The mayor of Galway said the Connacht rugby team epitomises all that is good about the West of Ireland.

Some of Mayo’s biggest names face a race against time to be fit for Sunday’s Connacht SFC quarter-final against London in Ruislip.

The first transatlantic pilgrimage flight to Knock Shrine will touch down in Co Mayo tomorrow.

Fun and Colour is the theme for this spectacular day. The Mad Hatters competition is hugely popular, the effort and creativity of the entrants is a fabulous spectacle.

Two aircraft narrowly avoided a mid-air collision over Ireland West Airport last year, an investigation has found.

Despite a milestone year that saw the airport enjoy record passenger numbers, the company that operates Ireland West Airport Knock last year recorded a pre-tax loss of €627,195 before government subvention.

The new chief executive of Waterford Airport has identified the need to expand the facility’s range of destinations, particularly London, as a priority.

RYANAIR says that the opening up of four routes out of Ireland West Airport in Knock will create around 100 jobs in Mayo.

IRISH airports have had contrasting fortunes, with Dublin tumbling down an international ranking survey and Knock enjoying its busiest year to date.

AN AER LINGUS jet was forced to divert to London’s Heathrow Airport on Tuesday after getting caught up in heavy thunderstorms, however the airline has denied that the jet was struck by lightning.

Flybe have announced a new expansion from Ireland West Airport Knock by introducing a three-times-a-week service to Edinburgh in Scotland.

Fourteen new bus services get underway today servicing Ireland West Airport in Knock.

The icy conditions have forced Ireland West Airport Knock to close for the day.

IRELAND WEST AIRPORT in Knock, Co Mayo, has signed a green power deal with Northern Irish energy company, Energia.

Ireland West Airport have hit out at Ryanair's Michael O'Leary who described the future of the airport as 'flakey'

One man died and another was seriously injured in a light plane crash in Co Mayo, according to gardaí.

XL.com has announced that XL Airways will operate new direct scheduled flight services from Ireland West Airport Knock to London’s Gatwick Airport.

Ireland West Airport Knock will today launch its first-ever TV advertising campaign in the UK in a bid to lure more tourists to the region this autumn and winter.

The airline which operates flights from Ireland West airport in Knock to New York has apologised for the delay which left passengers stranded in JFK for a week.

THE mayor of New York paid a flying visit to Mayo yesterday to hail the first direct flights between Knock Airport and the Big Apple.

The New York mayor today visited Co Mayo to hail the first direct flights between Knock Airport and the Big Apple.

Tourism Ireland, the organisation responsible for marketing the island of Ireland overseas, has welcomed the decision by Flyglobespan to commence scheduled services from New York and Boston into Ireland West Airport Knock in May of this year.

MORE than 20,000 homes were left without electricity yesterday as storms battered the country disrupting road, air and sea travel.

INDIGENOUS and multinational investors in the western region will be rewarded with a large pool of educated, highly skilled and enthusiastic workers, according to Lisa McAllister, chief executive of the Western Development Commission (WDC).