THERE is no point separating the three state airports “only to see one or two of them going bust in a short period” according to Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar.

THREE weeks today, we will elect Ireland’s ninth president.

CLARE County Council members are seeking a meeting with Transport Minister Leo Varadkar and the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) on the future of Shannon airport.

A FULL-BODY scanner is to be used on staff at Dublin Airport under plans to test the controversial security equipment.

TRANSPORT Minister Leo Varadkar has admitted the hype that accompanied the introduction of pre-clearance facilities at Dublin and Shannon airports has not delivered additional business.

TRANSPORT Minister Leo Varadkar has said that he intends to phase out subsidies for regional airports altogether.

A GOVERNMENT TD has urged the public to have their say on the future of Cork Airport, which is the focus of a ministerial-ordered review.

THE Office of Public Works (OPW) is set to carry out €500,000 of restoration work on a park in north Cork in a bid to increase visitor numbers to 300,000 per year within the next five years.

A TOWN steeped in heritage aims to become the country’s antiques capital.

DEPARTING chief executive of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), Declan Collier is resigning tomanage an airport where passenger levels were 12% of those at DAA airports last year.

DUBLIN Airport Authority boss Declan Collier has bowed to Government pressure and relinquished his controversial €100,000-plus bonus.

COMMON SENSE has prevailed in the row over the controversial bonus for Dublin Airport Authority boss Declan Collier.

DUBLIN Airport Authority boss Declan Collier has refused to confirm whether he intends holding on to or relinquishing the €100,000 bonus he was awarded last year — at a time when payment of bonuses had been halted by the Government.

TRANSPORT minister Leo Varadkar has reacted angrily to the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) planning to award its chief executive Declan Collier, a €100,000 performance- related bonus for last year.

THERE were indications this week that we are moving towards a more sustainable society where the old, comfortable nudge-nudge corruption or the abuse of position will not be tolerated.

THE chairman of the Shannon Airport Authority has refused to discuss the recent controversy surrounding a proposed bonus payment to the chief executive of the Dublin Airport Authority, Declan Collier.

THE Taoiseach said it was “not good practice” that Declan Collier is on the remuneration committee of AIB following controversy over his €100,000 bonus as head of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA).

The juxtaposition of many of the leading news stories of recent days should set alarm bells ringing in Dáil Éireann.

BILL CULLEN, the businessman, television star and board member of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has emerged as a significant donor to Fianna Fáil during its years in office.

THE Dublin Airport Authority and Bord Gáis paid out about €4 million in bonuses last year, it has emerged.