Annabel Wilson, who helped Ireland to a highly-creditable second-place finish in the Home internationals last week, produced a stunning closing burst over the Massereene course in county Antrim yesterday to spearhead the Irish charge towards places in the knock-out stages of the British Girls Open Championship.

Celtic player James Forrest has been detained in connection with two alleged public indecencies.

Paul McGinley’s love/hate relationship with the PGA Centenary course continued with Europe’s Ryder Cup captain delighted to make the cut in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.

When Jack Nicklaus said that Merion “acre for acre may be the best test of golf in the world”, he certainly wasn’t considering the course from the point of view of tournament logistics.

Security was tight around Shannon over the past two days as three US-built military transport planes destined for the new Iraqi Air Force spent two nights at the airport.

With Jim McGuinness double-jobbing between his new role as Celtic’s performance consultant and Donegal manager, he can conceivably reach Glasgow faster than he would Dublin.

Four people have been taken to hospital after a plane was evacuated shortly before take-off at Glasgow Airport.

Troy Matteson kept up his furious pace with a five-under 66 to lead by three from three-time defending champion Steve Stricker going into the final round of the John Deere Classic.

Alan Dunbar heads into the Irish Open at Royal Portrush this week with confidence sky high after becoming only the third Northern Irishman in history to land the coveted British Amateur title.

Shannon Airport is doomed if it remains in public ownership and is not sold immediately to the highest bidder, Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary predicts.

A FLIGHT instructor and a student pilot walked away uninjured after the nose wheel on their aircraft collapsed on landing at Cork Airport yesterday.

It’s called The Open — always has been and always will be

IT was as if they had turned the clocks back 140 years or so, to those days when Old Tom and Young Tom ruled the fairways of Prestwick in the annual British Open Championship.

Ireland’s Peter Lawrie was off to a spectacular start in the Barclays Scottish Open at its new venue Castle Stuart near Inverness today.

A major search operation has been launched this evening after a boat was spotted drifting with no one in it.

French planes are reportedly flying over Libya after world leaders decided the time for urgent action against Colonel Gaddafi has come.

TRAFFIC into and out of Ireland’s three main airports plunged more than 10% last month, with Shannon hardest hit.

This afternoon’s meeting at Ayr has been abandoned due to waterlogging following 23 millimetres of rain overnight.

RYANAIR has announced it is cutting back on flights out of Dublin Airport, including a 50% reduction in its daily services to Cork from next year.

The Irish Aviation Authority IAA has confirmed that all flights in and out of Dublin Airport will be grounded from 7pm until 9am tomorrow morning, with Waterford closing at 11pm.

All but a few flights in and out of the UK will remain grounded until 1am tomorrow, it was announced today.

Britain faced further travel chaos today after most flights in and out of the UK were grounded until tonight.

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”.

Newcastle United striker Andy Carroll was charged with assault today following an incident at a city centre nightclub.

YOU gave many column inches to John Lannon of Shannonwatch to highlight his anti-American views on Iraq and Afghanistan (Letters, January 18).

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

Budget airline Ryanair has confirmed that it will open 10 new routes from Fuerteventura.

Ryanair is to base one new aircraft in Bristol airport and two new planes at Liverpool.

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.

A woman was injured when a light aircraft crash-landed in a field in Co Fermanagh today.

Jean Van de Velde is still looking for a place in The Open with less than two weeks to go – but he has the chance to not leave it quite so late as last year.

British police arrested 39 people today after climate change activists broke into a secure area of Stansted Airport, prompting Ryanair to cancel flights and call for a probe into the security breach.

Ryanair announced today it was referring BP to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) over unjustified increases in fuel delivery charges at Prestwick and Belfast City airports.

Aer Arann has announced that it will serve Cork – Glasgow (Prestwick) from October 28.

LOCATED on the Atlantic seaboard in the extreme north-west, Donegal Airport is the country’s most remote regional airport with the smallest catchment area of any in the state.

THE Dublin to London air route was Britain’s busiest international route last year.

RYANAIR will announce two new routes from Cork to Scotland and England this morning.

THE parents of missing Madeleine McCann will go to Rome to meet the Pope in a visit designed to offer them support and raise awareness of their daughter’s plight.

Scotland. The birthplace of golf, the home of Monty, Sam Torrance, Sandy Lyle, Paul Lawrie, James Braid (more of whom anon) and others. Yes, if you want to talk about golf destinations, it would be pretty odd to omit Scotland.

The ownership of airports in the UK is facing its first major shake-up for nearly 20 years – sparking a war of words between BAA and the airlines over how to deliver a better service for travellers.

The ISEQ index of shares plummeted back into the red today, down 83.21 to 7566.69 at the close of business.

Low-fare airline Ryanair is to cut back on services to Sweden because of a proposed new flight tax, it was announced today.

OPEN officials yesterday insisted it would be “a shame” if no women attempted to qualify for this year’s championship at Hoylake.

Open officials today insisted it would be “a shame” if no women attempted to qualify for this year’s championship at Hoylake.