Update: 6.45pm - The runway at Shannon was reopened at 6.30 and full operations have now resumed. At 5.55pm, the plane was safely towed off the...

Christmas exploded excitedly and noisily over Shannon Airport at the weekend as over 2,000 lucky children and their parents got to meet the special one 15,000ft  trip as the annual Santa Flights took to the skies.

A third-year student of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Limerick has won the top prize of €5,000 for his innovative submission, “AeroZero.”

A transatlantic passenger jet was forced to divert to Shannon Airport this afternoon after the crew reported a suspected fuel leak.

The Shannon-based Irish Coast Guard helicopter airlifted an injured crewman from a fishing trawler off the west coast overnight.

Shannon Group is in the running in three award categories at the prestigious Spider Awards 2019.

Hurling stars of the past, Ollie Moran from Limerick and Galway’s Peter Murphy, will this week lead provincial teams as they swap colder climes for sunshine and a hurley and sliothar for a golf bag for the now annual Shannon Airport Cup Invitational this weekend.

A U.S. bound flight had to turn back over the Atlantic and divert to Shannon Airport this evening so the crew could seek medical attention for an ill passenger.