Looking back on a year which saw a gradual return to the new normality, Shannon Chamber describes 2022 as a year that enabled it to reconnect in person with its members, a year of visible reinvigoration in all sectors of its membership and a year in which it expanded its stakeholder reach to initiate new…
Eoin Gavin, president, Shannon Chamber, pictured at Dromoland Castle Hotel with Helen Downes, chief executive, Shannon Chamber and Peter Mannion, partner, sustainability practice, McKinsey & Company. Photo by Eamon Ward. As the business sector increases its focus on sustainability, companies attending Shannon Chamber’s President’s lunch in Dromoland Castle Hotel were advised to assess if their…
Pictured at the awards ceremony – Back row left to right: David Keane (Site Director, Zimmer Biomet, Ireland & UK); Christine Watson (Senior HR Business Partner, Zimmer Biomet); Cian O’Reilly (Sixmilebridge, Co Clare); Jack Holloway (Sixmilebridge, Co Clare); Mladen Vujnovic (Ennis, Co Clare), Albert Wojcik (Shannon, Co Clare); Maeve McMcLoughlin (Programme Manager, Zimmer Biomet) and…
Shannon Chamber is seeking clarity from the Department of Agriculture on why agri-food and related products arriving from non-EU countries into Dublin Airport but destined for Shannon must now undergo Border Custom Post (BCP) Controls at Dublin Airport rather than at Shannon Airport as had been the practice for decades. This change, which came into…
As a Chamber of Commerce representing over 320 companies in Shannon and the wider Mid-West region, Shannon Chamber is cognisant of the vital role the road haulage sector plays in growing the region’s economy. We welcome the fact that the Department of Transport is working towards developing a ten-year strategy for this sector, driven by…
Pictured at the State Boards event in Shannon Airport House (from left): Frank Hayes, Aisling Meehan, Helen Downes and Michelle Noone. Photo by Eamon Ward. In a drive to increase access to, widen the pool of potential appointees, and enhance the calibre and quality of appointments to State Boards, the centralised provider of recruitment,…
With eight to ten per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions coming from food waste and twenty-five per cent of food produced wasted, reducing food-related waste is one of the most effective actions we can take to combat climate change. This was the clear message that emanated from a recent Shannon Chamber seminar at…
Shannon Chamber had a close association with the production of a remarkable book entitled, the Art of Place: People and Landscape of County Clare, edited by Clare natives Peadar King and Anne Jones. The book has been described in an The Irish Times Review as featuring “31 thought-provoking pieces in an immaculate anthology…. all have thoughtfully…
Shannon Chamber chief executive Helen Downes pictured at the launch of the Adare Human Resource Management HR Barometer Report with (from left): Derek McKay, executive director and Sarah Fagan, managing director, Adare Human Resource Management; Peter Murphy, strategic business development manager, Ei Electronics; and Amanda Finnegan, senior organisational development consultant, Adare Human Resource Management. Photograph…
Helen Downes, chief executive, Shannon Chamber pictured at the Mid-West Lean Network conference in the University of Limerick with (from left): Gavin Sheehan, chair of the Network; keynote speaker Peter Cosgrove and Ronan Keogh, Fine Grain Property. Photo by Eamon Ward The changing face of work was the topic of the day at the Mid-West…
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