'I think this is the future': Drone deliveries taking off in Ireland

On the roof of a building at Milfield Shopping Centre in Balbriggan, North County Dublin, staff from drone delivery company Manna are working on delivering take aways to the local area.Manna works with a number of different vendors, including Tesco and some local take aways to deliver a range of products and food straight to a customers door…by drone.

“We then rolled it out in Oranmore, County Galway where we served a population of 10,000 people on a trial basis.Flying autonomously, a single Manna drone can complete one hundred deliveries a day and one employee can remotely oversee up to 20 drones at the same time. Packages are lowered to the ground using a piece of string, which detaches as soon as your delivery touches the ground - it really is that straightforward.After only a minute the drone is loaded and then a low hum can be heard as the drone takes off - “That delivery will be with the customer now in a matter of minutes”.Aisling Kenny, who lives in a housing estate in Balbriggan thinks it’s a great idea.

"I was actually telling my grandparents about it and they couldn’t believe it, but I think this is the future."

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