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Cork Airport bosses irked by Ryanairs latest dig  Management said it made prudent business sense to upgrade runway while airport was quiet after Ryanair called it a crazy plan Management at Cork Airport has hit back at Ryanair and defended the decision to upgrade its main runway this year. Tue, 02 Mar, 2021 - 20:30 Eoin English Management at Cork Airport has hit back at Ryanair and defended the decision to upgrade its main runway this year. With the airport’s passenger numbers down 99% duri...

TÁNAISTE Leo Varadkar has heavily criticised a Green Party TD’s “unprecedented” High Court action against his own Government over the EU-Canada trade deal.

Cork Fine Gael Senator, Jerry Buttimer, has called on Ryanair to engage positively with Cork Airport and to act in a manner that is conducive to the return of its base and the resumption of safe flying from the airport.

Out of Time Brendan Ogle Of Unite submitted the following article to the  Irish Times on 15 December 2020 Unite House                         15 th December 2020 On 14 December 2020 Jerry Buttimer stood up in the Seanad and said that in terms of personal finances, Ireland was becoming a more equal place. ‘ The reality is that income growth and inequality is falling in our country at this time’ he said, ‘ and as Mr. Pat Leahy wrote recently in The Irish Times, peo...

Leo Varadkar under fire as Fine Gael colleagues warn public is losing confidence Mayo TD Michael Ring told his colleagues that the government had failed on a number of issues throughout the pandemic Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Get the latest news from across Ireland straight to your inbox every single dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your info...

Four people, including two politicians, expected to be charged over allegedly organising infamous Golfgate dinner Updated: 17 Feb 2021, 18:54 FOUR people, including two politicians, who allegedly organised the infamous Golgate dinner last year are expected to be charged with breaches of Covid-19 regulations. The prosecutions are understood to include Galway West independent TD Noel Grealish, then-captain of Oireachtas Golf Society, and its president ex-Fianna Fail TD Donie Cassidy. 3 3 The bash...

Cork South-Central: 4 seats Taoiseach Micheál Martin is a youthful 60 but, if he stands down as Fianna Fáil leader during this term, then attention turns to whether he runs again. There’s no shortage of family members to fill his boots but passing the seat won’t be easy. Fianna Fáil Finance Minister Michael McGrath will be strong again. Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin have a guaranteed seat, so the second Fianna Fáil seat is the only question. Sinn Féin’s Donnchadh Ó Laoghai...

Quiz: Do you remember these famous resignations? Donald Trump has resigned from the Screen Actors Guild (Sag-Aftra), the union for US performers on film and TV. By Cónal Thomas Friday 5 Feb 2021, 9:30 PM Feb 5th 2021, 9:30 PM 35,300 Views 11 Comments FORMER US PRESIDENT Donald Trump resigned from the Screen Actors Guild (Sag-Aftra), the union...

Extension of public consultation phase on National Development Plan gives everyone a chance to have a say – Buttimer 2nd February 2021 - Senator Jerry Buttimer Fine Gael Senator Jerry Buttimer is advising that the deadline for submissions to the public consultation phase of the National Development Plan has been extended to the 19th of February, giving everyone the chance to have a say. Senator Buttimer was speaking after a meeting of the Oireachtas Transport and Communications Net...

Major road projects in the State’s national development plan will have to address vulnerable road users following a jump in the number of fatalities, a committee has been told. Peter Walsh, chief executive of Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), told the Oireachtas transport committee that deaths among vulnerable road users has risen during the pandemic. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of people using alternative transport methods across Ireland because of Covid-19 restric...