Infection risks associated with the widespread movement of people back to Ireland for Christmas would be a recipe for disaster, a leading epidemiologist has warned.

There is no guarantee that airports will have enough Covid testing capacity to meet demands, the Dáil has been warned.

Simon Coveney said that Ireland has also allocated over €140m to the global Covid-19 response

Beleaguered Cork and Shannon airports are set to get an extra €22m next year under a package of government supports to help them survive the Covid crisis. The funds set aside include €13. 7m for Cork Airport and an additional €8.

Cork and Shannon airports are set to get an extra €22m next year under a package of new government supports to help them survive the Covid crisis.  The funds set aside include €13. 7m for Cork Airport and an additional €8.

The Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan has been told PCR testing must be in place for December to facilitate Christmas travel

Less than half a million passengers arrived in and departed Ireland in September, compared to 1.9m in September 2019

The DAA said it is imperative to open up the country as a matter of urgency.

Dublin and Cork airports have the capability to deliver up to 15,000 pre-departure PCR tests per day

Transport Minister Eamon Ryan says pre-departure testing could 'free people from the two-week rule' around restricting  movements

Eddie Wilson said the current crisis "could have been averted".

Eddie Wilson, chief executive of Ryanair’s Designated Activity Company, said there is “a reasonable chance” the airline will not reopen the two Munster aviation hubs.

ESB has announced a €75m fund for large businesses to reduce their energy consumption. The utility will provide the up-front capital for these energy-saving infrastructural projects with repayments financed by the resultant delivered savings.

The Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) has signalled it will make no major changes to passenger charges for 2020 and 2021 at Dublin Airport after examining if they should be reviewed due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the airline ...

Cork and Shannon airports have reiterated calls for the implementation of passenger testing to allow a return of some air passenger travel following the loss of their Ryanair bases.

Senator denies meeting is a pointless exercise as Ryanair announced closure of bases at Cork and Shannon airports for winter

He said that Ireland has signed Ireland up to the EU’s Traffic Light travel system which will be finalised at the Cabinet meeting next Tuesday

Airlines will follow the money and base themselves in Cork and Shannon if incentivised to do so, it is claimed.

The notion we should cocoon the whole island, in the context of international connectivity, is a nonsense propagated by those who believe the Covid virus can be eradicated says airline boss 

Cork airport handled less than 500 flights last month