Ryanair planning eight new services from Shannon

Ryanair has announced plans to begin operating eight new routes from Shannon Airport later this year.

The airline says it will be starting services to Birmingham, Fuerteventura, Kaunas, Leeds, Luton, Riga and Tenerife in November.

It will also be starting a twice-daily domestic service to Dublin and increasing the frequency of flights to Edinburgh and Manchester.

Earlier today, the company announced that it had reached a deal to buy 27 new aicraft from Boeing over the coming five years at a cost of around