Ireland's Shannon Story : Leaders, Visions and Networks - A Case Study in Local and Regional Development

Callanan, a planning and research executive with Shannon Development, shows how regional development can be achieved through strong leadership which remains closely associated with the national policy makers.

Using the Shannon Free Airport Development Company as a case example, he takes an historical perspective on its development, beginning in the 1940s with the initial grass-roots effort, covering the initiatives in the 1960s to encourage tourism, and concluding with the modern successes of the region which have international implications for local development.