The man who believed he was in London on May 23 when he was in Cork city centre was somewhere else again when his case was called at Cork District Court.

It will come as no surprise I’m sure, when I announce here today that I have the definitive itinerary regarding the trip of Donald Trump to Ireland.

For top-class food and drink, and also for its otherworldly beauty, it’s well worth making the connection to La Palma in the Canaries, writes Sam Boland.

It has emerged that fighter jets from two countries were scrambled to intercept a Ryanair flight on Saturday after communications were lost with the aircraft.

Passengers have voiced their anger after having to spend the night at Stansted Airport after snow and ice forced dozens of Ryanair and easyJet flights to be cancelled or delayed.

Plunging temperatures and widespread ice are expected to cause more problems for road and air travellers in the UK today.

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Kanturk 2-17 Kilburn Gaels 2-8: They were a happy bunch sitting in Heathrow departures.

Ryanair's dismissal of a pilot in 2000 led others to believe that being a staff representative in the company was "a very dangerous thing", a former pilot being sued by the airline told the High Court.

Michael O’Leary has insisted his employees have the best job security in Europe, as well as a “sophisticated” collective bargaining process.

Ryanair is facing the prospect of industrial action by pilots in Britain as well as the possibility of legal action.

Ryanair’s pilot uprising shows little signs of abating, with an ad-hoc group demanding that a wage increase turned down by crews at London’s Stansted Airport be doubled and extended across the airline’s European bases.

Ryanair pilots are in line for earnings increases of up to 22%, but could see increases delayed for years if they are not accepted.

Flights were temporarily grounded at Stansted Airport in England after RAF jets were scrambled to escort a Ryanair flight.

Ryanair has been ordered by the UK's aviation regulator to sort out compensation for hundreds of thousands of travellers hit by mass flight cancellations by 5pm on Friday.

Investors will scrutinise the Ryanair share price over the coming weeks for evidence that the rostering fiasco is not a sign of a deeper malaise.

Every Irish airport saw passenger growth in 2017 except for Shannon, which saw a decrease of 5% from January to June.

I’M IN Stansted airport with two of my sisters, heading for Lisbon, where our youngest sister is waiting for us.

Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary stepped up his warnings over Brexit saying the outcome of the talks would lead to an “inevitable” hard landing and bring major disruption to flights into and out of the UK.

The number of passengers using Kerry Airport, the privately owned regional airport in Farranfore, between Killarney and Tralee, continues to rise, as the airport starts talks on its subsidised routes.

Thirty-three million people travelled through Irish airports last year, a 10% increase on the previous year.

A man arrested after a mid-air drama that saw an international passenger flight diverted with an RAF fighter escort was wanted over a fraud of just £175 (€204), a court heard.

Three people have been arrested after anti-deportation protesters locked themselves to a plane at a major airport in the UK.

A leading aviation analyst has warned passengers could be the biggest casualty after the EU ordered UK-based airlines to relocate to EU countries or sell shares to EU nationals to avoid losing major routes.

11. 30. I’ve just arrived in England, where I’m staying with my sister for three nights.

Dense fog is threatening to cause travel disruption across southern England, with thousands of air passengers facing possible delays.

Ryanair is finalising deals with two long-haul carriers to create a “seamless” transfer experience, the budget airline has announced.

Talks aimed at averting strikes by baggage handlers and other staff at 18 airports in the UK will be held at Acas next week.

More than 1,500 check-in staff, baggage handlers and cargo crew at 18 airports in the UK will strike for 48 hours just before Christmas in a long-running pay dispute.

Two men who ran an escort agency in England which employed young girls from troubled backgrounds as child prostitutes have been jailed.

Theresa May and the rest of Europe still remain bamboozled about this Brexit conundrum.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

What started as a steady trickle has, in the past 24 hours, become a deluge — the Irish are here en masse.

Saturday, 7pm, London.

More than 307,000 passengers travelled through Kerry Airport last year, according to the regional airport’s annual results announced yesterday.

The number of arrivals and departures through Irish airports soared to almost 30m last year, although Cork and Knock actually had a drop in passenger numbers.

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has warned that the budget airline will be forced to scale back investment if Britain votes to leave the EU.

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has warned that the budget airline will be forced to scale back British investment if the country votes to leave the European Union.

Cork Airport and business leaders have expressed disappointment after CityJet blamed lack of demand for its decision to axe its Cork to London City Airport service from June 26 after just eight months.

With the announcement this week of Nohovation, the new super-angel investment fund backed by Pat Phelan and Illan Power, it cements the move of the Irish startup scene into adolescence. So what’s next, asks Kehlan Kirwan    

Heathrow recorded a 2.5% growth in passengers in March compared with the same month last year.