MICHEÁL Martin says he wants to be the next Taoiseach (not Tánaiste), that Enda Kenny is becoming increasingly detached from ordinary people, and that any talk of a split in Fianna Fáil is now buried.

IN justifying his decision in 2007 to enter government Green Party leader John Gormley cited advice given to him during coalition negotiations by Mary Harney, a woman who at that stage had been a senior minister for 10 years (and who had been a junior minister earlier in her career).

Around half of flights in Europe could be delayed due to a fault with an air traffic management system.

Ryanair has issued a come and get me appeal for Cork Airport to lower its landing costs ahead of the low fares airline taking delivery of a batch of new aircraft — some of which could be used to expand services at the airport.

RYANAIR said it will pull more routes from the country’s larger airports and relocate to smaller bases such as Kerry and Knock.

Dublin Airport continued to grow faster than its counterparts in Cork and Shannon in the first quarter, growing more than 4%, according to official figures.

LAUNCHING a high-profile long-haul airline service out of Dublin, in the current climate, may raise a few eyebrows.

London’s Heathrow Airport has put forward proposals for a sloping runway and said the landing strip could be shortened as it seeks to cut £2.5bn (€2.8bn) from the cost of expansion plans.

The first transatlantic flights from Cork are poised to take off later this year after a breakthrough ruling by the US Department of Transportation (DoT) writes Irish Examiner Reporter Eoin English .

Executive pay levels at Total Produce rose by over 7% last year, the Irish fruit distributor’s latest annual report shows.

Cork Airport should position itself as a global aircraft leasing hub to take advantage of the multi-billion euro industry, according to European Affairs Minister Dara Murphy.