‘Bóthar Ark’ to depart from Shannon for 25th anniversary airlift Biggest ever multi-species airlift from Ireland to benefit Rwandan genocide widows ….and pigs might fly – 1,500 strong cargo to include cows, pigs, goats and chicks

€277m investment by port authority and customers by 2019 alone – W2 Consulting report  Shannon Foynes Port Company facilitates trade valued at €7.6bn per annum, with an economic impact arising from this of €1.9bn – equivalent to 1% of Ireland’s entire GDP – an independent consultant’s report has today revealed. Launched in Foynes by Limerick…

CalQRisk, a browser-based application created by Shannon-based SME LinkResQ, has been shortlisted in the “Risk Management Product of the Year” category, at the 2016 Risk Management Awards. This comes just months after being Highly Commended for “Risk Management Solution of the Year” at the Global Risk Awards organised by the Institute of Risk Management. The…

All regions of the country sees fall in unemployment 23 August, 2016 The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Mary Mitchell O’Connor today (Tuesday) welcomed the latest Quarterly National Household Survey figures from the Central Statistics Office, showing that for the first time since Quarter 4 2008 there are now two million people employed in…

Shannon Airport has once again been shortlisted for the World Routes Marketing Awards 2016.   The independent airport has been nominated in the category of Best Marketing of Airports in the world under 4 million passengers, a category in which they received a highly commended award in Durban, South Africa last year.   The World…

The success of the Shannon Chamber Skillnet network in its first year of operation, September 2015 to September 2016, has resulted in the Chamber being allocated the funding, from Skillnets nationally, to continue the programme until year end 2016 and to apply for funding to run the Skillnet again in 2017.   Commenting on this…

The 2nd Issue of our iZone magazine has been issued to all members and we hope you will find it interesting and informative. The purpose of the magazine is to give readers a flavour of what is happening in Shannon at many levels and to present commentary from senior executives on their areas of expertise….

The sold out, out of print book “Shannon Airport, A Unique Story of Survival”  by Valerie Sweeney, is now available from Amazon UK. “I was totally gutted when the printers went into receivership and all the plates were lost,”  said Valerie Sweeney. “As this is the only book written about the amazing story of Shannon…