Summer solstice heralded in with crowds and cow-horns at world significant Grange Stone Circle, Co. Limerick

Summer solstice heralded in with crowds and cow-horns at world significant Grange Stone Circle, Co. Limerick

Lough Gur’s largest stone circle in Ireland or UK draws crowds from across the globe   Wednesday 21 June 2017:  The summer solstice was welcomed in spectacular sound and style this morning as one of the world’s finest stone circles, the Grange Stone Circle in Lough Gur, Limerick hosted a special dawn greeting. The hugely…

MedTech sector to help students realise their engineering potential

MedTech sector to help students realise their engineering potential

Cook Medical senior engineers visit Castletroy Gaelscoil to talk about careers in Ireland’s medical technology sector ahead of MedTech Week, 19-23 June 2017 Speaking today, Alice O’Dwyer, Vice President of HR at Cook Medical in Limerick says: “Collaboration between industry, educators and Government is crucial to ensure Irish graduates have the necessary skills to take…

Mid-West Junior Ministers get New and Expanded Portfolios

  Shannon Chamber chief executive Helen Downes congratulates Pat Breen TD and Patrick O’Donovan TD on being awarded new and expanded Junior Ministry portfolios by An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD today. “Minister Pat Breen will take on the role of Minister for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Single Market and Data Protection at a time when changes…

Boeing and Datalex partner with IASC and DCU to support high-flying aviation start-ups at Shannon

Shannon Chamber welcomes today’s (Tuesday, 20 June 2017) announcement in Paris, France that Shannon Group plc’s International Aviation Service’s Centre (IASC) and DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurs are to partner with global aviation companies Boeing and Datalex to assist new start-up aviation and travel tech companies at Shannon.   Welcoming the ‘Propeller Shannon’ partnership, which was announced…

Survey to Assess How ‘Smart’ we are…Please partake

Are we Smart?  Some of the world’s most innovative solutions exist in our region; across energy, healthcare, industry, commerce, buildings, communities & many more. SMARTPLACES is a project with big ambitions.  It is a collaborative project between the Northern and Western Regional Assembly (NWRA), the Western Development Commission (WDC), and the Insight Centre (NUI Galway)…

Update for Irish Water’s Business Customers

Since January 2014 Local Authorities had been billing businesses on Irish Water’s behalf.  A migration project, which commenced in Q3 2016, would result in Irish Water issuing bills directly to businesses.  30 of 31 Local Authorities have now been migrated and the last, Galway County, is due for migration in the coming weeks. On successful completion, business bills nationwide will…

Ireland elected to the Government Body of International Labour Organisation

Ireland continues to play a prominent role internationally in the important arena of labour law 13th June 2017 Minister for Employment and Small Business today(13th June, 2017) announced that Ireland has been elected to the Government Body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) as a full member in Geneva for a three year term.  It…