THE stormy weather conditions on St Stephen’s Day resulted in serious disruption to services at Shannon Airport.
Flights due in from Heathrow, Stansted, Birmingham, Manchester and the East Midlands in the UK were cancelled, while services were also diverted to Cork and Dublin. Later in the night roles were reversed as flights bound for Cork had to divert to Shannon.
The storm also resulted in disruptions to outbound flights from the Clare airport, but services are now returning to normal, with a number of flights having taken off this morning, although one to Manchester was cancelled. Passengers are still urged to check the status of their flight with the airline operating it.
Owen Ryan has been a journalist with the Clare Champion since 2007, having previously worked with a number of other publications in Limerick, Cork and Galway. His first book will be published in December 2024.