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A new air service between Galway and Cork has been announced this week.

There was widespread disruption to flights into and out of Ireland West Airport Knock yesterday (Thursday) as a result of a cloud of ash caused by a volcanic eruption in Iceland and the Irish Aviation Authority said restrictions in Irish airspace would continue until 10am today (Friday) at the earliest.

Ireland West Airport Knock has launched a new three times a week service from Knock to Reus-Barcelona in Spain. The new service, which is due to commence on May 4, is the third scheduled European sun destination to be launched from Ireland West Airport Knock following the commencement of the twice weekly service to Alicante last year and the new twice weekly service to Faro which will commence on March 25.

With over 600,000 passengers passing through its terminal in 2009, a €27 million expansion plan in train, and plans afoot to increase public transport links and improve the road network, the future looks bright for Ireland West Airport Knock.

The announcement by the Government that it will guarantee all money saved with an Irish institution for two years has enticed overseas investors to withdraw their money fropm their own countries and put into the named Irish banks and institutions.

Castlebar Mayor Kevin Guthrie hit back at critics of his decision to go to England for the St Patrick’s Day celebrations. Mayor Guthrie told the monthly meeting of the local authority: “The reason I am going is because I spent a lot of time with the group who came over here. They invited myself, Cllr Gavin, and Cllr McCormack who all spent a great deal of time with them when they came over and it would be disrespectful not to take it up.”

MENTION SMOKIE and ‘Living Next Door To Alice’ immediately springs to mind. Co-written by English/Australian songwriting duo Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, it tells of a young man’s crush on the girl next door and how he is heartbroken when she leaves without explanation.

Singer, songwriter, pianist and guitar-player, Max Greenwood is looking forward to his second trip in just four weeks, to play in Kilkenny.

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline has announced a three-times-a-week service from Ireland West Knock to Leeds Bradford Airport. The new route will commence on March 30 2010 and it will complement Ryanair’s existing network of routes at Ireland West Knock which include daily scheduled services to London Luton, London Stansted, and Liverpool John Lennon airports, in addition to the four-times-a-week services to East Midlands and Bristol International and the twice weekly service to Alicante which commenced in June. This latest expansion by Ryanair at Ireland West Knock will bring an additional 59,000 seats a year.

Ireland West Airport Knock has benefited from a fallout between Ryanair and Shannon Airport. Due to Shannon’s refusal of Ryanair’s offer to keep four aircraft based in Shannon, Ryanair decided to switch the popular Faro (Portugal) route from Shannon to Ireland West Airport. Shannon’s loss is Knock’s gain and the new route is a welcome addition to IWAK’s ever expanding selection of routes.