# Shannon

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# Wrap

Big win for Lansdowne, but Cork Con maintain lead atop Division 1A

A round-up of today’s AIL action.

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Jan 19th 2019, 10:35 PM

# strong winds

Flight returns to Dublin Airport after being forced to abort landing due to wind

Meanwhile, another flight diverted to Shannon Airport after a woman was reported to be experiencing contractions.

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Nov 27th 2018, 1:20 PM

# clubbing

Clontarf head to Shannon for first time in 6 years and all your AIL 1A previews

Kick off your long weekend with some hard-fought AIL action.

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Oct 26th 2018, 8:13 PM

# ail wrap

Defending champions Lansdowne clinch first win of new season while Shannon hammer Terenure

Here’s what happened in Division 1A of the All-Ireland league over the weekend.

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Oct 20th 2018, 8:34 PM

# ulster bank league

Reigning champions Lansdowne suffer consecutive defeats while Burke's late penalty earns UCD a point

Here’s what happened in the Ulster Bank Leagues over the weekend.

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Oct 13th 2018, 10:52 PM

# hot hot hot

Met Eireann confirm summer 2018 as one of hottest and driest in decades

According to the forecaster, the unusually warm summer was down to a shift in the north Atlantic jet stream.

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Sep 5th 2018, 6:15 PM

# Virgin Atlantic

Transatlantic flight emergency lands at Shannon after smoke detected on board

The Virgin Atlantic flight landed just after 7am this morning.

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Aug 10th 2018, 9:08 AM

# Limerick

Man dies after getting into difficulty swimming in River Shannon

Emergency services were alerted just after 5pm yesterday.

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Jul 1st 2018, 7:24 AM

# Shannon

Gardaí satisfied there was no threat to plane with 'bomb note' in bathroom

Passengers on the aircraft diverted to Shannon were asked to provide handwriting samples as part of the investigation.

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Jun 12th 2018, 12:59 PM

# Chicago

Transatlantic flight diverted to Shannon after apparent bomb threat

United Airlines flight UA-971 was travelling from Rome to Chicago.

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Jun 11th 2018, 4:02 PM

# Evan Meehan

Man pleads guilty to uploading 30 photos of local teenage girls to porn website

A senior garda told a court today that the uploading of the images was “an enormously stupid thing to do”.

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May 2nd 2018, 7:45 PM

# heroic

Limerick firefighters save woman by her 'fingertips' in River Shannon rescue

The firefighters say that it was a joint effort by everyone involved.

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Apr 11th 2018, 6:01 AM

# Shannon

Teenager arrested in connection with fatal nightclub stabbing released without charge

A second man was injured during the altercation, which occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning.

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Mar 19th 2018, 2:42 PM

# Shannon

Gardaí examining CCTV footage from nightclub where man was stabbed to death

The victim was a 23-year-old man from Limerick.

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Mar 18th 2018, 4:49 PM

# Shannon

Man in his 20s stabbed to death in nightclub altercation

The scene has been preserved for a technical examination.

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Mar 18th 2018, 9:58 AM

Voices

Mike Pence in Shannon: 'Rallying US troops on foreign soil, in a country that claims to be neutral'

Giving Mike Pence the opportunity to meet US troops at Shannon flies in the face of our neutrality, writes John Lannon.

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Jan 23rd 2018, 8:30 PM

# Shannon

'Lurid carry on': Court hears Clare man uploaded pictures of local girls to porn site

Evan Meehan took the girls’ profile pictures from Facebook.

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Nov 22nd 2017, 7:24 PM

# Landing Gear

Private jet flies low over Shannon for 'visual check' before emergency landing

The Gulfstream 5 jet flew low over the runway so that fire crews could check the landing gear.

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Oct 23rd 2017, 7:57 AM

# munitions of war

What kind of weapons were six US airplanes refused access to Ireland carrying?

The description for the contents of most of the refused flights was ‘class 1 explosives’. The reasons for the refusals are as yet unclear however.

