Wettest summer in 50 years at Dublin Airport (Irish Examiner) FLOODING of epic proportions, spells of severe frost, and the wettest summer at Dublin Airport for 50 years.

Cityjet posts full year loss of E16.2m (Ireland Business World) ## Up to 150 jobs have been saved at Dublin Airport after a British ground-handling company confirmed it will not press ahead with plans to pull out of Ireland within months.

Airport brings in £10 flyers' fee (BBC News) Blackpool Airport introduces a new £10 fee for all departing passengers to generate money to improve services.

Detection of drug mules at airport soars (Irish Examiner) THE number of so-called drug mules being caught trying to ferry illegal substances through Dublin airport has soared in the past year, figures reveal.

Ryanair is the most expensive airline for onboard food and drinks: survey (eyefortravel.com) Some no-frills airlines are charging almost half the cost of a ticket for a basic meal aboard their flights. Which?

Two Irish families cross paths 50 years later (The Herald News) They were just kids when they arrived with their families on that trans-Atlantic flight from Dublin 50 years ago. A newspaper photographer happened to snap a photo of the two families standing side by side on the steps outside the plane after it landed, which would later help two of the children make the connection.

Waterford Wedgwood, the company which owns Waterford Crystal, has appointed a receiver to the company and some of its ... (RTÉ News) (19:21) Exchequer returns for 2008 have confirmed that there was a tax shortfall of more than €8 billion last year. (14:20) Developer Seán Dunne has clarified remarks attributed to him in the New York Times.

Cheapflights.co.uk lists top 10 current hidden extras (eyefortravel.com) Flight price comparison website Cheapflights.co.uk has stated that from seats and baggage to food and entertainment, airlines are charging for more 'extras' than ever before.

2 families on same plane cross paths after 50 years (Chicago Sun-Times) They were just kids when they arrived with their families on that trans-Atlantic flight from Dublin 50 years ago. Margaret Coyle was 11, and the oldest of seven children born in Ireland. Coyle's parents later had an additional six children born in America. Brian Kelly was 14, and the second-oldest of seven, when he arrived at Midway Airport with his parents and siblings on that same flight from ...

Go global: World events month-by-month (Inside Bay Area) A closer look at some of the bigger happenings around the world in 2009.