Rural Policy 2020 – Invitation to Partake in Public Consultation Survey

The Department of Rural and Community Development is currently developing a new, whole-of-Government rural development policy for Ireland. This will follow on from the Action Plan for Rural Development which was published in January 2017 and reaches the end of its three-year timeframe in 2019. The new rural policy will be forward-looking, with a 5-year…

InvoiceFair Wins Deloitte Award

InvoiceFair Wins Deloitte Award

On 20 September, InvoiceFair was announced as winner of the ‘Most Disruptive FinTech 2019’ at the Deloitte Financial Services Innovation Awards. Deloitte press release https://www2.deloitte.com/ie/en/pages/financial-services/articles/fsia-press-release.html. Receiving the Deloitte award from David Dalton, Head of Financial Services Deloitte; Helen Cahill CEO & Co-Founder and Peter Brady CFO & Co-Founder InvoiceFair.

IT’S THE SIMPLE THINGS THAT MAKE IRELAND STAND OUT AS A TOURISM DESTINATION

IT’S THE SIMPLE THINGS THAT MAKE IRELAND STAND OUT AS A TOURISM DESTINATION

Niall Gibbons, CEO, Tourism Ireland (3rd left), pictured at the Shannon Chamber lunch in Dromoland Castle Hotel with (from left): Tony Brazil, Limerick Travel; Michael Vaughan, Vaughan Lodge, Lahinch; Mary Considine, president and Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber; Niall O’Callaghan, managing director, Shannon Heritage and; Dermot Kelly, president, Irish Hotels Federation. Photo: Eamon Ward.  …

Boots Ireland take home the Outstanding Achievement in Corporate Social Responsibility Award 2019

Boots Ireland take home the Outstanding Achievement in Corporate Social Responsibility Award 2019

  Co Clare Hotel, Hotel Doolin, Win Excellence in Environment – LIC – Award, sponsored by EPA, for their project Green Team Work While Boots Ireland was awarded the Outstanding Achievement in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Award at Chambers Ireland’s CSR Awards 2019, at the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road in Dublin last night (19 September…

Minister Humphreys writes to over 222,000 companies urging them to prepare for Brexit

Minister Humphreys writes to over 222,000 companies urging them to prepare for Brexit

Dublin, Ireland, 12th. September 2019 With just 7 weeks to go until the UK leaves the European Union, Heather Humphreys T.D, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation has started the process of directly contacting over 220,000 companies through the Companies Registration Office highlighting the need to take urgent action now to protect their businesses against…

Zimmer Biomet Shannon Plays a Key Role in Helping 100 People in Vietnam Walk Again

Zimmer Biomet Shannon Plays a Key Role in Helping 100 People in Vietnam Walk Again

Some of the Zimmer Biomet team at Shannon, who manufactured the implants, used to transform the lives of 100 patients in Vietnam as part of Operation Walk Ireland. Back row, left to right: Garry Ennett, Seamus Lynch, Kenneth Collins, David Corbett, John O’Donoghue, Roy Thompson and Stephen O’Kelly. Front row, left to right:  Darren Kierse, Craig…

Shannon Group raises €8K from charity 5k

Shannon Group raises €8K from charity 5k

Tuesday 10th September 2019:  Shannon Group, in conjunction with Shannon Chamber, has raised more than €8,000 from an inaugural 5K event through the Shannon Free Zone last Thursday for this year’s Shannon Group designated charities, the Irish Cancer Society and Limerick Suicide Watch. The Shannon Group chosen charities will receive the boost thanks to monies…

Shannon Chamber Enlists Accomplished Author to Initiate Conversation on Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace

Shannon Chamber Enlists Accomplished Author to Initiate Conversation on Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace

Shannon Chamber, in conjunction with Employability Clare will host an evening seminar dedicated to the topic of health and wellbeing in the workplace. The event, which is being held at Ei Electronics’ Centre of Excellence in Shannon Free Zone, from 6pm – 8pm on Thursday, 19 September, will include a keynote address by accomplished author…

INVITATION to Climate Action Forum

An open invitation has been extended by Richard Bruton T.D., Minister of Communications, Climate Action & Environment to Shannon Chamber members to attend a Climate Action Forum which takes place on Friday, 6 September in Limerick. The Forum takes place at Tait House, Roxboro Road, Limerick, V94, NXT8. commencing with registration at 11.3opm, concluding at…