BUSINESS leaders in the west are to step up their efforts to keep two regional airports open following the Government’s decision to terminate funding from the end of this year.

Restrictions at most Irish airports will be lifted at 4am on Thursday morning.

DUBLIN manager Pat Gilroy believes the GAA should consider completing the All-Ireland club championships prior to Christmas.

The country's two smallest airports have been excluded from the Government's departure tax after Finance Minister Brian Lenihan raised the threshold limits.

WITH its runway jutting into the Atlantic Ocean, the approach to Sligo Airport is one of the most picturesque (and for nervous types, most hair-raising) locations of any Irish airport.

Cuts in funding, Ryanair’s dominance and the economic downturn cast doubt on the sustainability of our airports, writes Seán McCárthaigh.

Gardaí who searched airplanes accused of being used for CIA rendition flights only found racehorses and golfers onboard, the Dáil heard today.

A Russian fisherman, who suffered a suspected heart attack, has been airlifted off a ship in the North Atlantic to Sligo.

AN AIRCRAFT which skidded off a runway in Sligo was only prevented from going into the sea when its front wheels jammed in large boulders.

IRELAND’S six regional airports are being given more than €6 million in funding over the next two years, Transport Minister Martin Cullen announced yesterday.

MAYO provides a hostile environment nowadays. Both for Fianna Fáil leaders who are moving to drum the Flynn dynasty from the party, and for Fine Gael leaders even though they may come from the county.

Air accident investigators have launched an inquiry into how a passenger plane overshot the runway at Sligo Airport yesterday and ended up in the sea.