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L-R are Cllr Tony O'Brien and Pat Dowling from Clare County Council, Conal Henry and Mary Considine from Shannon Group

Shannon Heritage assets formally moved to Clare council

The Clare assets of Shannon Heritage have been formally handed over to Clare County Council, following the signing of an historic agreement today.

Business • 08 May 23

Bunratty Castle & Folk Park will only be open to the public on a four-day per week basis from 12 January until 1 March

Doubts over plans for Shannon Heritage sites

Doubt has been cast on plans to have Clare County Council take over certain tourist sites owned by Shannon Heritage, because of concerns around legal guarantees and funding.

Business • 09 Dec 22

Ryanair said the new facility will support the maintenance and repair of its aircraft

Ryanair to open maintenance, repair facility in Shannon

Ryanair is to open its first maintenance and repair facility in Ireland at a 5,000sq.m hangar in Shannon, as part of a €10m investment.

Regional • 18 May 22

Conal Henry has held senior management positions including Founder and Chair of Fibrus Networks since 2018 and Chief Executive Officer of enet (NBI) from 2006 to 2018.

Conal Henry to be appointed new Chair of Shannon Group

Former enet CEO Conal Henry is to be appointed as the new Chairperson of Shannon Group, following the resignation of Pádraig Ó Céidigh last week.

Business • 29 Mar 22

Shannon Airport hopes that the further easing of Covid restrictions, and a return of much of its connectivity, will see passenger numbers improve significantly this year

Shannon Airport optimistic about 2022

The company that operates Shannon Airport said it was optimistic about its prospects in 2022, following two years of significantly reduced activity.

Business • 26 Jan 22

Shannon Group said the project is expected to be completed by July

Shannon Group's €4m project at Shannon Campus underway

Shannon Group's first major construction project of 2022 is underway at Shannon Campus.

Business • 18 Jan 22

Pádraig Ó Céidigh, new Chairperson designate of the Board of Shannon Group

Ó Céidigh appointed chair designate of Shannon Group

The former Chairman and CEO of Aer Arann, Pádraig Ó Céidigh, is to be appointed the new Chairperson of the Shannon Group.

Business • 28 Sep 21

Search begins for new operator for Dublin attractions

Fingal County Council has said it is looking for a new operator for its attractions at Malahide Castle, Newbridge House and the Casino Model Railway Museum following the decision of Shannon Heritage to withdraw from their contract.

Business • 30 Jun 21

Partnership to bring advanced air mobility to Ireland

Plans have been announced to set up Ireland's Ireland's first passenger and cargo vertiport - a platform used by electric aerial vehicles.

Business • 28 May 21

There were just 352,000 passengers last year, a 79% decrease on 2019, and a 92% reduction over the period April to December last year

Shannon Group records loss of €28.2 million for 2020

The Shannon Group which runs the airport, a number of heritage sites and a property portfolio recorded a loss of €28.2 million last year as passenger figures and visitor numbers to the Mid West airport and region collapsed because of the Covid pandemic.

Business • 29 Apr 21

Aaron Forde was Chairman of Ornua from 2013-2019 (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

Forde appointment won't proceed, apology over tweets

Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan has announced that he will not be proceeding with the appointment of Aaron Forde as chair of Shannon Group.

Business • 17 Feb 21

New building developments just completed at Shannon Free Zone

Shannon Group CEO calls for speedy rollout of vaccines

The catastrophic impact of the pandemic on global aviation is reflected in passenger numbers at Shannon Airport which recorded a decrease of 1.37 million people in 2020, a 79% decrease on the previous year.

Business • 20 Jan 21

Rose Hynes, Chairperson of the Irish Aviation Authority and former Chairperson of the Shannon Group.

Rose Hynes appointed interim Chair of the IAA board

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has today welcomed the appointment of Rose Hynes as Chairperson of the board of the IAA, on an interim basis.

Business • 12 Jan 21

Mary Considine, CEO of Shannon Group, and Eddie Wilson, CEO of Ryanair DAC.

Ryanair to reopen its Shannon base for summer 2021

Shannon Group has today welcomed the announcement by Ryanair that it will re-open its Shannon base and recommence 14 routes from April 2021.

Business • 22 Dec 20

Calls for €6.4m to keep heritage sites open

There are calls on the Government to provide €6.4 million in funding to ensure cultural sites, King John's Castle in Limerick City, and Bunratty Castle and Folk Park in Clare, remain open.

Business • 18 Aug 20

Ray O'Driscoll, new Chief Operating Officer with Shannon Group

Shannon Group appoints new COO

Shannon Group has announced the appointment of Ray O'Driscoll as Chief Operating Officer for the group.

Business • 28 Aug 19

Matthew Thomas, CEO of the Shannon Group, said lack of connectivity to an EU hub post-Brexit was a concern for the Western region

Passenger numbers through Shannon up 6.5% last year

The chief executive of the Shannon Group has said the decision to separate Shannon Airport out into an independent entity from the DAA has been vindicated.

Business • 30 Jan 19