The first of three flights that will take part in the mass repatriation of stranded Thomas Cook holidaymakers has taken off from Shannon Airport. 

A flight from Dublin to the U.S. was forced to turned around over the Atlantic and divert to Shannon Airport this afternoon after the crew declared a medical emergency.

A cup of coffee that was accidentally spilt onto a panel in the cockpit of a transatlantic flight forced to crew to turn around and divert to Shannon Airport.

Shannon Airport has welcomed ten new firefighters to the fold after an intensive training programme.

Shannon Group, in conjunction with Shannon Chamber, has raised more than €8,000 from an inaugural 5K event through the Shannon Free Zone last Thursday for this year’s Shannon Group designated charities, the Irish Cancer Society and Limerick Suicide Watch

An Aer Lingus flight made a U-turn over the North Atlantic and diverted to Shannon Airport this afternoon to seek medical attention for a passenger.

The late controversial Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe found himself at the centre of a major emergency at Shannon Airport in March 1997 when his plane caught fire after take-off.

One flight was forced to divert to Cork Airport while others were placed in holding patterns because of restrictions associated with the departure of the jet carrying the U.S. Vice-President.