The Government has said today that the separation of Shannon Airport from Dublin Airport Authority will create 850 jobs.

The Government has said it intends to separate Shannon Airport from the Dublin Airport Authority on December 31.

Dublin Airport Authority is to ask the High Court next Friday to restrain threatened industrial action by SIPTU that would effectively close down Dublin, Shannon and Cork airports.

Talks will resume today at the Labour Relations Commission between SIPTU and the Dublin Airport Authority in a bid to resolve a row over pensions.

Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar has challenged more airlines to follow suit following the news that Ryanair is to add eight new routes to continental Europe from Shannon Airport today.

Major delays are expected at airports around the country this morning following severe weather overnight.

A passenger plane has been forced to make an emergency landing at Dublin Airport, after smoke was reported in the cockpit.

Dublin Airport is warning that a threatened strike by French air traffic controllers may affect flights tomorrow.

Almost 2.2 million passengers passed through Dublin Airport in August - an 8% increase on the same period last year.

Ryanair is to open nine new routes from Dublin and increase frequencies on eight existing routes, the airline announced today.

The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has announced that an independent audit of its security arrangements will be carried in the next three weeks.

It is thought the Cabinet is about to approve a second terminal for Dublin Airport run by DAA.

The future of the Great Southern Hotel group should be protected as the foundation stone of Irish tourism, it was claimed today.

Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary has hit out at the decision of the Dublin Airport Authority to increase carparking charges at the airport by 50% from tomorrow.

A security officer sacked for harassing Glasgow Rangers fans at Dublin Airport turned up to his disciplinary hearing wearing a Celtic jersey, an employment appeals tribunal heard today.

The Dublin Airport Authority has presented a €2,500 holiday voucher to the 17 millionth passenger to pass through the airport this year - a toddler.

A SIPTU representative on the newly-established Dublin Airport Authority has reportedly resigned in protest at a recent deal reached between Ryanair and the independent Shannon Airport Authority.

Workers at Dublin Airport voted overwhelmingly for strike action today over plans to end their right to cheap stand-by seats on flights.

Airport charges must rise if the second terminal is to be built at Dublin Airport, it was claimed today.

The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has announced a 54% rise in profits in its financials results for 2004 today.