Shannon Airport continues to play a vital role in the fight against Covid-19 in Ireland as a second Qatar Airways cargo plane carrying vital medical equipment from China arrived today.

A man has died in hospital after he was injured in a fall at his home in Co Clare yesterday.

A plane load of emergency medical equipment that will be used in the fight against the Covid-19 virus here, has arrived in Ireland.

Seven Irish citizens will be flown home from Algeria this afternoon on board a US-bound repatriation flight.

U.S. military personnel passing through Shannon on their way to and from the U.S., Middle East and Europe have been directed not to get off their aircraft after landing at the airport.

Shannon Group has confirmed that, as of this time and on a significantly reduced basis, Shannon Airport is continuing to facilitate flights to repatriate passengers and provide essential services.

A group that monitors US military aircraft movements at Shannon is calling on the Irish government to take the threat of Covid-19 infection from US troops transiting the airport seriously following reports that a soldier deployed in Kuwait is being monitored for coronavirus.

A passenger jet that suffered damage during a hard landing at Shannon Airport last night  has been grounded pending an examination by air accident inspectors.