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…
Donegal saw sunniest day of 2016
New figures show 2016 was the 17th warmest year since 1900. According to Met Éireann, the sunniest day last year was on June 2nd at Malin Head in County Donegal. The highest temperature of 2016 was reported at Mount Dillon in Roscommon on July 19th at 30.4 degrees Celsius. The…
Airports to play key part in promotion of Wild Atlantic Way
The airports in the North West are a key part of a new promotional campaign for the Wild Atlantic Way. Failte Ireland says it’s been working closely with Ireland West Airport Knock as well as Donegal and Derry airports as part of a new 2017 promotion in Britain. It was…
€1 million in REDZ funding for north west
More than one million euro has been announced for projects in Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim. The money is coming under the so-called REDZ scheme, which stands for Rural Economic Development Zones. €48,000 is to go to The Gables in Ballyshannon, for improvement of tourism facilities. Tubbercurry Enterprise Centre is to…
Report released on serious incident on board Knock-Manchester flight
It’s emerged that an oil bleed caused a serious incident on a Flybe flight from Knock airport in July of last year (2015). Air accident investigators have established the plane was climbing when the crew were alerted by a strange odour after a smoke alarm went off in one of…