Ryanair will open nine new routes from Dublin from April 2014 and will increase frequencies on eight existing routes.
It said the decision was a direct result of the Irish Government’s decision to scrap the €3 travel tax from April 2014.
The new routes are Almeria, Bari, Basel, Bucharest, Chania, Comiso, Lisbon, Marrakesh and Prague.
In addition, Ryanair is promising more flights and improved schedules on services from Dublin to Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow (PIK), London Stansted, Madrid, Manchester and Nice.
Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said: "A critical component of this growth will be 100 extra weekly flights into Dublin from Britain, which will reverse the recent tourism declines in UK visitors coming to Ireland."
