CSO data released today shows that the number of overseas visits to Ireland in the first five months of 2017 increased by 3.1% compared to the corresponding period in 2016. Shane Ross T.D., Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport commented on the data: “Today’s figures from the CSO show that the number of overseas visitors…
Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Patrick O’Donovan recently unveiled the route for the Shannon Estuary Drive – the first in what is hoped to be a series of drives which will be developed by Fáilte Ireland in collaboration with local stakeholders to encourage visitors to discover the variety of inland visitor experiences as…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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