Skillnet Ireland; Without Upskilling, Businesses in Ireland Could Lose Competitive Advantage

Skillnet Ireland; Without Upskilling, Businesses in Ireland Could Lose Competitive Advantage

Speaker panel at the Skillnet ‘Up-Skilling the Mid-West’ seminar in Dromoland Castle Hotel (from left): Stephen Linnane, Element Six; David Ward, Lufthansa Technik Shannon; Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber; Brendan McGinty, chairman and Paul Healy, chief executive, Skillnet Ireland; Cillian Griffey, Shannon Chamber Skillnet; Paul Girr, Jaguar Land Rover; Noel Gavin, Northern Trust; Tracey Donnery…

European transport funding chiefs bound for ‘Motorways of the Sea’ seminar this week

Tuesday, May 15th 2018:  The Shannon Estuary’s importance on a European scale as a key transport network infrastructure will be mirrored on Friday when a major think-in on how goods will travel post Brexit is held.   Some of Europe’s leading transport infrastructure officials and experts on funding opportunities will travel to Limerick for a conference…

Shannon Chamber Announces Board Appointments

Mary Considine, Deputy CEO, Shannon Group plc.   Shannon Chamber is pleased to announce the appointment of Mary Considine, deputy CEO, Shannon Group plc, as its new president. Ms Considine succeeds outgoing president Julie Dickerson, managing director, Shannon Engine Support, whose term of office concluded at the end of March.   Making the announcement on…

Value of Ergonomics in Continuous Improvement Demonstrated at Mid-West Lean Network Workshop in Essilor

Value of Ergonomics in Continuous Improvement Demonstrated at Mid-West Lean Network Workshop in Essilor

Claude Costelloe, chairman, Mid-West Lean Network (centre), Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber and Adrian Gleeson, general manager, Essilor with event attendees and Essilor staff.   The Shannon Chamber-driven Mid-West Lean Network, which has been operational since late 2016 is drawing an increasing number of attendees to its monthly workshops, which are held in Network members’…

Skills Needs of Region and Business for Discussion at Upcoming Skillnet Seminar

Skills Needs of Region and Business for Discussion at Upcoming Skillnet Seminar

  Pictured at the launch of ‘Up-Skilling the Mid-West’ (l-r):  Gerard Murray, network manager, Next Level Skillnet; Sue Davies, technical coordinator, Next Level Skillnet; Joe Leddin, manager, Mid-West Regional Skills Forum manager; Pauline O’Flanagan, network manager, Irish Medtech Skillnet and; Cillian Griffey, network manager, Shannon Chamber Skillnet. Photo: Eamon Ward. Eight Skillnet training networks together…

Tekelek announces first commercial LoRaWAN volume rollout in France

Tekelek announces first commercial LoRaWAN volume rollout in France

A new era in IoT tank measurement as Tekelek deploy first LoRaWAN commercial rollout in France. Shannon, Ireland – May 2, 2018, 09:00 a.m. GMT Tekelek, a leading developer and manufacturer of IoT telemetry products and solutions, today announced the first volume commercial order for recently developed LoRaWAN Level Monitor. Under the contract, Tekelek will…

Minister Humphreys welcomes further fall in unemployment rate

Monthly unemployment rate now 5.9%   The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD today (Tuesday) welcomed the Monthly Unemployment figures for April published by the Central Statistics Office, showing that the official unemployment rate has fallen from 6% in March to 5.9% in April and from 6.8 % in April 2017.  …