brennan continued to ignore union pleas for an independent review of his plans to break up Aer Rianta yesterday and named the new board to run Shannon Airport.

Aer Lingus has knocked Ryanair off its perch in a key airline industry battleground.