Just 80 out of 4,000 drone users here are licensed to fly them – as the number of drones in use here continues to rise.

Air accident investigators are to examine whether a flight instructor and trainee pilot killed in a light aircraft crash were alerted to a problem shortly after take-off.

Golfing superstar Padraig Harrington has put his luxury private jet up for sale — less than two years after forking out around $2m (€1.5m) for the ultimate status symbol.

A Meath aviation broker known as “The Boxer” who was jailed for conspiring to import €7m in drugs has been ordered to hand over precious stones and over €200,000 to the State.

A loving father has told how he heard about his helicopter pilot son’s tragic death on his car radio.

The airport previously owned by high-flying businessman Jim Mansfield is being sold at a down-to-earth price of €3 million.

THE Government is set to make a decision on the introduction of an air ambulance service next month, following talks with a number of providers.

The country's first ever 24-hour air ambulance service will begin operating this morning at Dublin Airport.

A dedicated 24-7 air ambulance service is to operate from Dublin Airport from tomorrow.

THE 14-year-old girl deprived of a liver transplant due to failures in the Irish system has said she is not angry but “just annoyed” that she missed out on the life-changing transplant.

THE father of a Co Leitrim teenager who needs a liver transplant said he has been reassured that there is no need to relocate his family to Dublin or London to ensure her place on the waiting list for a donor organ.

NAMA is to introduce a deferred payments scheme in an effort to kick-start the property market as it yesterday released details of 847 properties that are in receivership or administration.

ARMED air corps aircraft were scrambled to intercept a helicopter entering Dublin airspace minutes before Queen Elizabeth II landed in the city, the Defence Forces have confirmed.

Air accident investigators today hit out at a private flight school, branding its supervision of instructors unsatisfactory, after two men were killed in a training flight.

The Air Accident Investigation unit has released its report on a fatal helicopter crash in Co. Kildare last year.

A Meath aviation broker known as “The Boxer” has been sentenced to twelve years in prison with two suspended for conspiring to import €7m of heroin and cocaine from Belgium.

A Meath aviation broker known as “The Boxer” will be sentenced later for conspiring to import €7m of heroin and cocaine from Belgium.

Meath aviation broker has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to import 50kg of heroin worth €10m from Belgium.

ALMOST a day elapsed before the emergency services were alerted to the disappearance of a helicopter, found crashed, with two crew dead on board.

Investigators probing a helicopter crash that killed a flying instructor and his student revealed today they are concerned the aircraft was missing overnight before anyone noticed.

Air accident investigators are trying to establish the cause of a helicopter crash in Co Kildare which claimed the lives of two men on Wednesday evening.

A training instructor and a student pilot have died in a helicopter crash in the Bog of Allen in Co Kildare.

DRUG smuggling prevention measures at ports and airports are in a “shambolic state” despite Government assurances of further resources and security measures.

Documents sought from the Belgian justice authorities by a Meath aviation broker accused of attempting to import heroin valued at €10m have been received, a court has been told.

Counsel in the case of a Meath aviation broker accused of attempting to import heroin valued at €10m have agreed on a letter to be sent to Belgium authorities seeking information on his alleged co-conspirators.

THE Claret Jug coveted by golfers the world over made a return journey to Dublin last night as Open champion Pádraig Harrington came home to a hero’s welcome.

Judge Tony Hunt is to write to Belgium authorities requesting information concerning an attempt to import €10m worth of heroin into Weston Airport in Kildare.

A man remains in a critical condition in hospital following a light aircraft crash near Knock Airport in Co Mayo yesterday.

One man died and another was seriously injured in a light plane crash in Co Mayo, according to gardaí.

It has been revealed that a private Co Kildare airport has been facilitating foreign flights without any legal permission.

A 36-year-old aviation broker appeared before Dublin District Court today charged in connection with last week’s seizure of €10m of heroin at a small airport in Belgium.