All Stakeholders Must Take Responsibility for Delivery of Government’s National Planning Framework & National Development Plan…Shannon Chamber

All Stakeholders Must Take Responsibility for Delivery of Government’s National Planning Framework & National Development Plan…Shannon Chamber

Eoghan Murphy TD, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government pictured at the Shannon Chamber lunch in Dromoland with Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber (left) and Mary Considine, president, Shannon Chamber. Photograph by Eamon Ward.   The gains to be attained from the delivery of the National Planning Framework (NPF) and the National Development Plan…

Impact of National Planning Framework (NPF) and National Development Plan (NDP) on Mid-West Region for discussion at Shannon Chamber Lunch

As a contributor to the Government’s National Planning Framework (NPF) and the Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies (RSES) in its own right and as a member of the Atlantic Economic Corridor (AEC), Shannon Chamber is looking forward to an address by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Eoghan Murphy TD at its summer…

It’s Midsummer Fairways for Shannon Chamber Members

It’s Midsummer Fairways for Shannon Chamber Members

Pictured at the launch of Shannon Chamber’s 2018 Golf Classic (from left): Louise O’Hara, Park Inn by Radisson Shannon Airport; Helen Downes, CEO Shannon Chamber; John Sinnott, Ei Electronics; Damian Flaherty, Irish Life Health; Patricia Enright, lady captain, Shannon Golf Club; Niall Harris, Morgan McKinley, main sponsor; Jim O’Grady, captain and Pat McCarthy, president, Shannon…

Minister for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Pat Breen T.D. welcomes agreement on proposal for Mutual Recognition of Goods within EU Single Market

Proposal will reduce administrative burden on Irish companies seeking to expand into EU markets     Dublin, Ireland, May 28th Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection, Pat Breen TD was in Brussels today to attend a meeting of EU Single Market and Industry Ministers to discuss a…

Heather Humphreys and EU Trade Ministers discuss EU Trade in Brussels

  Topics of discussion include Trade Relations with the US Ministers approve Trade Agreements with Japan and Singapore Ministers agree to the commencement of Trade Agreement negotiations with Australia and with New Zealand    Brussels, Belgium, May 22nd Ms. Heather Humphreys, T.D., Minister for Business Enterprise and Innovation today (Tuesday 22nd May) took part in…

Skillnet Ireland; Without Upskilling, Businesses in Ireland Could Lose Competitive Advantage

Skillnet Ireland; Without Upskilling, Businesses in Ireland Could Lose Competitive Advantage

Speaker panel at the Skillnet ‘Up-Skilling the Mid-West’ seminar in Dromoland Castle Hotel (from left): Stephen Linnane, Element Six; David Ward, Lufthansa Technik Shannon; Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber; Brendan McGinty, chairman and Paul Healy, chief executive, Skillnet Ireland; Cillian Griffey, Shannon Chamber Skillnet; Paul Girr, Jaguar Land Rover; Noel Gavin, Northern Trust; Tracey Donnery…

Value of Ergonomics in Continuous Improvement Demonstrated at Mid-West Lean Network Workshop in Essilor

Value of Ergonomics in Continuous Improvement Demonstrated at Mid-West Lean Network Workshop in Essilor

Claude Costelloe, chairman, Mid-West Lean Network (centre), Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber and Adrian Gleeson, general manager, Essilor with event attendees and Essilor staff.   The Shannon Chamber-driven Mid-West Lean Network, which has been operational since late 2016 is drawing an increasing number of attendees to its monthly workshops, which are held in Network members’…

Skills Needs of Region and Business for Discussion at Upcoming Skillnet Seminar

Skills Needs of Region and Business for Discussion at Upcoming Skillnet Seminar

  Pictured at the launch of ‘Up-Skilling the Mid-West’ (l-r):  Gerard Murray, network manager, Next Level Skillnet; Sue Davies, technical coordinator, Next Level Skillnet; Joe Leddin, manager, Mid-West Regional Skills Forum manager; Pauline O’Flanagan, network manager, Irish Medtech Skillnet and; Cillian Griffey, network manager, Shannon Chamber Skillnet. Photo: Eamon Ward. Eight Skillnet training networks together…

Minister Humphreys welcomes further fall in unemployment rate

Monthly unemployment rate now 5.9%   The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD today (Tuesday) welcomed the Monthly Unemployment figures for April published by the Central Statistics Office, showing that the official unemployment rate has fallen from 6% in March to 5.9% in April and from 6.8 % in April 2017.  …

Bob Schumacher, Managing Director UK and Ireland, United Airlines in Conversation with Shannon Chamber

Bob Schumacher, Managing Director UK and Ireland, United Airlines in Conversation with Shannon Chamber

United Airlines Managing Director for the UK and Ireland, Bob Schumacher (far right) pictured with (from left): Brian Hughes, corporate sales manager Ireland and Martina Coogan, country sales manager Ireland and Northern Ireland, United Airlines and Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber. Photograph by Eamon Ward   During his recent visit to Shannon,  Bob Schumacher, Managing…