A flight from the United States to Shannon was forced to divert to an airport in Canada in the early hours of the morning after the crew declared a medical emergency.
Fresh from presenting her credentials to President Michael D. Higgins and taking up her position as Canadian Ambassador to Ireland, Ambassador Nancy Smyth officially opened a recent Shannon Chamber webinar focused on exploring new avenues for increasing the trade links between companies in the Shannon region and Canada, particularly in the industrial and manufacturing sectors.
The West of Ireland has a real opportunity to grow its existing and mutually beneficial ties with Canada, Shannon Group said as Canadian Ambassador to Ireland Kevin Vickers visited Shannon Airport on Monday.
A group of over twenty top tour operators from Canada were in Galway this week to meet and do business with over seventy key Irish tourism businesses from across the country.