Martin Shanahan, CEO, IDA Ireland (centre) pictured at Dromoland Castle Hotel with (from left): Colin McDonald, CEO, Fine Grain Property; Shannon Chamber CEO Helen Downes and President Eoin Gavin; and Will Corcoran, regional manager Mid-West Region, IDA Ireland. Photo Eamon Ward. Driving regional investment a core part of IDA strategy…Chamber luncheon hear Despite…
Shannon Chamber CEO Helen Downes has welcomed today’s announcement that Ryanair is to establish a Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) business at Shannon. “This is a great addition to an already impressive aviation sector at Shannon. To have Ryanair expand its operations is a great boost for the region. It is an endorsement of the…
World-renowned guru on scaling up a business, Verne Harnish (3rd right), pictured at Dromoland Castle Hotel with (from left): Leo Clancy, CEO, Enterprise Ireland; Helen Downes, CEO, and Eoin Gavin, President, Shannon Chamber. Photograph by Eamon Ward Attendees at a recent scaling up workshop organised by Shannon Chamber, in association with Enterprise Ireland and supported…
Eoin Gavin (right), managing director of Eoin Gavin Transport and president of Shannon Chamber pictured with outgoing Chamber president Stephen Keogh, managing partner of Sellors LLP, and Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber. Photograph by Eamon Ward Shannon Chamber announces the appointment of Eoin Gavin, managing director of Eoin Gavin Transport as its new president. Mr…
Graduates of the Diploma in High Performance Leadership delivered by Shannon Chamber Skillnet pictured at Dromoland Castle Hotel (from left): Theresa Kenny, Marie-Therese Kilmartin, Alan Tully, Damian Hawkins, Suzanne Kelly, and Caroline O’Connor. Photograph by Eamon Ward. Nine executives from Shannon Chamber member companies have been conferred with a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Level…
In response to members’ requests for a return visit by world-renowned guru on scaling up a business Verne Harnish, Shannon Chamber has organised a two-day ‘Scaling Up’ workshop, in association with Enterprise Ireland and with the support of Shannon Chamber Skillnet. The workshop, which will be held in Dromoland Castle Hotel on 11 and 12…
Shannon Chamber has welcomed the news that one of its member companies, Vitalograph, is to strengthen its presence in the Mid-West region through committing to a €10 million investment and the creation of an additional 200 jobs. Shannon Chamber CEO Helen Downes said: “Vitalograph has a track record of over 40 years operating in Co…
The fact that the Project Management Institute (PMI) has incorporated emotional intelligence into its syllabus emphasises the credence employers place on this key personality trait. To put this into perspective, Shannon Chamber’s Mid-West Lean Network hosted a lunch and learn event to focus on the topic. The half-hour webinar was delivered by project management specialist…
Compensation is one of the largest expenses in an organisation and companies need to understand that its role is to incentivise behaviours in employees that customers appreciate and make them reach for their wallets. This was a key message delivered by global strategist Verne Harnish when he addressed a Shannon Chamber webinar recently. He was…
Assurances on employment permit processing times given A request by members of Shannon Chamber’s HR Forum to meet with the Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail, Damien English TD, to discuss labour market matters including delays being experienced in the processing of employment permits for non-EEA nationals has led to a reassurance that…
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