THE chief executive of the Dublin Airport Authority was recently appointed chief executive of London City Airport.

A MAJOR shake-up is expected at Cork and Shannon airports as the Government drafts in top consultants to look at their futures.

PRE-TAX profits at the overseas duty-free operator owned by the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) last year plummeted by 87% to €3 million.

IT was reported recently that Stephen McNamara, Ryanair head of communications, was left to do what our Munster representatives were seemingly not interested in doing, and that was to enquire about the traffic figures for Shannon and Cork from the DAA.

MERRION Stockbrokers has upped its 12-month share price target for Aer Lingus; noting that solving its €500 million pension deficit problem could be the key to creating stock value.

A COMPANY licensed by the Dublin Airport Authority to sell London rail tickets from kiosks at Dublin Airport has claimed its business there is “close to collapse” due to an orchestrated campaign of harassment, bullying and obstruction of its staff by Ryanair and its agents.

THE vice-president of the Irish Hotels Federation yesterday hit back at claims by Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary that Shannon airport has priced itself out of the market.

RYANAIR chief executive Michael O’Leary has claimed that Shannon Airport “has priced itself out of existence”.

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.

JUST as Transport Minister Leo Varadkar prevailed in his row with the Dublin Airport Authority over bonuses paid to the DAA chief, Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has asserted the Government’s authority in a spat with Horse Racing Ireland over bonuses totalling €37,550 paid to chief executive Brian Kavanagh.

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.

EUROPE’s largest data centre provider, TelecityGroup, has acquired one of the leading players in the Irish market — Data Electronics — for £87.6 million (€101m) in cash.

A €10 MILLION plan to turn a stately mansion and its extensive grounds into a major tourist attraction rivalling the Rock of Cashel and Muckross House is to be discussed next month by Fáilte Ireland and the Office of Public Works (OPW).

RYANAIR boss Michael O’Leary has insisted the Government’s decision to retain the €3 travel tax will damage the economy.