THE Dublin Airport Authority’s ambitious €1.2 billion development plan could face a funding shortfall of €300 million if the company is not allowed to raise passenger charges, management said yesterday.

DUBLIN’S billion-plus euro Metro North linking the city and airport is set to get the green light within two weeks.

THE Dublin Airport Authority has ruled out selling off more assets to pay for a second passenger terminal.

CORK Airport will not get the debt-free status promised by former Transport Minister Seamus Brennan, but will receive some relief from the burden, the Irish Examiner has learned.

TRANSPORT Minister Martin Cullen assailed the management of Cork Airport yesterday, saying its inability to open the facility’s new terminal on time represented “a poor outlook for the future”.

ARTS Minister John O’Donoghue yesterday stepped into the row surrounding the Great Southern Hotel’s art collection, insisting it should be returned to the State in its entirety.

RYANAIR is to lodge an objection to the building of a second terminal at Dublin Airport.

TAXI drivers have abandoned their threat to withdraw services from the Ryder Cup in their dispute over planned changes to fares and charges.

SIPTU has withdrawn the threat of strike action by its 700 members working in the Great Southern Hotel group and agreed to Labour Court recommendations on the sale of the group.

FORMER trade union boss Peter Cassells yesterday recommended that Dublin Airport make a contribution of €10 million to Cork for pensions and other funding requirements in the separation of the two airports.

THE chairman of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee will today call on the Department of Transport to investigate the multi-million euro cost overrun associated with the new terminal at Cork Airport.

FIANNA FÁIL number-crunchers do not believe Cork Airport’s debt will cost the party seats, and now say the party it will not cancel the debt before polling day.

THE boss of Cork Airport called publicly on the Government yesterday to give his board full independence from the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA).

PASSENGERS travelling through Dublin Airport can expect a better experience with the opening a €120 million facility on Sunday.

WHEN the Cabinet meets today, Defence Minister Willie O’Dea intends to raise the Irish Examiner revelation that Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) kept Shannon in the dark over the Aer Lingus move on Shannon/Heathrow slots.

When an official of the Department of Transport first learnt on June 13 that Aer Lingus was considering the transfer to Belfast of all Shannon flights to Heathrow, he telephoned the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) to learn details of the Shannon-Heathrow service, such as the frequency of flights and how well they were doing commercially.

SENIOR management at Aer Lingus raised concerns about the future of its transatlantic flights from Shannon in communications with the Department of Transport, it has emerged.

RYANAIR has applied for a judicial review of An Bord Pleanála’s decision upholding planning permission for the Dublin Airport Authority’s new terminal, T2.

RYANAIR has waded into the row over Cork Airport’s debt, saying it should not have to pay back its parent company, the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), for the new terminal.

THE Government’s attempt to resolve the bitter debt row between Dublin and Cork airports is “entirely flawed”, the country’s largest business network said yesterday.