Rock ‘n’ roll arrived at the Oireachtas banking inquiry yesterday. It came in the form of David McWilliams: He Who Foretold The Crash.

Employers’ lobby group Ibec has said a sale of Aer Lingus could benefit the State by providing extra funds to invest in essential public infrastructure projects.

No-frills airline Ryanair is to introduce a “business class”.

The English sportswriter John Hopkins once described tours of New Zealand by the British and Irish Lions as a cross between a medieval crusade and a prep school outing.

Buoyant demand for British Airways transatlantic flights and the continued overhaul of Spanish carrier Iberia helped their owner to soaring quarterly profits.

A seamstress buried in the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory building for 17 days was rescued today, a miraculous moment set against a scene of horror, where the death toll shot past 1,000.

Swansea 0 Chelsea 0

Southhampton 1 Chelsea 5

Arsenal 7 Newcastle 3

Southampton 2 Newcastle 0

Sunderland 1 Newcastle 1

It looks like Chelsea are going to have to beat Bayern Munich in Germany if Roberto Di Matteo’s men are to play in the Champions League next season, after two stunning goals from Papiss Cisse kept Newcastle on course for a top-four finish last night.

There hasn’t been a transformation like this in football since Emmanuel Eboue went from boo-boy to folk hero because when Thomas Vermaelen scored a dramatic last-minute goal against Newcastle it turned the Emirates into a cauldron of passion and Arsenal into serious contenders for third place.

HENRIETTA KNIGHT is eyeing a third victory in the King George VI Chase at Kempton after seeing Somersby make a most impressive return to action at the Sunbury track yesterday.

The bitter British Airways cabin crew dispute is on the verge of being resolved following a breakthrough in crucial talks aimed at ending the long-running row.

UK airlines cancelled flights to Tokyo today following the devastating Japanese earthquake.

A former British Airways computer expert was convicted today of conspiring with a wanted terrorist to blow up a plane.

SCOTT PARKER defied the medics and stunned his manager Avram Grant as he played through the pain barrier to help West Ham produce their best league performance of the season and give them a fighting chance of beating the drop.

A second five-day walkout by British Airways cabin crew is poised to start tomorrow after talks between the airline and the Unite union ended without agreement.

Beleaguered British Airways today posted record annual losses of £531m (€609m).

The British Government is stepping into the row between BA and the Unite Trade union to try to stop more strikes by cabin crew.

NAOMI CAMPBELL fought back tears as she said her infamous temper had its roots in being abandoned as a child.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today that he hoped for a settlement between British Airways and the Unite trade union “quite soon”.

Union bosses claim only half the planned British Airways flights are leaving some terminals at Heathrow Airport in London, because of the cabin crew strike.

British Airways cabin crew have walked out for a third day.

Disgruntled British Airways passengers at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 today complained about the disruption caused by the strikes.

VETERAN golf tour operator Sean Skehan still has a plaque on his office wall from 1975, when he pioneered a golfing trip to Arizona with golf pro David Jones.

Leaders of British Airways cabin crew will reveal their next move today in the long-running dispute over cost-cutting which threatens disruption to flights later this month.

A man who worked at a British Airways call centre will appear in court in the UK today accused of terrorist offences.

Susan Boyle stunned passengers at London’s Heathrow airport with a string of bizarre actions.

British Airways enjoyed an encouraging last month of 2009, according to passenger figures out today.

A GECKO with leopard-like spots on its body and a fanged frog that eats birds are among 163 new species discovered last year in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia, an environmental group said yesterday.

A FORMER British Airways steward who once conned more than £200,000 (€230,000) out of friends and colleagues has been jailed for life for murdering his partner.

British Airways has asked the conciliation service Acas to help it reach a deal with unions over jobs cuts and a pay freeze in a bid to avoid a damaging strike.

British Airways is planning to close its Glasgow cabin crew base, putting almost 140 jobs under threat, it was revealed today.

Airline Ryanair today unveiled its 25th base at Birmingham.

Naomi Campbell is refusing to set foot on another British Airways plane after she was arrested for arguing with flight staff in London.

British Airways, under fire for the disastrous Heathrow Terminal 5 opening, received some welcome news from a survey of travellers worldwide.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell was removed by police from a BA flight at Heathrow this afternoon.

Investigators today found no evidence of a mechanical defect as the cause of the British Airways Boeing 777 crash-landing at Heathrow airport last month.

Both engines of the British Airways jet that crash landed at Heathrow Airport were still running when it came down, investigators revealed today.

Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was blocked today from boarding a flight home from London after the military-backed government barred her from returning.

A car bomb exploded in northern Iraq today, killing at least 22 people and wounding 26, police said.