Manna Air Delivery, one of the country’s most innovative home-grown technology companies, is to cease flying drones in Ireland. Its team, which designs and builds drones, will remain based in Ireland. Operationally, however, the company will shift its entire focus to international markets, particularly the United States and Britain. Manna has already received operational authorisation in both the United States and Britain, and expects full authorisation to operate in the United Arab Emirates this year. Manna is pulling the plug on flying drones in Ireland, the company said, because of the “absence of clear national policy framework for commercial drone…

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