One of the country’s best-known hurley-makers is expected to increase its workforce after launching a new sustainable alternative to traditional ash hurl.

Building work on a major 148,000 sq ft development at Blocks K & L at the 300-acre Shannon Free Zone in Co. Clare has recommenced following the easing of restrictions on the construction sector as a result of COVID-19 health and safety measures.

Work has begun on site as Shannon’s largest employer, Ei Electronics, turned the sod on the expansion of its existing facility in the Shannon Free Zone.

Shannon-based Zimmer Biomet Ireland has donated much needed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), to the Rehabilitation Unit at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Ennis.

A collaboration between University of Limerick and UL Hospitals Group has seen the design and capacity created to manufacture 100,000 face visors for HSE front-line staff.

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.

Beckman Coulter is bringing a miniature wormery to Limerick for Engineering (LFE) at Shannon Airport on Thursday March 5th to demonstrate to students how the biomedical company, which has won awards for its sustainable environmental practices, manages onsite wastewater through a sophisticated filtration system and wormery.

Ei Electronics has come on board Limerick Institute of Technology’s Leaders@LIT Programme, funding Scholarships that will support two LIT Engineering students for the duration of their studies.