Allocation will allow approx. 1980kms of road to be maintained (surface dressed) and 2035kms to be strengthened Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross TD, today announced details of the €324 million investment programme for 2017 for regional and local roads. Speaking this afternoon, Minister Ross said: “I am announcing the 2017 grant…
At this years annual business report meeting, The Shannon Region Conference & Sports Bureau announced that in 2016 it supported business and sports events worth in excess of €7,000,000 to the economy of the region, a substantial slice of the national Business & Events Tourism pie. The Shannon Region moves confidently into 2017 with…
Pictured at the Mid-West Lean Network workshop in Zimmer Biomet Shannon (from left); Gene Leonard, LBS Partners, Gerard Grace, Zimmer Biomet, Neil Enright, Molex and network chairman, Claude Costello, Zimmer Biomet and Helen Downes, Shannon Chamber. Photo: Eamon Ward. The newly established Mid-West Lean Network, the brainchild of Shannon Chamber and now led by…
The European Investment Bank (EIB) today (24 January 2017) confirmed investment of €825 million in Ireland in 2016. Commenting on the announcement, Ian Talbot, Chief Executive Chambers Ireland said, “We welcome the significant level of investment in Ireland in 2016 and the ongoing support the EIB provides for crucial long-term infrastructure projects across the…
Shannon Chamber in tandem with Chambers Ireland welcomes the Action Plan for Rural Development launched today (23 January 2017) by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Heather Humphreys TD. Chambers Ireland chief executive Ian Talbot, commenting on the Action Plan said: “The ‘Realising our Rural Potential’…
The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross T.D. and Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Patrick O’Donovan TD, hosted All-Island Sectoral Dialogues today Monday 23 January 2017 in the Crowne Plaza, Dundalk. The morning dialogue was themed “Transport and Logistics” and in the afternoon, Minister of State O’Donovan joined Minister Ross…
With both Munster and Leinster guaranteed a place in the Champions Cup quarter finals, leaving only the venue to be decided in the final pool games, two former players will step onto European soil at the end of the month to battle it out on golf courses in the Algarve, in a bid to be named…
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross TD, announced today that his Department is allocating €2.77 million in funding support for the four regional airports in Donegal, Ireland West Airport Knock, Kerry and Waterford. Minister Ross said: “These grant allocations are being made under the Regional Airports Programme 2015-2019, which supports these airports with…
Chairperson appointed to lead drive to promote Ireland’s design and craft capability in international markets. Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, T.D., has announced the appointment of Breege O’Donoghue as the new Chair of the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCoI). Breege O’Donoghue is currently a non-executive director of C&C…
Chambers Ireland today (21 December 2016) welcomed the decision by ABP to grant approval for the North South Interconnector. This Interconnector is an essential piece of infrastructure that Ireland needs to sustain our economic growth. Ian Talbot, Chief Executive Chambers Ireland said, “The reliance on a single interconnection between North and South that is…
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