Delegation from Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce and Sichuan Airlines Logistics Co. Ltd. visit Shannon

  The delegation, led by Liu Wenwei, Coordination & Supervision Division Deputy Chief, Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce (centre) is pictured with Helen Downes, chief executive, and Dympna O’Callaghan, director of communications, Shannon Chamber. Photos by Eamon Ward.   A delegation from Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce and Sichuan Airlines Logistics Co. Ltd. visited Shannon…

Simon Coveney, TD, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment pictured with Eoin Gavin, president and Helen Downes, chief executive, Shannon Chamber. Photo by Eamon Ward. The Shannon region’s deep-rooted culture of industrial development and innovation over the last century, when coupled with the vision for the region set out in the Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce…

The CAE Park Aviation team, representing Shannon Chamber, runners up in the All-Ireland Chamber Golf Champions competition in the K Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare sponsored by The Noel Group (from left): Noel Lynch, Michael Sillery, Gavin McPhillips and Alan Brigdale.   Team member, Alan Brigdale, wins longest drive For the second year in a row,…

Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber pictured at the S4 Sustainability Conference in Westpark Shannon with conference speakers (seated from left): Jim Dollard, executive director, generation & trading, ESB, conference sponsor, and Julie Sinnamon, council member, The Climate Change Advisory Council. Back row (l-r): Damien Kilgannon, real estate director, Fine Grain Property (Ireland) Ltd; Lisa Vaughan,…

Pictured at the Shannon Chamber/Grant Thornton Budget 2024 breakfast briefing (from left): Damian Gleeson, partner in charge, Grant Thornton; Éanna McGarrigle, Tax Manager, Grant Thornton; Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber; Stephen Kinsella, Professor of Economics, University of Limerick; and Theresa O’Gorman, Director, Tax, Grant Thornton. Photo by Eamon Ward.   In the context of where…

Leo Clancy, CEO, Enterprise Ireland (3rd left), keynote speaker at a Shannon Chamber lunch in Dromoland Castle Hotel pictured with (from left): Colin McDonald, chief executive, Fine Grain Property (event sponsor); Helen Downes, CEO and Eoin Gavin, president, Shannon Chamber. Photograph by Eamon Ward   Companies without sustainability plans will be locked out of their…

Call issued for entries to novel ‘Street Event’ element of Conference     With an impressive track record of hosting 42 workshops, 4 conferences and facilitating 2 visits to Toyota’s Lean Manufacturing Centre in the UK since it set up the Mid-West Lean Network in 2016, Shannon Chamber is the envy of many regions in…

Pictured at Shannon Chamber HR Forum meeting (from left): Erin Hooban, Group HR manager, Enva and Forum chair; Sarah Fagan, managing director, Adare Human Resource Management; Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber; John Kennedy, head of HR organisational development, Iarnród Éireann; Amanda Finnegan, head of retained services, Adare Human Resource Management; and Maria Frost, vice president…

Shannon Chamber, a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Champion, today (Monday, 21 August 2023) announced that, in delivering on its mission of ensuring that the pioneering and innovative spirit of Shannon and the region will continue to thrive, it will host the first Sustainability Week for the region in September. The ‘Week’, which will take place…