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.

Seven Irish citizens will be flown home from Algeria this afternoon on board a US-bound repatriation flight.

U.S. military personnel passing through Shannon on their way to and from the U.S., Middle East and Europe have been directed not to get off their aircraft after landing at the airport.

A group that monitors US military aircraft movements at Shannon is calling on the Irish government to take the threat of Covid-19 infection from US troops transiting the airport seriously following reports that a soldier deployed in Kuwait is being monitored for coronavirus.

A passenger jet that suffered damage during a hard landing at Shannon Airport last night  has been grounded pending an examination by air accident inspectors.

Shannon Group staff have boosted two charities doing invaluable work across the region with a €100,000 donation made this week from its chosen charity programme.

Over 170 primary school students from Clare and Limerick took to the stage at Shannon Airport for a musical school band spectacular that had passengers and staff on their toes in the terminal building.

Two crew members, seriously injured on board a Dutch super-trawler overnight, have been airlifted to hospital by an Irish Coast Guard helicopter.

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.