Thursday 01 February 2018 Up to €7,000 will be available to Taxi/Hackney/and Limousine drivers to drive the shift towards electric vehicles. Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross TD, has today announced a new Taxi/Limousine/Hackney (SPSV) grant scheme, aimed at increasing the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) in the Irish taxi fleet. This new…
30th January, 2018 Minister Breen gives go ahead for new pay rates following Labour Court recommendation The Minister for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection Pat Breen TD, has formally approved a recommendation from the Labour Court for new pay rates, that will apply to approximately 10,000 skilled workers employed in the…
Monday 29 January 2018: The strength of the holiday market will be evidenced this weekend as the largest Holiday Show ever held in the region takes place at UL Arena on Saturday and Sunday next, 3rd and 4th February. Now in its third year, the Holiday Show, in association with Shannon Airport, will have over…
23 January 2018 Commenting on today’s (23 January 2018) announcement that the North South Interconnector has been granted full planning approval in Northern Ireland, Chambers Ireland Chief Executive Ian Talbot said, “We are very pleased with the granting of full planning approval for the North South Interconnector by Northern Ireland planning authorities today. Energy…
500,000 sq ft of space brought to the market since 2015 Tuesday 23rd January 2018: A €40 million Shannon Commercial Properties investment in state-of-the-art property solutions at the Shannon Free Zone is to be accelerated in 2018 to capitalise on the demand for commercial property in the region, the company stated today. In its…
17th January 2018 Mr. Pat Breen, T.D., Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection announced that he has asked the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) to undertake a review of their Codes of Practice on Bullying in the Workplace. The WRC Code…
Largest year of US services from Shannon in 17 years Monday 15th January 2018: Shannon Airport has welcomed today’s news that Norwegian Air International is to expand its Boston and New York services to Shannon for 2018. The airline, which commenced services at Shannon in July last year, is to double its frequency from two…
Shane Ross T.D., Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, and Brendan Griffin T.D. Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, today announced €4m in allocations for regional projects under the 2017 round of the Sports Capital Programme (SCP). The allocations are in addition to the €56m grants for local projects under the programme which were…
8th December 2017 Chambers Ireland Chief Executive Ian Talbot commented, ‘We welcome UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s commitment to upholding the Good Friday Agreement with a guarantee of no hard border on the island of Ireland and congratulate all parties on reaching a successful outcome. The business community particularly welcomes news that that there…
7th December 2017 As the voice of the largest business network in the country, Chambers Ireland today responded to the publication of the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017. Chief Executive Ian Talbot commented, “The Bill published by the Department of Employment and Social Protection today will have a significant impact on a large number of…
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