If there’s anything guaranteed to start a fight between regional and capital cities, it’s a proposal — or even just talk about a proposal — for a major capital expenditure development, ideally involving railways and aviation.

Management at Dublin Airport are rubbishing a suggestion that a new terminal is needed in the near future.

CORK AIRPORT should remain under the same ownership as Dublin, with Shannon Airport to be run as a separate, more business-orientated entity managed by local bodies.

THE removal of Shannon Airport from the control of the Dublin Airport Authority would allow the mid-west airport to finally realise its potential, it was claimed last night.

TALKS are to begin next week on ways to address the rapidly escalating deficit in the pension scheme for the Dublin Airport Authority and Aer Lingus workers, now reportedly in the red by up to €600 million.

RYANAIR chief executive Michael O’Leary has criticised the Department of Transport’s choices for new executives at Dublin Airport Authority and Tourism Ireland.

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.

Change is needed to make the best of Cork Airport, writes Cork Chamber president John Mullins

A HIGH Court judge has refused, on condition of Ryanair’s consent to provide certain undertakings, to grant an injunction restraining the airline allegedly intimidating agency staff selling rail tickets for London at Dublin Airport on behalf of a British company.

THE Government is considering the option of handing over the running of loss-making Shannon Airport to a private operator in a concession arrangement, Transport Minister Leo Varadkar revealed yesterday.

THE chief executive of the Dublin Airport Authority was recently appointed chief executive of London City Airport.

A MAJOR shake-up is expected at Cork and Shannon airports as the Government drafts in top consultants to look at their futures.

PRE-TAX profits at the overseas duty-free operator owned by the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) last year plummeted by 87% to €3 million.

IT was reported recently that Stephen McNamara, Ryanair head of communications, was left to do what our Munster representatives were seemingly not interested in doing, and that was to enquire about the traffic figures for Shannon and Cork from the DAA.

MERRION Stockbrokers has upped its 12-month share price target for Aer Lingus; noting that solving its €500 million pension deficit problem could be the key to creating stock value.

A COMPANY licensed by the Dublin Airport Authority to sell London rail tickets from kiosks at Dublin Airport has claimed its business there is “close to collapse” due to an orchestrated campaign of harassment, bullying and obstruction of its staff by Ryanair and its agents.

THE vice-president of the Irish Hotels Federation yesterday hit back at claims by Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary that Shannon airport has priced itself out of the market.

RYANAIR chief executive Michael O’Leary has claimed that Shannon Airport “has priced itself out of existence”.

THERE is no point separating the three state airports “only to see one or two of them going bust in a short period” according to Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar.

THREE weeks today, we will elect Ireland’s ninth president.