Falling Sideways

The Fianna Fáil Seanad Spokesperson on Agriculture Brian Ó Domhnaill is calling on the Government to reassure Irish consumers of the safety of produce on our shelves.

A restaurant in Germany is under investigation as a possible source of the e.coli outbreak that's sweeping across Europe.

AIR passengers hoping to travel overseas this weekend should have little trouble with the volcanic ash cloud.

High levels of volcanic ash could return to the UK on Friday just as the bank holiday weekend getaway begins, forecasters have warned.

Irish airspace remained clear and UK flights began returning to normal this morning as disruption caused by the diminishing Icelandic ash cloud shifted towards northern Europe.

Irish airspace should remain open until at least 7.30pm this evening.

Ryanair today responded to this latest appeal by Air Berlin against Ryanair’s cost base at Hamburg Lübeck Airport.

Ryanair has condemned the European Commission's plans investigate the airline's costs base at Lubeck and Tampere airports and says it will sue the Comission for what it describes as its "repeated failure" to take action on a number of complaints about State aid to other airlines.

DO YOU remember the phrase ‘Ich bin ein Berliner?’ Most people of my generation do because it was uttered by John F Kennedy a day or two after he completed his famous visit to Ireland in 1963.

The ISEQ index was down 28.75 points at 6153.26 at close of business today.

Ryanair has announced a deal to base up to four new 737 planes and deliver up to two million passengers per annum to Lubeck Airport in northern Germany, which serves the city of Hamburg.