The recent approval by An Bord Pleanála of the Foynes to Limerick Road development is a welcome boost at a time of increasing global instability when energy security and climate change are top of the agenda. This is the view of Shannon Chamber CEO Helen Downes, who, in welcoming the announcement stated that the approval…
Conscious of the fact that rising energy costs are forcing companies to evaluate their energy use and outlay, Shannon Chamber is keen to assist its members assess how to adjust energy use within their business and thereby reduce costs. Irish companies and organisations have significantly reduced their energy costs while improving their energy efficiency through…
With 1,000 members and 12,000 kilometres clocked up by users of the Shannon Bike Share Scheme in its first four weeks of operation, Shannon Chamber is delighted to hear that, despite the initial impact of negative anti-social behaviour by a minority, the bikes are back in use in Shannon. Chamber CEO Helen Downes is complementary…
After an enforced absence of two years, the highly successful Mid-West Lean Network’s annual conference is returning to its now familiar venue, the Analog Devices building in the University of Limerick. The conference will take place on Wednesday, 9 November from 7.30am until 4pm. A new feature introduced at the 2019 conference, the A3 Storyboard…
How do you spend your Saturday mornings? We have a suggestion for you! Why not try out the very successful Illaumanagh Park Run which will give you a new appreciation of the splendour of the Shannon estuary, in Shannon. You will be as captivated by this new experience as London-based but Limerick born Andrew Moore…
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar officially opened Future Mobility Campus Ireland (FMCI) in Shannon, County Clare, today (Friday, 15th July, 2022), Ireland’s first full-scale development centre and test-bed for mobility technologies. Based in Shannon, the facility focuses on technology research and development spanning ground and air uses. Investment of around €5.5m has been made in the state-of-the-art commercial campus…
The Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics is one of the largest data analytics centres in Europe. Insight seeks to derive value from Big Data and provides innovative technology solutions for industry and society by enabling better decision-making. Most of Insight’s researchers are based across four lead institutions: DCU, UCC, UCD and NUI Galway. We also have researchers…
Shannon Chamber is delighted to announce that it has once again joined forces with the University of Limerick’s Kemmy Business School (KBS) to offer a up to three applicants from Chamber member companies UL MBA Scholarships. The scholarships will cover one-third of each successful candidate’s fees for the two-year programme, which equates to a one-third…
Since setting up the Mid-West Lean Network in 2016, Shannon Chamber has witnessed a substantial increase in the deployment of lean principles in organisations throughout the Mid-West region. The network’s calendar of lean-focused workshops is heavily subscribed to and its annual conference, which will return this year after an absence of two years due to…
Shannon Chamber president Eoin Gavin, pictured here with CoMotion’s Emma Dobbyn, was delighted to trial the bike sponsored by Shannon Chamber. Photo by Arthur Ellis Shannon Chamber and Shannon Chamber Skillnet are delighted be involved in what is another first for Shannon – the launch of a new electric bike share scheme for Shannon…
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