The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) is to invest €450m this year to expand, improve and modernise Dublin Airport.

Management at Shannon Airport is to hold an emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss the news that the Dublin Airport Authority knew in advance of the Aer Lingus decision to end Shannon-Heathrow services.

The row over Aer Lingus' decision to end its Shannon-Heathrow services has taken a new turn this morning amid reports that the Dublin Airport Authority was aware of the move in June.

Ryanair, announced today that it has applied for a judicial review of An Bord Pleanála’s decision upholding planning permission for a €800m second terminal in Dublin Airport.

Ryanair has confirmed its intention to mount a legal challenge against An Bord Pleanála's decision to approve the second terminal for Dublin Airport.

One of Shannon Airport’s most senior managers tonight said he was resigning his day to day duties after being kept in the dark about the withdrawal of the Heathrow route.

The Shannon Airport Authority is holding an emergency meeting today to discuss the news that the Dublin Airport Authority had advance knowledge of the Aer Lingus decision to end Shannon-Heathrow services.

Ryanair has called on the DAA to "stop lying to the public about its rip-off car park price hikes".

More than 280,000 passengers are expected to travel through Dublin Airport during the bank holiday weekend, an 8% increase on 2006.

Trading was good on the ISEQ index of Irish shares today as the exchange close up 110.59 points at 9778.51.

Charges for travellers flying from Dublin Airport will remain the same for the next two years, the Aviation Regulator announced today.

Ryanair is flying a planeload of journalists to Germany today as part of its campaign against the way the second terminal for Dublin Airport is being built.

Ryanair has today reacted angrily to the Commission for Aviation Regulation’s (CAR) Draft Decision on the Review of Airport Charges.

Construction started this morning on Terminal Two, the new €395m new passenger terminal at Dublin Airport.

Irish shoppers on pre-Christmas trips to the US have helped passenger numbers take-off at Dublin airport.

Aer Rianta International have been awarded a seven-year retail contract with JSC Terminal, the authority responsible for developing the new Terminal 3 at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.

Local residents have today been outlining their objections to the second terminal proposed for Dublin Airport at an oral hearing being held by An Bord Pleanála.

Budget airline Ryanair has today called on An Bord Pleanala to reject the DAA’s plans for a second terminal at Dublin Airport.

Air passengers here and in the UK are being reassured that travel services are returning to normal this Christmas Eve.

Today is expected to be the busiest pre-Christmas travel day at Dublin Airport with more than 65,000 people set to take to the skies.