Aer Lingus have confirmed that they have not been formally asked to vacate hangar six at Dublin Airport for Ryanair to use.

Aer Lingus tonight effectively ended rival carrier Ryanair’s plans to takeover the in-demand hangar six at Dublin Airport.

Budget airline Ryanair today claimed it offered the Government guarantees last year over the use of a hangar at Dublin Airport which could have secured hundreds of jobs.

The Mayor of Shannon Sean McLoughlin has called on the Shannon Airport Authority (SAA) to outline its position on what he called the "haemorrhaging of services" at the airport.

Visitors to Ireland plummeted by more than a quarter in January with tourism chiefs blaming the now-infamous big freeze for the slump.

Four hundred new retail jobs are set to be created with the opening of Terminal Two at Dublin Airport later this year.

Ryanair has said it will reduce its Shannon base by 75% - cutting its aircraft numbers from four to one – if the Government does not remove the €10 tourist tax or if the airport fails to reduce its cost base by 50%.

Ryanair has called for the breakup of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) following the sale of Gatwick Airport by the British Airport Authority (BAA).

Ryanair and the Transport Minister are heading for a collision course after the budget airline branded Noel Dempsey and his department 'corrupt'.

Ryanair is slashing flights by a fifth at Dublin this summer blaming rising airport charges and a government travel tax, it emerged today.

Ryanair has today confirmed that it will further reduce its flights and traffic at Dublin Airport this summer by up to 20%.

The recent closure of Irish and European airspace due to the Icelandic volcano cost airports in Ireland €8m, according to the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA).

Mandate Trade Union members in the Dublin Airport Authority have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a €40m cost reduction programme, it was announced today.

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.