Innovative drone company chooses Shannon

Innovative drone company chooses Shannon

Photo: (l-r) Adnan Cetinkaya, Head of Sales and Operations of A-techSYN; John Drysdale, Business Development Manager of IASC and Gokhan Celik, CEO and founder of A-techSYN.     SHANNON, IRELAND, Thursday, June 29, 2017:  A-techSYN Ltd, an innovative R&D company with over four years of experience in fixed-wing Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) development, has today…

Research and Innovation key to sustainable job growth

EU Funding for Research in Ireland Exceeds €400 million Minister Halligan urges innovative SMEs to apply for EU funding 29th June, 2017 Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development, John Halligan T.D. announced the latest results on Ireland’s success in Horizon 2020, the EU programme to support Research and Innovation. Ireland has…

A new era for Shannon Airport and Wild Atlantic Way as Norwegian low-cost transatlantic services to start on Sunday

Tuesday 27th June 2017: The strength of the tourism across the regions will be emphasised on Sunday next when Shannon Airport operates its largest number of transatlantic destinations in 17 years with the commencement of two Norwegian Air International services. Two weekly flights to Stewart International Airport, Orange County – just 90 minutes from New…

New State-of-the-Art Air Traffic Control Tower Simulator Opens at Dublin Airport

New State-of-the-Art Air Traffic Control Tower Simulator Opens at Dublin Airport

Irish Aviation Authority Chief Executive – Eamonn Brennan, Entry Point North Ireland Managing Director – Austin Hallahan & Entry Point North Chief Executive  – Anne Kathrine Jensen, watch a demonstration of the new Air Traffic Control Tower Simulator at  Dublin Air Traffic Control Centre (ATCC) today   Dublin, 27 June, 2017 – Entry Point North…

Chinese Delegation Visits Entry Point North Ireland (EPNI) in Shannon

Chinese Delegation Visits Entry Point North Ireland (EPNI) in Shannon

Austin Hallahan, Managing Director Entry Point North with members of the delegation from China during their visit to Entry Point North, Shannon, Co Clare. Photograph by Eamon Ward Entry Point North Ireland (EPNI) Shannon recently welcomed a Chinese delegation. The Group comprised five representatives from Capital Airport Holding Group (CAH) – the biggest airport authority in…

Summer solstice heralded in with crowds and cow-horns at world significant Grange Stone Circle, Co. Limerick

Summer solstice heralded in with crowds and cow-horns at world significant Grange Stone Circle, Co. Limerick

Lough Gur’s largest stone circle in Ireland or UK draws crowds from across the globe   Wednesday 21 June 2017:  The summer solstice was welcomed in spectacular sound and style this morning as one of the world’s finest stone circles, the Grange Stone Circle in Lough Gur, Limerick hosted a special dawn greeting. The hugely…

MedTech sector to help students realise their engineering potential

MedTech sector to help students realise their engineering potential

Cook Medical senior engineers visit Castletroy Gaelscoil to talk about careers in Ireland’s medical technology sector ahead of MedTech Week, 19-23 June 2017 Speaking today, Alice O’Dwyer, Vice President of HR at Cook Medical in Limerick says: “Collaboration between industry, educators and Government is crucial to ensure Irish graduates have the necessary skills to take…

Mid-West Junior Ministers get New and Expanded Portfolios

  Shannon Chamber chief executive Helen Downes congratulates Pat Breen TD and Patrick O’Donovan TD on being awarded new and expanded Junior Ministry portfolios by An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD today. “Minister Pat Breen will take on the role of Minister for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Single Market and Data Protection at a time when changes…

Boeing and Datalex partner with IASC and DCU to support high-flying aviation start-ups at Shannon

Shannon Chamber welcomes today’s (Tuesday, 20 June 2017) announcement in Paris, France that Shannon Group plc’s International Aviation Service’s Centre (IASC) and DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurs are to partner with global aviation companies Boeing and Datalex to assist new start-up aviation and travel tech companies at Shannon.   Welcoming the ‘Propeller Shannon’ partnership, which was announced…