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A report this week has highlighted a practice of tax savings being employed by some companies which make staff redundant, and then at a later date apply for a tax rebate on the redundancy payments before re-employing the same staff but at a lower wage.

Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline, announced a new expansion from Ireland West Airport Knock this week by introducing a three-times-a-week service to Edinburgh in Scotland.

Kilkenny hoteliers have called on the Government to get rid of the €10 departure tax in order to reverse the disastrous decline in visitor numbers which continues unabated.

The news that came out of the High Court yesterday afternoon that there is a reasonable chance of Aer Arann surviving is one that should be welcomed most especially here in the west. Our local airport is dependent on Aer Arann for giving us the type of connectivity to the major UK and Irish cities that a major city like Galway needs.

Aer Arann has a “reasonable prospect of survival” and could return to profitability by next year, the High Court was told at a hearing held yesterday (Wednesday) to determine the airline’s examinership status.

Plans to open an international airport on the Westmeath/ Offaly border became less of a pipedream this week, after An Bord Pleanála decided to grant the €200 million venture “strategic infrastructure” status which will allow the developers to apply directly to the planning board and not have to submit an initial application to the local authorities.

An Aer Arann plane landing at Manchester airport from Galway last year crashed out of control into runway gear after its brakes failed, an inquiry has reported.

This September, Enable Ireland will embark on a new fundraising and awareness campaign, the No Limits Kite Appeal which will take place from Monday September 13 to Sunday September 18.

The annual Belmullet Heritage Day will take place this year on Wednesday August 18.

From the Red Baron in WWI to the Battle of Britain in 1940 and the Blitz the evolution of war planes has changed and determined the course of war.