A MAJOR row has broken out between Ryanair and the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) over discounts and passenger numbers.

SHANNON Airport received a major boost yesterday with the news that the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) is seeking tenders from third parties to establish a cargo facility at the airport.

THE chairman of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has warned that if the country’s three state airports secure their autonomy, the country will end up with one airport after not very long.

FOLLOWING Michael O’Leary’s latest broadside at Shannon and its dealings with his airline, a member of the airport authority yesterday invited the Ryanair boss to sit down and talk business.

SHANNON Airport has rejected Ryanair’s offer to increase flights there due to what it called the airline’s “unreasonable demands”.

RYANAIR is offering to add around 14 more routes at Shannon if the airport agrees to pay the airline for new passengers.

THE prospect of establishing a cargo hub at Shannon Airport has received a massive boost.

SHANNON Airport has turned a corner and is expected to break even next year.

DUBLIN Airport Authority chairman David Dilger is to step down from his position, citing personal reasons. The move, which a statement from the company said would allow Mr Dilger “to afford more time to his broad range of other interests”, will take effect from May 31.

PLANS for the separation of Cork and Shannon airports from the Dublin Airport Authority are unlikely to go ahead due to the poor financial position of both airports.

THE much criticised air travel tax is to be slashed from €10 to €3 per passenger in a bid to boost ailing tourism numbers.

LARGE parts of the country will have a white Christmas Day as sub-zero temperatures over the next three days rule out a thaw.

IRELAND is this morning bracing itself for yet more weather woes as the worst snow storms in a generation continue to cripple the country.

A US-bound flight turned around over the North Atlantic this evening and returned to Dublin after a passenger suddenly fell ill.

A pilot taxiing to the runway for takeoff was the person who reported the drone sighting at Dublin airport this morning.

Timely delivery of the infrastructure promised in the National Development Plan will be the key to Cork achieving its potential in the coming decades.

A proposed new law would put Fingal County Council in charge of monitoring noise levels at Dublin Airport.

The operator of Shannon Airport has urged the Government to financially support its efforts to secure flight connectivity to one of the EU's major airports after Brexit.

Aer Lingus has not ruled out expanding in Cork and Shannon as it plans a huge growth spurt across the Atlantic in the next five years, but Dublin appears likely to receive the lion’s share of the airline’s investment.