Shannon Development has called an emergency meeting of local business, tourism and community leaders in Shannon to discuss the decision by Aer Lingus to axe its services to Heathrow Airport.

A LEADING campaigner for the development of regional transport last night warned against a head-in-the-sand attitude to the ending of the Shannon stopover with the advent of Open Skies on transatlantic flights.

BIG companies in the Mid-West have agreed to give a helping hand to smaller ones in their area by sharing their expertise on how best to tackle waste management.

THE mid-west region is losing foreign direct investment because of infrastructural deficits and reduced air services at Shannon Airport, the American Chamber of Commerce in Ireland said yesterday.

PLANS to make Shannon Airport the air cargo capital of Europe and generate 15,000 local jobs will be revealed by Shannon Development in the new year.

Avocent Corporation (NASDAQ: AVCT), a global provider of KVM switching and network connectivity appliances, has acquired the former Tellabs facility at Shannon, Co. Clare, where it will continue to develop its international headquarters.

Avocent Corporation has announced that it has shipped its first OEM consignment of its KVM over IP(TM) switching system to IBM.