The extraordinary Brexit events in London this past week have already had an impact across the Irish Sea. Witness the sharp downturn in share values and a plunge in the value of sterling.

Dancer Michael Flatley’s Castlehyde mansion has disappeared from property websites, having failed to find a buyer after two years on the open market with a quoted guide price of €20m.

Last week, the US Department of Transport gave approval to low cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle to operate freely between the UK and the US, writes Joe Gill.

Saturday was an historic day for the Ulster Bank League as Joy Neville became the first female referee to take charge of a Division 1A fixture.

Pay for the top managers at Dublin-based aircraft leasing firm SMBC Aviation Capital has more than doubled to $28.8m (€25.5m) this year.

Last Friday, 870 guests piled into a Dublin hotel to celebrate the Irish aviation industry.

PJ Mara, the flamboyant former government press secretary, will be buried in Kinvara Co Galway tomorrow beside his late wife.

Ireland is considered the birthplace of aircraft leasing and is recognised as the number one location globally in the sector.

Entrepreneur Danielle Ryan and her husband, Richard Bourke, ploughed €1.3m in loans into their Roads Luxury lifestyle brand group last year.

Council officials have rejected a call to place a “derelict site” notice on the only remaining building associated with the 1970-released epic romantic drama Ryan’s Daughter.

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen has made five changes to his starting line-up as he aims to guide his new charges to a third consecutive Guinness Pro12 triumph against the Scarlets this evening (7.35pm kick-off).

Key figures in Ireland’s aviation industry have united to develop a multimillion-euro national aviation experience visitor centre.

Avolon chief executive Domhnal Slattery is set to pocket €30.8m from the sale of the company to China’s Bohai Leasing for €2.23bn.

Hopes that some good might come out of the tragic death of a beloved man were expressed at his funeral yesterday.

The death of a 62-year-old man who died after finding intruders in his home will not be in vain, as it has raised a national awareness of the fear elderly people are living with in rural communities in Ireland, a priest hassaid.

A priest who administered last rites on a man who collapsed and died outside his Co Limerick home after being confronted by intruders, has described the 62-year-old as a “thorough gentleman”.

Ulster 21 Leinster 24: A little half-time word in the ears of his charges gave new Leinster head coach Leo Cullen a perfect start to his tenure with what was in the end a comfortable warm-up victory over Ulster at the Kingspan Stadium last night.

In the pioneering days of aviation, Ireland was the point of departure and arrival for all transatlantic air traffic. And although planes no longer refuel at Shannon, we are still prominent in the industry. Ryanair is the largest short haul airline in Europe and we are major players in airport retail and aircraft leasing, says Eoghan Corry

The CEO of Dublin-based Avolon, Domhnal Slattery, is set for a €31.28m windfall if a planned takeover of his aircraft leasing firm succeeds.

Two Limerick businessmen, a father and son, walked free from Limerick Circuit Court yesterday when they got suspended jail sentences for a Vat fraud of almost €224,000.

Tommy Barker revisits the one-time home of UCC maths professor George Boole as the 200th anniversary of his birth is celebrated.

Shows on kidnappings, Irish pub and the Troubles Documentary explores legacies of three Irish titans

Revenue investigators uncovered an estimated Vat fraud of almost €300,000 at fish and chip outlets in Limerick, when they looked into non-payment of plastic bag levies, a court heard

The search for a missing Cork woman has focused on a park and countryside north of the Glasgow nightclub where she was last seen, Religious groups have called for a “conscience clause” in the marriage equality referendum and Tipperary hurler Noel McGrath will undergo surgery on Friday for testicular cancer. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

The sprawling rural escape described as a labour of love for Ryanair founder Tony Ryan is back on the market for an initial asking price of €6m.

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Six highflying executives, led by Domhnal Slattery, at the Dublin-based aircraft leasing firm Avolon last year shared a bumper pay pot of $7m (€5.17m).

With an unaccustomed lack of fanfare, Ryanair launched its revamped website yesterday.

I’M pretty fast,” Joanne warns. “Fair enough,” I reply, but really I’m just curious to see how she can text at all. Gripping that ever-present iPhone between chin and what she calls her left hand, she manoeuvres it onto the table and begins texting. With her upper and lower lip. And at a speed faster than I’ve seen anyone text. My jaw drops. She shows me the screen, a flawless message. I can only chuckle in astonishment. She laughs back — you can tell she enjoys that reaction.

READING a biography of someone you met many times both professionally and socially is an interesting experience. Will the book reveal things about its subject that you didn’t know?

Decoupling food production from hydrocarbons is vital to our survival. John Sweeney considers a book that suggests we look to the sun for an alternative source of energy

BROADCASTER Terry Wogan can be heard on a radio advertisement these days extolling the virtues of using Shannon Airport as a departure and arrivals point for travellers out of and into the West of Ireland.

Des O’Sullivan reports how fairs have grown in importance and what's in store in Silver Springs Hotel.

A couple of weeks ago a passenger was getting off an Airbus A320 in Medellin, Colombia, one of Latin America’s fastest growing economies.

An influential aviation entrepreneur said yesterday the outcome for Shannon Airport under current Government proposals “will be uninteresting, moribund and people losing jobs”.

It’s just as well water metering hasn’t been introduced at a Co Limerick church.