Roll Up Roll Up! Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI) seeking companies to deliver education programmes in local DEIS schools

Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI) is urging more businesses based in the Limerick and Clare region to be involved in delivering its various education programmes. These programmes are guaranteed to be both a worthwhile employee engagement experience, enable the company to forge closer links with the local community and help tackle educational disadvantage. Through…

Ensuring best practice while sharing ideas and experiences around student engagement in a new era in education, was central to the Biannual Student Affairs Ireland Seminar which took place in the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) Moylish Campus this Tuesday (June 18, 2024.) More than 180 student affairs professionals from 19 Higher Education Institutes…

The Antaris team, led by chief operating officer, Eugene Cush, pictured with Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Downes.   With the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) now mandatory for companies with more than 500 employees, and with those with more than 250 employees coming into the net from January 2025, and listed SMEs from January 2026,…

The WRC Inspectorate carries out workplace inspections to ensure Employer compliance with a range of employment laws. In its recently published Annual Report, the WRC highlighted that the inspection service carried out 4,727 workplace inspections in 2023, up from 3,943 in 2022. The inspections found that 2,221 Employers had contravened employment law. These cases comprised…

“Domestic abuse is a carcinogenic that has reached every town in Ireland” Interagency Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control Training is having a positive and critical impact for first responders, researchers and students, data released at a national symposium in Limerick revealed today (Thursday, 13 June).   The event, “Interagency Training Saves Lives” at the TUS Moylish Campus…

Councillor Donna McGettigan, Cathaoirleach of Shannon Municipal District launching Shannon’s participation in World Bicycle Day with (from left): Kevin Conlon, Fine Grain Property; Alan Farrell, Director of Services, Clare County Council; Conor Healy, Nova Systems; Anne Griffin, Shannon Municipal District; and Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber. Photograph by Eamon Ward Employees from Shannon companies took…

Welcome to Adare’s June 2024 edition of their monthly HR and Employment Law Newsletter. Please click the following link which will take you through to the newsletter: Newsletters – Adare (adarehrm.ie)

Impacted customers thanked for their patience and co-operation during the repair works    Wednesday, 5 June 2024: Uisce Éireann crews have successfully completed repairs following a burst water main impacting customers in Doonbeg and surrounding areas. Following reports of a supply disruption, dedicated crews were immediately deployed and worked hard to restore normal water supply…

4 June 2023 – Uisce Éireann has identified a burst in a watermain in the Doonbeg area and is working with Clare County Council to restore water as quickly as possible to approximately 40 properties in the area. The areas affected are Glascloune, Baltard, Bealaha, Farrihy, Doonmore, Doonbeg, Kilrush and surrounding areas in Co. Clare. Dedicated water service crews have mobilised and…

Adare’s most recent HR Barometer Series 8.1 included one remarkable figure that highlights the high price Organisations pay to replace Employees. The research found that the average cost of replacing an Employee in 2024 in the Munster region is €10,600, up over €3,000 from €7,321 in April 2022. Aggravating Labour Market Conditions With a skills…