Ryanair is to train over 400 aircraft mechanics at Shannon Airport over the next five years.
It comes as the airline has been granted planning permission for a four-bay maintenance, overhaul and repair hangar and engineering academy.
The company says the €50m development will create 300 highly skilled jobs while the facility will take 80 apprentices a year from 2027 to 2031.
Shannon Chamber CEO Helen Downes has been telling Clare FM’s Daragh Dolan it will be a gamechanger for the region.
Listen to the full interview here