Britain’s two biggest airports were suffering major flight disruption today - and a string of others were closed – after the return of the Icelandic ash cloud caused chaos for thousands of passengers.

ALL of the 500 jobs Ryanair offered to create at Dublin Airport have been lost to other European airports, the airline has confirmed.

Ryanair have said all the 500 maintenance jobs the airline offered to create in Dublin have now been lost to other airports.

Michael O'Leary said tonight that his proposal to create 300 jobs at Dublin Airport is now effectively gone.

THE Scottish Government “moved heaven and earth” to win a €9 million investment from Ryanair, the airline claimed, contrasting it to the Irish Government, which, it said, acted with “inaction and indifference”.

TWO egos crash-landed at Dublin Airport last night leaving 200 jobs dead and 300 more lingering in intensive care.

THE Government is willing to “bend over backwards” to secure 300 jobs from Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary after Tánaiste Mary Coughlan agreed to meet him today in a humiliating climbdown.

The Tánaiste has said the Government is "most anxious" to secure further investment from Ryanair at Dublin or any other Irish airport.

A Ryanair jet slid from the runway at Prestwick airport in Scotland this morning after hitting a patch of ice.

Transatlantic flights out of Shannon and Dublin have been delayed by a break-down in air traffic control systems in the UK today.

Budget airline Ryanair announced today it is starting 39 new routes this winter to and from the Canary Islands to take advantage of Spanish tax concessions.

Two close friends of Elvis Presley have refuted claims the star once made a secret visit to London - insisting the singer never set foot in the British capital.

Elvis Presley made a secret visit to England 50 years ago, it has emerged.

THERE was a bomb scare on a plane flying into Cork Airport last night.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern has criticised the US stance on the ongoing Israeli bombardment of Lebanon.

A SERIES of bomb hoaxes is continuing to disrupt the flight schedules of the country’s three major airlines.

IRISH pilots are demanding an explanation from the British authorities about why passengers on an Aer Arann flight were left on a plane in Scotland for an hour during a bomb scare.

An Aer Arann flight from Luton to Galway has been diverted to Prestwick airport in Scotland following a hoax bomb alert last night.

THE Irish Air Lines Pilots’ Association (IALPA) has expressed serious concern about the handling of a bomb alert by the British authorities involving a Ryanair flight forced to land at Prestwick Airport on Wednesday.

Ryanair is reportedly being criticised this morning over its handling of a bomb threat that forced the diversion of one of its flights yesterday.

NO explosives were found on board a plane after a major passenger airport was closed yesterday due to a security alert on a Ryanair flight bound for Dublin.

A major passenger airport was closed today after a security alert on a Ryanair flight.

Unconfirmed reports have suggested a security alert on board a Ryanair flight involved a suspect package.

A police operation was launched today after a Ryanair plane was diverted to Glasgow Prestwick Airport following a security alert.

Crews are racing to save a Russian mini-submarine trapped in the remote Pacific with seven sailors on board and oxygen supplies dwindling, navy officials said today.

More world leaders today began arriving at Gleneagles where the G8 summit got under way.

French president Jacques Chirac claimed he would offer his personal congratulations to Queen Elizabeth II and Tony Blair after London pipped Paris in the race to stage the 2012 Olympics.

World leaders began to gather at Gleneagles today for a G8 summit already marred by protests.

WE'VE come full circle, haven't we? Forty years and three weeks ago, the first of what became known as The Great Anfield European Nights took place. Our opponents were from Milan.

IRELAND’S Commissioner David Byrne will defend Ryanair’s deal with regional airports, including Charleroi, when it comes before the European Commission this morning.

Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie has gone where her father failed to venture by playing a concert in the UK.

Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie went where her father failed to venture tonight – by playing a concert in the UK.

An aircraft operated by British Airways CitiExpress has been forced to make an emergency landing for a second time in five days.

An investigation was underway today after a passenger plane carrying 43 people was forced to make an emergency landing.

Thousands of Elvis fans are expected to flock to the west coast of Scotland to pay tribute to the King at the only spot in Britain where he ever set foot.

Ryanair has launched a new service from London to Newquay - at twice the price of a ticket to Rome.

Ryanair is giving away 300,000 free one-way tickets on flights to 30 European destinations.

Ryanair has announced that it is to take on rivals Aer Lingus and newcomers Go on the Dublin-Edinburgh route and has promised up to four return flights on the highly competitive route.