NATIONWIDE WEEK 21
MONDAY 25TH MAY
PRESENTER RICHARD DOWNES
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AND BALLYGIRREEN
Nationwide visits Airnav, Ireland's Air Traffic Control Tower at Dublin Airport where presenter Richard Downes finds out what's involved in the role of an Air Traffic Controller and in Ballycasey, Nationwide meets some students who are currently doing their training.Also in Clare, the team discovers how the Air Traffic Control Services in rural Ballygirreen have been a quiet powerhouse of global aviation for 90 years.
Website: www.airnav.ie
WEDNESDAY 27TH MAY
PRESENTER COLM FLYNN
KNOCK AIRPORT 40TH ANNIVERSARY
Forty years ago, on a foggy, boggy hillside in County Mayo, an extraordinary dream became reality when the first commercial flights departed from Knock Airport. It was the bold vision of local parish priest Monsignor James Horan, who, against all the odds, built an airport close to Knock Shrine.
To mark the 40th anniversary of Ireland’s fourth-busiest airport, presenter Colm Flynn tells the remarkable story of Monsignor Horan and the runway that transformed the west of Ireland.Nationwide sees how the airport has grown over four decades, now serving hundreds of thousands of passengers each year and welcoming notable visitors including Pope Francis and U.S. President Joe Biden. Nationwide also meets the people who keep the airport running today, some of whom have been there since day one.
Website: www.irelandwestairport.com
FRIDAY 29TH MAY
PRESENTER BLÁTHNAID NÍ CHOFAIGH
PROGRAMME FROM SHANNON, COUNTY CLARE
Nationwide is in South-East Clare this evening visiting Shannon Airport where presenter Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh finds out why Shannon has been named Ireland’s Number 1 airport brand for the third consecutive year. She looks at plans for the future of the airport and its focus on the customer experience.
It’s all birthdays in Shannon this year, as Bláthnaid drops in on celebrations for the 75th anniversary of Shannon College of Hotel Management, the only dedicated Hotel Management College in the country.
Also, reporter Marian Malone accompanies Shannon Archaeological & Historical Society on an outing visiting historical sites around Shannon, Dromoland and Bunratty as they mark a half century in existence.
Website: www.shannonairport.ie
Website: www.universityofgalway.ie/shannoncollege/
