The Mid-West Lean Network Continuous Improvement Awards 2018 have been introduced to recognise the progress being made by companies in the Mid-West to embed Lean processes into their businesses and to encourage more companies to see the value and payback from becoming lean. The Awards are aimed at companies who are starting their lean journey….
Shannon based Atlantic Aviation Group (AAG) have recently announced that they are accepting submissions for their 2018 Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Apprenticeship programme. The 4-year paid apprenticeship includes practical on-the-job training at the company hangar as well as off-site theory-based learning in Shannon and at Dublin Institute of Technology. Speaking about the company history of training…
Mark O’Connell W2 Consulting and Matthew Thomas CEO Shannon Group. Photo: Sean Curtin True Media Shannon Group accelerating investment plans to implement NPF and drive balanced regional development Wednesday 25 April 2018: Shannon Group’s role as a major driver of economic growth in Ireland has been revealed in a new report that shows…
(l-r): Robert Grimes, area manager Mid-West region, ESB Networks; Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber and Virgil Porter, divisional manager, Mid-West region, ESB Networks, at the briefing in Shannon. Photograph by Eamon Ward “The prompt restoration of power after the storms that battered Ireland in the past few months will have made us appreciate…
Following a visit to Ireland and Shannon by the China Daily News, Shannon and Ireland received very favourable commentary in the resulting articles published, as outlined below. New air routes could lift tourist numbers http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201804/16/WS5ad46f4da3105cdcf65188cf.html A small town with a big global impact http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201804/16/WS5ad46b52a3105cdcf65188c6.html Minister predicts strong future for Chinese-Irish links http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201804/16/WS5ad4661ca3105cdcf65188b4.html Why aviation has Chinese companies flocking to Ireland http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201804/16/WS5ad46370a3105cdcf65188a9.html
Opening Remarks by Minister Ross at the Select Committee – Revised Estimates General opening Thank you for the opportunity to present the 2018 Estimate for the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport today. 2018 provides an overall gross allocation to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport of €2.03 billion. This is used to…
Mid-West Lean Network chairman Claude Costelloe, operations director Zimmer Biomet. Photograph by Eamon Ward The Shannon Chamber-driven Mid-West Lean Network (MWLN), which has been operational since late 2016, is drawing an increasing number of attendees to its monthly workshops which are held in Network members’ premises. Eighty people attended the most recent…
3,290 jobs created or maintained in the lifetime of the Credit Guarantee Scheme 12th April, 2018 Minister of State at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Mr. Pat Breen, T.D., today welcomed the latest Quarterly Report (Q4 of 2017) from the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) on its operation, on behalf of the…
Airport to meet with farmer representatives on Thursday Shannon Airport has pledged its support to farmers battling the current fodder crisis by offering to repeat its intervention of 2013 when it harvested silage from its 400 acre site. The Airport’s operations team will meet with farm representatives over the coming days to explore the need…
Engineers Ireland Annual Conference to take place in the Limerick Strand Hotel Over 200 delegates set to descend on Limerick for key national event Speaker line-up to include Lord Andrew Adonis, John Moran, Paschal Meehan and Mike Quinn Engineers from the four corners of Ireland are set to descend on the Limerick…
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