Ryanair has announced extra flights on 40 different routes from Cork, Dublin, Knock and Shannon airports for summer 2018.

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Furious Ryanair customers are bombarding the firm with complaints and questions following the latest batch of flight cancellations.

In the media room at the Aviva Stadium yesterday, former international Keith Andrews found himself sitting just a short pass away from a painful memory: a display cabinet containing Xavi’s Number 8 jersey as well as the match ball from that long night in Gdansk when Spain put four past Ireland at Euro 2012.

The AP’s documenting of the mass graves in Iraq and Syria has led to barely an eyebrow being raised in the West, writes Andrew Nagorski.

Ireland 0 Belgium 3: When Ireland’s Euro 2016 isn’t being very different to Ireland’s Euro 2012, it’s being, well, much too alarmingly like it.

It feels appropriate that we’ve parked for the night in Tours, to break up our mammoth, 900km trip from Bordeaux to Lille.

What started as a steady trickle has, in the past 24 hours, become a deluge — the Irish are here en masse.

Ryanair is to extend its summer services from Cork to three destinations into its winter 2016 schedule.

There has been a “dramatic” rise in the number of complaints made against Irish traders by European consumers in recent months, according to the European Consumer Centre (ECC).

Guenter Grass, the Nobel-winning German writer, was lauded by Germans for helping to revive their culture in the aftermath of the Second World War and helping to give voice and support to democratic discourse in the post-war nation.

Guenter Grass, the Nobel-winning German writer has died aged 87.

In Irish football’s roll call of arch-villains, he might be more Toto Schillaci than Thierry Henry, but as the man whose penalty finally did for Mick McCarthy’s team in that epic match in Suwon at the 2002 World Cup, Gaizka Mendieta always carries an extra little bit of baggage with him whenever he touches down at Dublin Airport. 

Ryanair predicted it will reach the upper end of its earnings projection this fiscal year.

Ryanair's drive to improve its image is showing signs of paying off after it upgraded its forecast for annual passenger traffic.

EU leaders sent a clear message to Russia to step back from the brink of war in Ukraine when they unanimously agreed to make Poland’s prime minister their chief.

Ryanair raised its full-year profits guidance today after more than doubling first- quarter earnings and setting out aggressive plans for expansion in Europe.

Cork Airport is not attractive enough as a commercial proposition for Ryanair to operate more routes from it, according to the airline.

The travel plans of tens of thousands of holidaymakers have been thrown into chaos after Aer Lingus cabin crew served notice of a 24-hour strike to take place in just over two weeks’ time.

The old town looks the same as I step down from the train…

Robbie Keane has admitted he may need surgery to cure a persistent Achilles problem.

Birthday cake attacked in courthouse

Polish police are searching for whoever severed an arm from a statue of former president Ronald Reagan that was erected last year.

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Two years ago, Ireland captain Robbie Keane didn’t have much faith in the future of Irish international football.

Seamus Coleman is desperate for a chance to erase his Euro 2012 disappointment by lining up against Spain in New York.

Seamus Coleman is relishing the next chapter of his career under recently appointed Everton manager Roberto Martinez.

She was a Polish farmer’s daughter who emigrated to the United States, a maid who worked for a wealthy American heir, a third wife who inherited much of the Johnson & Johnson fortune after a sensational court battle with her six stepchildren.

Cork Airport has been dealt a blow with news that Hungarian airline Wizz Air will discontinue its services from there in the coming weeks.

In a bygone era, back when shorts were short and footballers’ hair was much, much longer, Poland became synonymous with the bad old days endured by Ireland’s national side.

Figures released today by the Department of Foreign Affairs show that 194 Irish people died while abroad in 2012.

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Cork Airport is predicting passenger numbers through its terminal will grow in 2013 for the first time in five years.

Tarcisio Burgnich couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

It’s normal for fans to leave early when their side has taken a beating.

Ryanair starts flying direct from Cork to Krakow this week. Great timing, says Pól Ó Conghaile, if you want to visit one of the most atmospheric Christmas markets in Europe.

Winter is settling in, but that doesn’t mean you have to... just yet, at least.

What a difference ten months can make – and especially when they include a dismal experience at the finals of the European Championship.

The Irish Tenors, ranked as one of the most successful Irish touring acts ever, alongside U2 and Riverdance, sing Ireland’s praises whenever they can.

The Republic of Ireland will face Greece and Poland in friendlies as Giovanni Trapattoni attempts to prepare his side for vital World Cup qualifiers.

Fast, technical and played with sheer determination.