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Oct 7th 2017, 4:00 PM

# get in lane

Gale force winds broke a yacht free and pushed it into a busy Shannon estuary shipping lane

The yacht was retrieved by a RNLI lifeboat crew.

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Sep 23rd 2017, 1:39 PM

# irish neutrality

Ireland has refused 19 applications to carry weapons through Ireland this year

427 applications have been approved.

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Jul 22nd 2017, 4:00 PM

# suspended

United suspends its New York route from Shannon Airport for winter

Currently it operates a daily service from the airport to Newark in New Jersey.

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Jul 12th 2017, 2:13 PM

# Shannon

Transatlantic flight diverts to Shannon as man suffers heart attack

A young girl also had a fit on the flight and required medical attention.

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May 29th 2017, 3:45 PM

# low cost

Norwegian is offering €99 US flights... but what's the final cost?

With the additional extras, the total flight cost comes to €394.30.

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May 27th 2017, 7:59 AM

# Shannon Airport

Flight diverts to Shannon after a passenger dies on board

Last Monday, an 88-year-old man also died on a flight that was diverted to Shannon.

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May 13th 2017, 1:09 PM

# Ennis District Court

Lecturer charged with the criminal damage of US navy aircraft at Shannon

A second man was also accused of causing damage to the aircraft.

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Apr 26th 2017, 5:49 PM

# Drowning

Victims of Carrick-on-Shannon double drowning are Irish and English

The couple was reported missing this morning.

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Mar 31st 2017, 10:30 PM

# stuck in the middle

Professional power has put the squeeze on Ireland's once-vibrant club rugby scene

“The top of the game is very strong, but the bit in the middle, the clubs, are struggling badly.”

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Feb 2nd 2017, 8:00 AM

# In business

A startup incubator is coming to Shannon as part of the government's plan for rural Ireland

Ministers have promised to deliver 135,000 jobs to regional areas by 2020.

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Jan 26th 2017, 6:07 PM

# miami air

Shannonwatch asks Shane Ross why 'plane on way to Nato air base' was allowed to stop in Ireland

The Department of Transport has contacted Miami Air about the “circumstances surrounding this flight”.

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Jan 9th 2017, 6:15 AM

# kuwait airways

Man dies after emergency landing at Shannon Airport

The man was reportedly travelling under medical supervision.

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Jan 2nd 2017, 5:16 PM

# Emergency Landing

Flight diverted to Shannon over medical emergency... for fourth time in a week

An elderly lady who was travelling with family was found to be unresponsive on board the Barbados-bound flight.

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Dec 31st 2016, 1:48 PM

# Emergency

Miami to London flight diverted to Shannon after passenger became seriously ill

The patient was taken to University Hospital Limerick for treatment.

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Dec 30th 2016, 1:14 PM

# go fund me

Irish donors help Canadian family after girl (10) dies on plane diverted to Shannon

The young girl died on Christmas Eve.

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Dec 29th 2016, 10:35 AM

# clearout

The River Shannon is in for a major dredging

Plans for the maintenance were announced today.

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Dec 9th 2016, 9:46 PM

# Fatal Accident

Four men who launched boat on River Shannon had been drinking and taking drugs

One man died after the boat capsized.

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Nov 28th 2016, 6:50 PM

# midlands and east

This is the route Irish Water wants its Shannon to Dublin pipeline to take

The scheme will provide water for 40% of the country’s population up to 2050.

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Nov 8th 2016, 8:34 AM

# santa flights

Santa is getting a head start on the festive season in the skies above Shannon Airport

The airport will be launching two days of special Santa flights for the fourth year running in early December.

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Nov 3rd 2016, 6:10 AM

# safe and sound

United Airlines flight makes emergency landing at Shannon Airport

The flight was travelling from Belfast to Newark Airport in New York

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Oct 24th 2016, 8:32 PM

# 1b

Ballynahinch recover from last week's setback to beat Shannon and the rest of your UBL match reports

Plus, narrow wins for UCC and UL Bohemians.

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Oct 2nd 2016, 3:50 PM