Minister of State at The Office of Public Works & Flood Relief, Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran visited Shannon town and the adjacent flood defence embankments fronting the Shannon estuary to announce plans to upgrade those defences and to construct new defences for Shannon town.
A Canada-bound flight was forced to turn around over the North Atlantic and divert to Shannon Airport after a passenger was reported to have fallen ill.
A transatlantic flight made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport early today while two other flights were forced to divert there because of poor visibility at Knock Airport.
Over 2000 lucky children and their parents who scooped the Shannon Airport lottery to meet Santa took to the air with the main in red for a jaunt off the West coast.