Merger of award-winning Limerick and Clare legal heavyweights, Michael Houlihan & Partners LLP (MHP) and Sellors LLP

Merger of award-winning Limerick and Clare legal heavyweights, Michael Houlihan & Partners LLP (MHP) and Sellors LLP

Pictured at the merger announcement (l-r): Derek Walsh (Sellors), Helen Rackard (MHP), Stephen Keogh (Managing Partner, Sellors), John Shaw (MHP), Miriam O’Connor (Sellors), Ian Sheehy (Sellors), Sinéad Nunan (MHP). Missing from photo is Ronan Hynes (Sellors). Photo Eamon Ward. Two of the longest established and award-winning law firms in counties Limerick and Clare, Michael Houlihan…

Shannon’s workforce keen to improve skills

Shannon’s workforce keen to improve skills

Pictured at the Mid-West Regional Skills Forum and Shannon Chamber event in Ei Electronics in Shannon (from left): Eimear Brophy, Limerick and Clare ETB; Brigid Della Pace, TUS Mid-West; Peter Murphy, Ei Electronics; Helen Browne, University of Limerick; Joe Leddin Mid-West Regional Skills; Padraic McElwee, Clare Local Enterprise Office; Mary Jo Parker, Innopharma Education; Gerard…

Shannon Chamber members briefed on Revenue Commissioners’ new Compliance Intervention Framework

Shannon Chamber members briefed on Revenue Commissioners’ new Compliance Intervention Framework

Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber (2nd left) pictured at the breakfast briefing in Treacys Oakwood Hotel in Shannon with the PwC tax team(from left): Emer Hodges, Joseph Ahern and Florita Dolly. Photo: Eamon Ward.   A recent breakfast briefing hosted by Shannon Chamber in conjunction with PwC gave chamber members a thorough understanding of the…

Shannon-Based Company, CalQRisk, announces Partnership with Welsh Sports Association

Shannon-Based Company, CalQRisk, announces Partnership with Welsh Sports Association

Date: 21 June, 2022 Shannon-based software company, CalQRisk, is delighted to announce its partnership with The Welsh Sports Association. The Welsh Sports Association (WSA) is the membership body for the sport and leisure industry in Wales, charged with the task of providing leadership, advocacy, and a gateway to business and governance services for the sector….

Fine Grain Property completes sale and leaseback  deal with AXA Partners at Westpark Innovation  Campus in Shannon

Fine Grain Property completes sale and leaseback deal with AXA Partners at Westpark Innovation Campus in Shannon

Fine Grain Property has acquired Building 7000 on Shannon’s Westpark Innovation Campus from global company AXA Partners Shannon, Ireland, June 22, 2022: Leading Irish real estate investor and operator, Fine Grain Property, has acquired a 124,000 sq ft modern five-floor office building on Shannon’s prestigious Westpark Innovation Campus from global company AXA Partners. This is…

OBW Technologies – Commanding Growth & Innovation in Gas Detection

OBW Technologies – Commanding Growth & Innovation in Gas Detection

OBW Technologies is the leading distributor and specialist of all thing’s gas detection in Ireland while also spreading across the EU. Over the last 10 years they have brought together a team with the best minds in gas detection using the best technology to advise their clients on all aspects of their fixed & portable…

Shannon Airport and Ireland West Airport become first WHO Age Friendly airports in the world

Shannon Airport and Ireland West Airport become first WHO Age Friendly airports in the world

Friday 17th June 2022: Shannon Airport and Ireland West Airport have become the first airports in the world to be recognised as Age Friendly airports by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Both airports were officially launched as Age Friendly Airports, certified by the WHO, at a ceremony in Ireland West Airport, officiated by Hildegarde Naughton TD, Minister of State at the Department of…

Thinking about employing students this summer? Here are some considerations for employers ahead of the summer season

Shannon Chamber HR is a dedicated HR and Employment Law Support Service for members of Shannon Chamber provided in partnership with Adare Human Resource Management, experts in Employment Law, Industrial Relations, Human Resources and Health & Safety at preferential rates. As we head into the summer season, most of the businesses in the hospitality and retail…

Minister Harris announces appointment of new Ireland Co-Chair to the US-Ireland R&D Partnership Steering Group

Minister Harris announces appointment of new Ireland Co-Chair to the US-Ireland R&D Partnership Steering Group

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has today (16/06/2022) announced the appointment of Professor Mark Ferguson as the new Ireland Co-Chair to the US-Ireland R&D Partnership Steering Group. The US-Ireland R&D Partnership was established in 2006 and is based on the principles of the Good Friday Agreement. Speaking…

Grant Thornton has launched the 2022 Irish Business Voice Programme

Grant Thornton has launched the 2022 Irish Business Voice Programme

Irish owned businesses across the country are working through unprecedented times and rapid change. An easing of Covid restrictions has enabled many businesses to ramp up their activity, however this has come against the backdrop of rising inflation and costs of doing business.  We are delighted to announce our support of the Grant Thornton 2022…