SIPTU ballot for strike action at Aer Lingus & DAA under way
Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has urged a quick, “simple” solution to the long-running dispute, which centres on a deficit in a pension scheme.
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Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has urged a quick, “simple” solution to the long-running dispute, which centres on a deficit in a pension scheme.
The protester has been visited by the wife of President Michael D Higgins.
Film-maker and writer Margaretta D’Arcy was jailed for trespassing at Shannon Airport.
Dublin and Shannon each saw rises, but Cork airport saw traffic drop by over seven per cent.
“Initially, it looked like the helicopter wasn’t going to make it up — the conditions were just so bad.”
The airline said that the expansion was directly related to the abolition of the travel tax.
The Limerick club has produced Munster and Ireland stars such as Alan Quinlan, Anthony Foley and Mick Galwey.
The deal will see five crew operating the new smaller transatlantic services with a review of operations due next summer.
The proposals will be put to IMPACT’s cabin crew committee at lunchtime.
Discussions between union representatives and Aer Lingus management went on till around midnight last night.
The talks commenced this week after plans to close the cabin crew base at Shannon Airport were announced.
Around €2,000 worth of fireworks found in a house in Shannon.
It follows a dispute with the IMPACT trade union on staffing levels for new transatlantic services.
A 40-year-old man was arrested at the scene after the drugs were found at the Clare house.
Everyone’s talking about Graham Dwyer charged with murder, flooding, and Augmentin stocks running low.
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Dublin Airport handled nearly 500 flights every day in September, with 62 in Cork and 60 in Shannon.
A large crowd attended the funeral of the teenager in Limerick this morning. Chloe’s body was located on Friday after she had been missing for six days.
Chloe Kinsella’s sister has thanked the hundreds of people who helped in the search effort, while her uncle has appealed for teenagers under pressure to seek help if they need it.
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A number of people have reported having headaches and feeling nauseous since last weekend.
The man’s body was recovered from the River Shannon.
Gardaí said investigations are ongoing and no arrests have been made.
The new jobs at Ei Electronics will bring the total workforce to 500.
Services from the US and Canada boost numbers at Ireland’s third-largest airport for the second month running.
Over 16 kilogrammes of cannabis was seized in two separate operations in Limerick and Rosslare today.
The Delta plane was flying from Milan to Atlanta when it had to make the emergency landing.
The woman on board the Delta flight from New York to Athens became abusive during the flight and had to be handcuffed.
The New Zealand captain defused tension at his first training session by dropping the first ball passed to him.
The airport was evacuated briefly this morning but the public and passengers have now been allowed to return to the building.
Rahim Nazarali has only five per cent eyesight but walked along the Royal Canal to raise money for the Irish Wheelchair Association.
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said that the aircraft contained no arms, ammunition or intelligence gathering equipment.
The vessel struck an object under the waterline and was taking on water when lifeboats arrived.
The Shannon to Alicante service has not operated since 2010.
A vehicle belonging to a garda was set on fire in Clare on Tuesday.
Anti-war group Shannonwatch said Ireland’s record in UN peacekeeping has been “tarnished” by complicity in the CIA rendition programme.
It was a difficult year for the airport, but 2013 will “mark the turning point” for recovery, a spokesperson said.
A chemical reaction involving bleach caused a ‘gas emission’ which left seven people in hospital.
They say it is in response to the failure of management to provide guarantees following the Government decision to break up the agency.