Funding boost for Donegal and Knock airports
There’s a welcome boost in funding for airports in the region. Ireland West Airport Knock has been approved for €1.8m in funding from the Department of Tourism Transport and Sport. While Donegal Airport is to receive nearly €700,000 Donegal Airport carried over 89,000 passengers in the past year while nearly…
Return to the good times? Families head to Lapland from Knock this Christmas
Ireland West Airport Knock had its first chartered flight to Lapland this month since the boomtimes in 2007. Management at the airport have confirmed that the flight with a hundred people on board set off on the 12th of December. The one night trip to Lapland to see Santa and…
Knock airport remains a vital link for people coming home this Christmas
Ballymote/Tubbercurry municipal district councillors held their monthly meeting at Ireland West Airport Knock this morning. Sligo County Council is one of a number of counties in the region which has invested in the airport. The story of the airport is part of its charm, the brainchild of Monsignor James Horan the…
New visitor centre at Ireland West Airport Knock to be ready by next year
Construction of a major new visitor centre at Ireland West Airport Knock is hoped to start in the next three months. Donal Healy, the marketing manager of the airport says that the new centre should be finished and ready by the summer season next year. The plans for this new…
Knock Airport designated as a strategic development zone
The decision to designate Knock Airport as a strategic development zone will go a long way towards attracting both businesses and jobs to the North West. That’s according to the Minister for Regional Economic Development, Michael Ring after the Taoiseach confirmed the Government has signed off on the move at…
North West businesses to benefit from new International Trade Centre in US
A new International Trade Centre which will benefit businesses in Sligo, Donegal and Leitrim is being opened in the US this week. Taoiseach Enda Kenny will officially open the center in Providence alongside the governor of Rhode Island Gina Raimondo on Tuesday morning local time. The trade centre is a…
A new tourist office will be launched at Ireland West Airport Knock this Spring
A new tourist office will be launched at Ireland West Airport Knock this Spring. It comes as the airport has celebrated its busiest year to date in 2016 with passenger numbers exceeding 730,000 passengers for the first time. It’s a 7% increase on 2015 figures and the biggest increase in…