Welcoming the recent announcement of a €27m fund to upgrade flood defences at Shannon town, the airport and the Free Zone, Shannon chamber CEO Helen Downes added: “This is a significant development for Shannon. The airport, businesses and residents can now plan with confidence in the knowledge that Shannon is a safe location in which…
Year-End News of additional funding for Atlantic Economic Corridor via the Western Development Commission positive news for entire West of Ireland…Shannon Chamber Economic baseline analysis must lead future planning at a regional level “The recent allocation of €0.5m funding for the Atlantic Economic Corridor(AEC) initiative, via the Western Development Commission, is fitting endorsement for a…
Minimum expiry date of five years for gift vouchers. Ban on requirement for gift vouchers to be spent in one transaction. Ban on cancellation of gift vouchers – or the imposition of charges – where the recipient’s name is registered incorrectly. 9.00am, Thursday, 20th December 2018 – The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation,…
December 14, 2018 – Zimmer Biomet, a global leader in musculoskeletal healthcare, is celebrating a decade in Ireland. A leading employer in Shannon and Oranmore, Galway, the company’s footprint in Ireland now features two state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities plus a professional education centre that attracts healthcare professionals from around the world. “Our team is at…
Michael Ring, TD, Minister for Rural and Community Development, and Seán Canney TD, Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development, today (10 December 2018), announced additional funding of €500,000 for the Western Development Commission (WDC) to support the work of the Atlantic Economic Corridor initiative and to maximise the use of…
Collaborative projects include household electricity generation, sepsis treatments, coastal flooding supports & medical 3D printing. Project Ireland 2040 fund allocating €500m over next 10 years Key element of Government’s ‘Future Jobs’ initiative Monday, 10 December 2018 An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD have unveiled the…
Golf will be very much on the menu at Shannon Chamber’s 2018 President’s lunch when Irish professional golfer and former Ryder Cup Captain Paul McGinley flies into Shannon to give the keynote address. Fresh from his commentary role at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, this world-renowned golfer is set to enthral his audience…
Pictured at the Mid-West Lean Network conference (from left): Claude Costelloe, network chair and general manager, Zimmer Biomet Ireland; Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber; Jean Francois Michel, account director, Three Business, conference headline sponsor; and Adrian Furey, vice president, Global Reconstruction, Supply Chain, Zimmer Biomet. Photo: Eamon Ward. Virgin Media in Limerick, a…
Minister Harris pictured with (from left): Pat Quinlan, CEO, Milford Care Centre; Sr Mary Flanagan, Province Leader, Little Company of Mary; and Pat Gilmartin, Chairperson, Milford Care Centre Board. Pic: Don Moloney The Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD, officially opened the new in-patient specialist palliative care facility and the re-developed Nursing Home at…
Pictured at the signing in Shanghai (Top from left): Eoin O’Leary, Irish Ambassador for China; Heather Humphreys, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation and Julie Sinnamon, CEO of Enterprise Ireland. Bottom from left: Lee Choo, CEO Asia Pacific, Reagecon Diagnostics Ltd. and David Show, General Manager, Beijing Thorigin Analytical Instrument Co., Ltd. Shanghai, China, 6…
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