Government prioritises teaching of foreign languages in context of Brexit Campaign to increase number of students taking foreign languages at Leaving Certificate The Minister for Education and Skills, Joe McHugh, T.D. today (Tuesday 20th November 2018) attended the #ThinkLanguages event for Transition Year (TY) students in Dublin Castle. The event has been organised by the…
Golf will be very much on the menu at Shannon Chamber’s 2018 President’s lunch when Irish professional golfer and former Ryder Cup Captain Paul McGinley flies into Shannon to give the keynote address. Fresh from his commentary role at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, this world-renowned golfer is set to enthral his audience…
Following yesterday’s approval of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement by the UK Cabinet as well as it’s subsequent publication, the European Commission’s Article 50 Taskforce, the negotiating team responsible for conducting the Brexit negotiations with the UK, has published a synopsis of the 600-page long Withdrawal Agreement text, summarising the key details of the text. You…
Airport looking for Government to establish a connectivity fund and for regional tourism targets to be set Shannon, Tuesday 13 November 2018: Shannon Group, which operates Shannon Airport, is calling on Government to support it in safeguarding EU connectivity for the Mid-West and Western regions in a post Brexit environment. Shannon Airport currently has UK…
The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Mr Shane Ross TD, has announced the signing of new regulations which will make it easier for returning emigrants and others to obtain an Irish driving licence. People taking up residence in Ireland, including returning emigrants, who have a driving licence from another EU jurisdiction, or from a…
Pictured at the Mid-West Lean Network conference (from left): Claude Costelloe, network chair and general manager, Zimmer Biomet Ireland; Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber; Jean Francois Michel, account director, Three Business, conference headline sponsor; and Adrian Furey, vice president, Global Reconstruction, Supply Chain, Zimmer Biomet. Photo: Eamon Ward. Virgin Media in Limerick, a…
Minister Harris pictured with (from left): Pat Quinlan, CEO, Milford Care Centre; Sr Mary Flanagan, Province Leader, Little Company of Mary; and Pat Gilmartin, Chairperson, Milford Care Centre Board. Pic: Don Moloney The Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD, officially opened the new in-patient specialist palliative care facility and the re-developed Nursing Home at…
Pictured at the signing in Shanghai (Top from left): Eoin O’Leary, Irish Ambassador for China; Heather Humphreys, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation and Julie Sinnamon, CEO of Enterprise Ireland. Bottom from left: Lee Choo, CEO Asia Pacific, Reagecon Diagnostics Ltd. and David Show, General Manager, Beijing Thorigin Analytical Instrument Co., Ltd. Shanghai, China, 6…
Over 2,000 seats for one of the most sought after Christmas events Tuesday 6th November 2018: Over 2,000 lucky children and their parents will get to meet Santa 15,000 ft above sea level as Shannon Airport launches its 2018 Santa Flights adventure today. Short of Christmas Eve itself, Santa’s busiest day in the run up…
Four companies have been shortlisted for the inaugural Mid-West Lean Network Continuous Improvement Award with the winner set to be announced on Wednesday, 7 November at the Network’s conference, which takes place in the Analog Devices Building at the University of Limerick. The companies: Castlecablin Ltd, Limerick; Microsemi Ireland, Ennis; Shared Services Centre DAA (formerly…
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