Pictured above are Pat Dowling – Chief Executive, Clare County Council, Bryan Quille, Director of Monami Construction, Sean Meaney – Commercial Director, DB Schenker, Ray Hennessy – CEO, DB Schenker UK & Ireland, Paddy Coleman – P.Coleman & Associates, Consulting Engineers, Mike Halton – Director of Business Transformation & Project’s, DB Schenker UK &…
The aviation sector in Ireland cannot recover by itself. Airports such as Shannon need long-term financial support, over a five-year timeframe…DG of EUROCONTROL tells Shannon Chamber webinar The stark reality of COVID-19’s impact on every part of the global aviation value chain was outlined by Eamonn Brennan, the Director General of EUROCONTOL, the organisation…
Major change can always be subject to glitches, and the current delays being experienced by hauliers and freight forwarders in transporting goods from Ireland to the United Kingdom, while linked to issues with technology, can also be partly laid at the doors of some exporters and importers who don’t have the systems in place for…
Reflecting on a year that posed many unanticipated challenges for its member companies, which were responded to with powerful resilience, Shannon Chamber is looking ahead to a year of continuous adaptation but with some glimmer of hope for sectors adversely affected by the pandemic once the escalation of the virus can be tackled and vaccines…
Having been forced to operate in a very different way during COVID-19, the dilemma for many businesses now is how to transition staff back on site once the current restrictions are eased and a vaccine is distributed. The challenge of navigating to a hybrid style operation will be bigger than that faced when adjusting to…
Christmas dinner is over, the wren boys have sung their songs so what better way to spend Sunday, 27 December than to hop into the car and drive to Shannon Airport Road (opposite the Westair building) sit back, relax and enjoy a movie with the family. Thanks to the efforts of Love Shannon, this one-day…
Shannon Chamber announced today (Thursday, 10 December 2020) that three new appointments have been made to its Board of Directors. The appointments of Vivian Farrell, CEO, Modular Automation, Siobhan Roche, General Manager of PTG (Precision Tool Group) and Órlaith Borthwick, Manager of the Careers and Employability Service at Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) were made…
With remote working the only option for many employees since the onset of COVID-19, the question of where that remote location is and the number of employees it involves can create tax implications at both corporate and personal levels. This is all linked to the longevity and type of activity being undertaken, most particularly by…
Friday 27, November 2020: Shannon Chamber has welcomed today’s announcement by DFDS that it is will provide a new daily direct ferry service between Rosslare Europort and Dunkirk from 2 January 2021. “This is exactly the news that our members and Irish companies generally needed to hear and is an issue that the Chamber along…
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