RYANAIR has announced 18 new routes from Dublin to other parts of Europe turning Dublin Airport into its 16th European base.

You spend years waiting for an extra airport terminal, then two come along at once, writes Paul O’Brien.

POTENTIAL purchasers are already showing an interest in the Great Southern Hotel (GSH) group, which is to be taken out of State ownership and sold.

RYANAIR last night slated the decision by the Government to allow the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) to build the second terminal.

THE Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) has proposed increasing Dublin Airport charges for airlines by up to 40% per passenger.

THE sale of the Great Southern Hotel group is set to become the first major stumbling block in social partnership talks as unions gear up to oppose any privatisation of the loss-making semi-State.

UNIONS at Shannon Airport were yesterday accused of adopting a head in the sand approach to saving the company as talks were referred to the Labour Court.

ENTERPRISE Minister Micheál Martin is not prepared to say who should pay the €160 million debt for Cork Airport's new terminal until a team of consultants give their view on the issue.

THE public body charged with the strategic development of the south-west will hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the controversial debt issue facing Cork Airport.

BUSINESSMAN Ulick McEvaddy said yesterday he is confident that the Competition Authority will allow him access to Dublin Airport runway, clearing the way for him to build a third terminal there.

OVER €20 million will be set aside by the new Shannon Airport Authority (SAA) for a voluntary retirement package to attract at least 260 workers, an industry source confirmed last night.

DUBLIN Airport Authority (DAA) will today reveal plans for the controversial new second airport terminal that is estimated to cost up to €200 million.

VINCENT WALL’S letter (Irish Examiner, September 29) claims that the Dublin Airport Authority is best placed to develop the second terminal.

CORK City Council last night called on Taoiseach Bertie Ahern personally to intervene in the row over the €160 million debt for Cork Airport’s new terminal.

HUNDREDS of former aviation workers protested outside the Dáil yesterday, calling for their State pensions to be increased to match those of other public-sector retirees.