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Friday 27 November 2020
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The incident occurred in the carpark of the Dunnes Stores shopping centre in Ennis.
It is not believed that either teenager suffered life-threatening injuries.
Only people directly contacted by health authorities need to take any measures.
The incident was reported to emergency services shortly before 1pm today.
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Shannon is the country’s busiest airport for aircraft diversions.
Several collisions have occurred following heavy hail showers today.
One person was taken to hospital.
It’s understood that the plane suffered a collapsed nose-wheel shortly after landing at Shannon.
A vehicle was cleared onto the runway in front of an Aer Lingus jet which was travelling at over 110km/h.
The Irish Coast Guard has praised the lifeguards for their “outstanding response” this afternoon.
The man, aged 71, was airlifted to University Hospital Limerick.
Gardaí say the cow made its way to Dunnes Stores before being caught.
The flight crew requested to divert to Dublin Airport to have a male passenger “off-loaded”.
Three units of the fire brigade from Shannon town attended the scene and helped to rescue the boy.
Officers have been deployed to a road security box at the entrance to the airport.
The man had been missing from his home since Wednesday.
A report into the incident has concluded that “fatigue failure” of part of the engine was the probable cause.
The pair didn’t reach the aircraft, which was parked at a terminal at the time.
Fire service received a call to the River Lodge Health and Fitness centre at 6.30am.
The woman, a tourist aged in her 50s, was in an area inaccessible by land vehicles.
The accident happened near the village of Cooraclare in the west of the county.
The two local stations employ 45 full-time and 30 part-time staff.
The 26-year-old man lost his footing while taking a photo.
The victim is believed to be an Indian national who had been studying at university in Dublin.
Meanwhile, another flight diverted to Shannon Airport after a woman was reported to be experiencing contractions.
It’s now understood the a mechanical issue caused the alarm to go off.
The morning flight was due to land in Ireland West Airport in Knock, but was rerouted to Shannon.
The Virgin Atlantic flight landed just after 7am this morning.
United Airlines flight UA-971 was travelling from Rome to Chicago.
Private George Duff Chalmers, who was 18 when he died, will be reburied in Dublin.
The man in his 50s is said to have suffered a serious head injury.
The plane was travelling from Florida to Copenhagen at the time.
None of the injuries sustained in the collisions are understood to be life-threatening.
The collision happened at about 4am this morning.
The Gulfstream 5 jet flew low over the runway so that fire crews could check the landing gear.
The flight was 15 minutes into its journey when the crew was contacted by air traffic controllers.
Three men died with the Jenalisa sank off the coast of Waterford in February 1996.
The remains were discovered by two walkers on a beach in north Clare in late September.
The man was reported missing in the Arra Mountains last night at about 10pm.
The HSE is currently in contact with the parents of up to 43 children to see if they were affected by the problem.
THE GREYHOUND RACING industry has been put in the spotlight again this week, the Social Democrats put forward a motion proposing to end State funding of the sector.
Writing for TheJournal.ie this week, TD Holly Cairns explained that greyhound racing in Ireland will receive €19.2m in public funding next year – an increase of €2.4m on 2020.
Last year, an RTÉ investigation claimed that almost 6,000 greyhounds were killed for not racing fast enough in 2017.
But advocates for the sector have claimed it supports thousands of jobs and that annual Government funding represents an economic investment.
So, today we’re asking: Should the Government stop funding greyhound racing?
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