Up to 450 airport workers were facing redundancy tonight after union members agreed to a breakthrough €40m cost-cutting plan.

A startled pilot involved in a late-night near-miss at Dublin Airport radioed air traffic controllers to tell them he thought he saw a lawnmower on a runway, it was revealed tonight.

The Dublin Airport Authority has been told to review its training programmes after it emerged that a landing aircraft passed within feet of a worker on a ride-on lawnmover.

The Tánaiste Mary Coughlan has insisted there are options other than hanger 6 available to facilitate Ryanair maintenance jobs at Dublin Airport.

The Taoiseach was challenged tonight to personally intervene to secure 300 promised Ryanair jobs at Dublin Airport.

Under-fire Tánaiste Mary Coughlan tonight agreed to meet Ryanair boss Micheal O’Leary to try to secure 300 jobs promised by the budget carrier.

Under-fire Tánaiste Mary Coughlan was tonight considering meeting Ryanair boss Micheal O’Leary to secure 300 jobs promised by the airline.

The Tánaiste has said the Government is "most anxious" to secure further investment from Ryanair at Dublin or any other Irish airport.

A spokesperson for the Tánaiste Mary Coughlan has said Ryanair boss Michael O Leary should "come down from his high horse".

The DAA has reached a €38m cost-cutting deal with unions at the Labour Relations Commission that will see 450 jobs cut.

Aer Lingus today announced that it had reached agreement with SR Technics (SRT) regarding its line maintenance operations at Dublin Airport.

Numbers travelling through Dublin Airport over the Christmas period are expected to be down by 12%.

Dublin Airport Authority was today urged to ensure delays do not plague terminal upgrades as new figures showed passenger numbers could increase by almost a third this summer.

Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has welcomed a decision by Fingal County Council to grant permission for the construction of a new east-west runway.

Dublin Airport Authority has sought the intervention of the Labour Relations Commission, after staff rejected proposals which would have given the green light to Ryanair's new online check in service.

Staff at Dublin Airport are reportedly refusing to co-operate with a new online check-in system introduced by Ryanair.

The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) today announced profits of €50m for the year ending 31, 2005.

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has today said 3,000 jobs at Dublin Airport could go this year with the loss of three million passengers.

The Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey says he's confident that the Dublin Airport Authority will weather the current economic storm.

Businessman David Dilger was today revealed as the new chairman of the State-owned Dublin Airport Authority (DAA).