Minister Harris launches new support and a one-stop shop for people seeking to upskill or retrain

Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris TD has today launched a new online portal for people seeking to upskill or retrain. The online portal – www.gov.ie/therightcourse – is a one stop shop for businesses, employees or unemployed persons and outlines the third level options available to them. This can be a short part-time…

CONFIRM Research Centre Launches New World-Class Digital Manufacturing Facility in Smart Manufacturing

Photo (L to R) attached: (Dr Eoin O’Connell, Funded Investigator, Confirm Centre | Professor Kerstin Mey, President, University of Limerick |Professor Conor McCarthy, Director of Confirm) 11th of December, 2020 Confirm, the world-leading Science Foundation Ireland research centre in Smart Manufacturing hosted by University of Limerick, has today launched a new headquarters, a bespoke 1,619 m2 Digital Manufacturing…

€2 Million Laya Health & Wellbeing Clinic Opens Its Doors In Limerick

12 JANUARY 2021: The new €2 million state-of-the-art Laya Health & Wellbeing Clinic at the former Ivan’s Bakery in Caherdavin has opened its doors. The 7,416 sq ft facility has created over 20 jobs and is the third Laya Health & Wellbeing Clinic to open nationally. With recent laya healthcare research revealing that one in five are delaying getting…

Managing childcare during lockdown

Employers’ responsibilities when it comes to childcare during lockdown Shannon Chamber HR is a dedicated HR and Employment Law Support Service for members of Shannon Chamber provided in partnership with Adare Human Resource Management, experts in Employment Law, Industrial Relations, Human Resources and Health & Safety at preferential rates. As we start the new year in…

Laya Healthcare Announces Partnership with Munster Rugby

Laya healthcare has increased its support of rugby throughout Ireland as it announces a new three-year partnership with Munster Rugby today. Building on its existing partnership with Leinster Rugby, laya healthcare has also joined forces with Connacht Rugby and is now the Official Health & Wellbeing Partner of the three provinces. Laya healthcare plans to…

Shannon Airport gets early Christmas present from Ryanair

Ryanair to reopen its Shannon base and operate 14 routes from Shannon for summer ‘21   Tuesday 22nd December 2020: Shannon Group has today welcomed the announcement by Ryanair that it will re-open its Shannon base with one based aircraft and recommence 14 routes from April ’21. Welcoming the announcement Mary Considine, CEO, Shannon Group…

Frosch Ireland Announces Partnership with Rocdoc for Covid Testing

Leading global travel management company Frosch Ireland has partnered with Irish healthcare company Rocdoc, to offer expedited COVID-19 testing.  Covid-19 testing facilities operated by RocDoc are now fully operational at Cork, Dublin, Shannon and Ireland West airports.   Frosch’s clients will now have access to several Covid-19 PCR tests with turnaround time for results between 24-48…

Key HR considerations for 2021: Rewarding and Recognising employees in a time of change

Shannon Chamber HR is a dedicated HR and Employment Law Support Service for members of Shannon Chamber provided in partnership with Adare Human Resource Management, experts in Employment Law, Industrial Relations, Human Resources and Health & Safety at preferential rates. In his last article, Derek McKay, Managing Director of Adare Human Resource Management wrote about Employee…

Key HR considerations for 2021: Maintaining employee engagement during Covid-19

Shannon Chamber HR is a dedicated HR and Employment Law Support Service for members of Shannon Chamber provided in partnership with Adare Human Resource Management, experts in Employment Law, Industrial Relations, Human Resources and Health & Safety at preferential rates. For organisations across the country, mid-March was the last time since many employees have been in…