Ryanair, US routes and independence from Dublin are all key issues for the airport’s survival, writes Seán McCárthaigh.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

In the middle of July, Sinéad O’Connor’s male nanny took her six and nine-year-old sons, Yeshua Bonadio and Shane O’Connor, from Dublin to Lyon.

Anyone who has flown from Dublin, Cork or Belfast into T1 in Heathrow will recall how long a trek it was to arrivals. Well say goodbye to all that, and hello to the bright, shiny T2.

BROADCASTER Terry Wogan can be heard on a radio advertisement these days extolling the virtues of using Shannon Airport as a departure and arrivals point for travellers out of and into the West of Ireland.

A pensioner who fell on an escalator at Dublin Airport has been awarded €40,000 by a High Court judge.

Shannon Airport recorded a pre-tax profit of €149,000 in its first year as an independent airport, figures show.

Aer Lingus has written to its shareholders to rubbish claims it may be forced to stump up €200m to shore up workers’ pension entitlements.