Ryanair today criticised the announcement by the DAA on the location of a second terminal and the €1.2bn budget for Dublin Airport.

Contracts totaling €1.2bn have been awarded by Dublin Airport Authority for the construction of second passenger terminal and new satellite pier components in Dublin airport following a public tender process.

The loss-making Great Southern Hotels are to be sold off by the state, it emerged tonight.

Car-parking charges are to rise at Dublin Airport from tomorrow to fund extra facilities in 2006, it was claimed today.

The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has welcomed today's announcement of a planned increase in Ryanair's route network and passenger traffic at Dublin Airport.

Ryanair have received leave from the High Court today to appeal a decision by the Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) to fully slot co-ordinate Dublin Airport.

More than 310,000 people are expected to travel through Dublin Airport over the June bank holiday, the airport authority said today.

Transport Minister Martin Cullen today confirmed discussions were still ongoing over a site for a second terminal at Dublin Airport.

Unions at Dublin Airport tonight threatened strike action within a week if management don’t commit to existing agreements on hiring new staff.

There is no threat to weekend flights at Dublin Airport despite a simmering staff row over new security recruits, it was claimed today.

The new Dublin Aviation Institute is being officially launched today.

Two wind warnings which were put in place across the country last night have now ended.

Dublin Airport will accommodate almost 288,000 passengers over the Bank Holiday weekend.

Post tax profits at airport operator DAA jumped by 41% last year.

Dublin Airport have confirmed they are investigating an incident that occurred this morning.

Thousands of travellers leaving the UK for the Republic of Ireland will not be included in new passport checks, the UK's Home Office said.

THE aviation sector in this country seems to have lost the run of itself.

FULL independence for Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports has been taxiing on the runway for so long many observers now fear the plan will never be given clearance for takeoff.

TRANSPORT Minister Noel Dempsey sparked a fresh row yesterday by denying Cork Airport claims he had guaranteed financial support if it struggled to service its debt.

“I WOULDN’T book flights on Aer Lingus for any date soon,” was the ominous warning from one informed union source, ahead of today’s counting of worker votes on the airline’s new cost-cutting measures.