Ryanair today criticised the announcement by the DAA on the location of a second terminal and the €1.2bn budget for Dublin Airport.

Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has appealed to DAA and Aer Lingus workers not to go on strike.

Dublin Airport saw a 3% year-on-year decline in passenger numbers in September with 1.7m people travelling through the facility, the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) said today.

THE Coalition parties seem set to agree a deal on the controversial second terminal at Dublin Airport on Wednesday.

Management at Shannon Airport is to hold an emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss the news that the Dublin Airport Authority knew in advance of the Aer Lingus decision to end Shannon-Heathrow services.

Transport Minister Leo Varadkar and the wider Cabinet will make a decision in the next five weeks on the future of Shannon Airport, while decisions on the futures of Cork and Dublin airports will be long fingered until the end of the year.

DEPARTING chief executive of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), Declan Collier is resigning tomanage an airport where passenger levels were 12% of those at DAA airports last year.

DUBLIN Airport Authority boss Declan Collier has bowed to Government pressure and relinquished his controversial €100,000-plus bonus.

THE Dublin Airport Authority was strongly criticised yesterday for its failure to inform colleagues in Shannon about the planned closure by Aer Lingus of its Shannon-Heathrow route.

Dublin was the second fastest growing airport in the European Union last year.

A passenger plane has been forced to make an emergency landing at Dublin Airport, after smoke was reported in the cockpit.

Transport Minister Noel Dempsey has today ruled out selling off the Dublin Airport Authority.

Flight operations have resumed at Dublin Airport this evening following today's heavy snowfall.

Ryanair has accused the Dublin Airport Authority of recklessly trading.

PASSENGER charges will increase next month at Dublin Airport as the country’s three biggest airports take a hit of €8 million from the volcanic ash crisis as 3,200 flights were cancelled.

THE Labour Relations Commission has intervened in the pensions dispute between the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) and its unions, which threatens to escalate into full-scale strike action.

THE Dublin Airport Authority was sufficiently concerned in June about the possible loss of Shannon Airport’s Heathrow slots that it contacted Aer Lingus with an incentive offer.