Summer has begun for outbound holiday makers from Shannon for sure with the launch today of its new service to one of Europe’s favourite sun destinations – the Barcelona region of Spain.

Shannon Airport was the staging ground yesterday for a major simulated multi-agency armed incident.

Shannon based aviation training school Atlantic Aviation Institute (AAI), which is a subsidiary of Atlantic Aviation Group, and the University of Limerick (UL) has this week announced a new partnership which will see the launch of a new EASA Part 21 Design Engineering postgraduate module (accredited at Level 9, 6 ECTS). 

This Friday night March 9th sees a local amalgamation of Atlantic Aviation Group and Molex (AAG/Molex) take their place in this years All Ireland Junior Inter-firm hurling final in Sixmilebridge at 6pm against Ulster Champions Creagh Concrete.

A US-bound jet turned around over the Atlantic this afternoon and diverted to Shannon Airport after the crew declared a medical emergency.

A holiday jet diverted to Shannon this afternoon after a passenger was reported to have fallen ill.

The Emergency Aeromedical Service (EAS) air ambulance is on standby at Shannon Airport rather than its usual base in Athlone.

The largest drone ever flown in Ireland has carried out its first European test flight in Co Clare.