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Shannon is situated on the N18 National Route – 18kms from Limerick (20 minutes drive), 129kms (2 hours from Cork), 222kms (3 hours) from Dublin and 92k (1½ hours) from Galway. Shannon is 20 minutes drive from the nearest Inter City Rail Link at Limerick. Daily connections to Dublin (2 hours 15 minutes) and Cork (1½ hours).
Shannon offers a modern telecommunications infrastructure with full broadband connectivity linked to the national backbone. The telecommunications market in Ireland is fully deregulated and large investment in recent years has resulted in state of the art optical networks with national and international connectivity.
The nearest roll on/roll off port is Cork (2 hours). Ro/Ro services are also available at Dublin and Rosslare on the East Coast (2-3 hours). The nearest container facility is Shannon Foynes Port 35 miles (56kms) (45 minutes drive). The sea ports serving the Western region are managed and controlled by Shannon Foynes Port Company, a commercial semi-state organisation with a brief to manage all maritime activities in the Shannon Estuary as well as to develop the infrastructure and facilities for sea-borne cargoes. The Estuary facilities comprise Ireland’s second largest port by tonnage and cater for the largest vessels entering Irish waters, up to 200,000 GT. Apart from the dedicated facilities serving particular industries, the company also operates two general purpose ports at Foynes and Limerick; these ports cater for all modalities including dry and liquid bulks, break-bulks and Lo-Lo containers (a liner service operates direct from Foynes to Rotterdam for European or transhipment). More details of the facilities and capabilities can be found at www.sfpc.ie
ESB is the national provider of Electricity in Ireland. They operate 24 power stations nationwide with a total capacity of 4164Mw. Electricity is provided through a national grid comprising high voltage 110kV, 220kV and 400 kV lines. Industrial users are typically supplied at 110kV or 38 kV (high voltage) or at 20kV or 10kV (medium voltage). Low voltage supplies are also available at 230V. The cost per Kw hour for electricity averages €0.075.