LABOUR leader Eamon Gilmore insisted yesterday the huge decline in passenger numbers at Shannon will not be tackled by just transferring management of the airport from the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) to the Shannon Airport Authority (SAA).

A PROPOSAL on partial privatisation of Aer Lingus, a second terminal at Dublin Airport and the end of the Shannon stopover will be brought to Cabinet by Transport Minister Martin Cullen today.

Ryanair has expressed confidence that plans for a second main runway at Dublin Airport will become a reality, but has warned its costs should not exceed the planned €250m.

Ryanair is unlikely to start any new routes from Cork until next September, with the airline saying yesterday that it will be harder to grow from there than from other Irish airports.

Cork Chamber is set to spearhead a renewed campaign to secure independent and debt-free status for struggling Cork Airport.

Aer Lingus management has said it "reluctantly accepts" a recommendation from an expert panel that it should pay almost €200m towards the pensions of its current and former staff — though its shareholders must still give the green light.

Dozens of artworks in the hands of a former state-owned hotel chain belong to the people of Ireland, Arts Minister John O’Donoghue insisted tonight.

Aer Lingus cabin crew have begun their 24 hour strike at the country's major airports.

The snow has resulted in flight delays at Dublin Airport and customers have been urged to check their flight times before going to the airport.

Daily flights from Shannon to Philadelphia are to resume next year after a four-year hiatus.

SIPTU president Jack O'Connor has said that he is making no apologies to passengers regarding the threatened strike action at Dublin Cork and Shannon airports next week.

United Airlines is to operate a new daily direct Dublin-Washington service from next June.

The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has reached agreement with the Lynxs Cargo Group, which proposes building a new cargo facility at Shannon airport.

The 300 jobs that Ryanair claimed it would create at Hangar Six at Dublin Airport are now going to either Spain or Germany.

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has today said 3,000 jobs at Dublin Airport could go this year with the loss of three million passengers.

RYANAIR has announced that it has taken on Edelman as its external public relations/media communications adviser, after what it called “a very competitive tender process”.

THE Government faces a week of sustained pressure over its apparent u-turn on the controversial Cork Airport debt issue.

THE embarrassing political impasse between the Coalition partners over a second terminal for Dublin Airport showed no sign of being resolved yesterday as yet another Cabinet meeting came and went without a decision being reached.

More than 3.2 million passengers travelled through the airport, marking a 4% increase on the same month last year.

The head of DAA says unless the laws are changed, building a second runway at Dublin Airport will be a disaster.