A passenger jet that suffered damage during a hard landing at Shannon Airport last night has been grounded pending an examination by air accident inspectors.

The Flood Relief Minister, Kevin 'Boxer' Moran, has said water is still being pumped away from several homes after the recent flooding crisis.

Waterways Ireland has been urged to work with farmers who are facing serious flooding on the Shannon, as the agency initiates a new tourism masterplan for the river.

About 15,000 acres of land in the mid-Shannon area remains flooded this morning.

Thousands of sandbags have been delivered to homes in south east Clare under threat of rising floodwaters after the River Shannon burst its banks between the ESB-operated Parteen Weir and Limerick.

The controversial Shannon LNG gas terminal is a step closer after a vote today in the European Parliament.

Shannon Airport is confident of a return to passenger growth this year after taking a significant hit from the grounding of Boeing's 737-Max aircraft and a Brexit-related downturn in UK visitors to Ireland during 2019.

British Airways flight BA-274 left Las Vegas in the US at 4.40am Irish time and was due to land at London’s Heathrow Airport at 2.55pm.

US-bound flight has made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport this afternoon after the crew reported they had a ‘psychotic passenger’ on board.

Operations have been brought to a standstill at Shannon Airport following an incident this evening involving a light aircraft.

A US bound flight had to turn back over the Atlantic and divert to Shannon Airport this evening so the crew could seek medical attention for an ill passenger.

A transatlantic jet was forced to divert to Shannon Airport this morning after suffering a hydraulic system leak and failure off the Scottish coast.

The move, welcomed by Shannon Airport CEO Mary Considine, will connect the mid-west to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport as well as one of the continents most visited cities.

American actor and producer Mark Ruffalo, called on the Irish Government to withdraw support for the Shannon LNG gas terminal project amid claims it will allow the importation of fracked gas into Ireland.

Shannon Airport has said a new route to Vienna is "a vote of confidence in the region".

Molex Ireland has confirmed that it is to close its plant in Shannon with the loss of around 500 jobs.

A transatlantic jet was forced to divert to Shannon Airport this afternoon following a security alert on board.

More than 100 protesters from around the world will gather for a summit in Limerick today to demand the US military stop refueling at Shannon airport.

A transatlantic cargo flight was forced to return to Shannon Airport with a technical issue this afternoon and then had to abort its first attempt at landing.

A major search and rescue operation was mounted this afternoon after a young man was reported to be stuck in mud amid rising water in the Shannon Estuary.

A coffee spillage in the cockpit of an airliner flying over the Atlantic Ocean forced the plane to turn back and land in Ireland.

The family of the late and much-loved comedian Brendan Grace has today honoured one of his last wishes by having his photo installed in the Shannon Airport ‘Wall of Fame’.

A transatlantic passenger jet has made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport this evening after the crew reported they had a suspected fire on board.

The crew reported they were experiencing ‘low power’ with the jet’s right engine.

Shannon Airport has temporarily suspended all flights following an incident involving a Boeing 767 aircraft.

The airline has blamed the global ground of 737MAX aircraft for the decision.

The passenger is understood to have been suffering from ‘acute pain’.

After what was described as an "exhaustive selection process", 500 applicants has been reduced to 10.

The worldwide grounding of the Boeing 737-Max aircraft will cost the region served by Shannon Airport €58m this year.

Eight cabin crew members were affected by fumes and assessed by paramedics. No passengers were reported to have been affected.

A private jet owned by millionaire businessman and racehorse owner JP McManus has made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport this evening.

Aer Lingus has apologised to passengers who were left behind in Boston at the weekend after their plane was forced to take off and fly to Shannon without them.

The passenger was removed from the aircraft and taken to Shannon garda station for questioning in relation to alleged breaches of the Air Navigation and Transport Act.

The flight had departed at around 3.45pm and was about two hours into its journey when the crew turned around and diverted to Shannon.

A transatlantic flight made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport early today after a passenger was reported to have suffered a stroke.

A transatlantic flight was forced to divert to Shannon Airport this morning after the crew declared a medical emergency.

The passenger jet that crashed into a river in the US last night is leased from an Irish company and visited Shannon earlier this year.

Several people had a lucky escape yesterday after a car crashed into the front door of a filling station supermarket in Shannon, Co Clare.

Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska, who until recently owned the huge Aughinish Alumina smelter in the Shannon Estuary, has sued the US Treasury Department and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, seeking a US court order lifting sanctions against him.

The Irish Aviation Authority reported that commercial traffic at the three state airports had climbed by 6.2% (17,996) last month, compared to the same month last year.

Shannon Airport has announced that its first ever scheduled Lufthansa service is to have its capacity doubled this year with a second weekly service to Frankfurt.