Engagement ongoing between Dept of Transport & Shannon Group on future ownership of Shannon Heritage sites
Engagement is ongoing between the Department of Transport and Shannon Group on the future of Shannon Heritage.
Shannon Heritage
Bunratty Castle & Folk Park reopens to the public next week
*The Meehan family from Newmarket-on-Fergus at Bunratty Castle & Folk Park Bunratty Castle and Folk Park is to reopen next Friday (April 30th), Shannon Group have confirmed.
Hundreds of toys collected at Bunratty Castle & Folk Park donated to Crumlin Children’s Hospital
*Pictured loading up toys donated as part of the Bunratty Castle & Folk Park ‘Giving Tree’ initiative are: (l-r) Vanessa McTigue, Shannon Heritage, An Post Postman, Michael Hogan and Colin Hennessey, Shannon Heritage. The toys are on route to patients at Crumlin Children’s Hospital, Dublin. Hundreds of gifts collected at Bunratty Castle & Folk Park …
Clare TDs call for appointment of Shannon Group Chair to be slowed down
Two Clare TDs have said the process to appoint the new Chair of the Shannon Group needs to be slowed down.
Forde fiasco a ‘sorry saga’ for Shannon
*An empty Shannon Airport. Photograph: Joe Buckley A six hour turnaround which saw the appointment and then cancellation of the new Chairperson of Shannon Group plc has been coined as a “fiasco” and “a sorry saga”.
Review of Shannon Heritage operations to be carried out & appointment of Shannon Group Chair ‘imminent’
An appointment for the new Chairperson of Shannon Group is to be made imminently, the Minister for Transport has stated while a review of Shannon Heritage’s operations will also be conducted.
‘Devastating impact’ of COVID-19 leads to 79% drop in passengers at Shannon Airport
Shannon Airport recorded a 79 percent decrease in passengers last year following the “devastating impact” of COVID-19 on the aviation sector.
Hynes appointed interim Chair of Irish Aviation Authority
Bellharbour woman Rose Hynes has been appointed as the Chair of the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) on an interim basis.
Phone call from Varadkar influenced Shane Ross to extend Rose Hynes’ Shannon Group tenure
Rose Hynes’ extension as Shannon Group Chairperson in August 2019 arose following a phone call by the then Taoiseach, a former Minister for Transport has claimed.
Bunratty Castle & Folk Park to close to public in January as Craggaunowen and Knappogue remain shut
Shannon Heritage operated sites will close to the public from January to April next year.