Shannon Chamber Seeks Member Feedback to New Shannon Town Park Proposals

Shannon Chamber Seeks Member Feedback to New Shannon Town Park Proposals

  The new Shannon Town Park is intended to be accessible and enjoyable by all members of the local community, including the business community. The proposals also need to be realistic in relation to the available budget and the character of the site. Shannon Chamber, on behalf of Clare County Council, would encourage all members…

Consolidating Competitive Environment for Member Companies a Key Priority for Shannon Chamber in 2017

A competitive operating environment where the ease of doing business is permanently evident is the unique selling point that Shannon Chamber is keen to project about the Shannon area in the coming year as the impact of Brexit manifests.    This was the message delivered by the Chamber CEO Helen Downes when reflecting on achievements…

Element Six announces 100 job expansion as part of €7million investment

Investment will see employment levels more than double to 550 since implementation of 2009 restructuring plan Investment welcomed by Ministers Mary Mitchell O’Connor and Pat Breen SHANNON, IRELAND FRIDAY, JANUARY 27th 2017: Element Six, a world leader in synthetic diamond super-materials and member of The De Beers Group of Companies, has today announced the creation…

Government investment in Research & Development amounted to €761m in 2016 – Minister Halligan

The Minister for Training & Skills, John Halligan TD, welcomed the latest figures on Government investment in research and development (R&D) published today by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.   These figures are provided by Ireland to the CSO/Eurostat under Commission Regulation (EC) No. 995/2012. Survey data in ‘The Research and Development Budget…

Increased Variety of Apprenticeships & Traineeships a welcome addition to the Irish education landscape

Shannon Chamber joins with Ian Talbot, Chief Executive of Chambers Ireland in welcoming today’s announcement by Minister for Education Richard Bruton TD and Minister of State for Training and Skills John Halligan TD that the Government is to increase and expand apprenticeship and traineeship places by 2020 and allocate an extra €20 million in funding for delivery this…

Shannon Group announces plans to develop new hangar

Shannon Group plc has today (Wednesday, 25 January) announced it has lodged a planning application with Clare County Council for a new aircraft hangar at Shannon Airport.   The proposed development will comprise a new steel framed wide-bodied aircraft paint hangar and internal ancillary office space, workshops, plant rooms and storage space within the airport…

Minister Ross announces €324 million for regional and local roads

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…

Shannon Region gets a €7.5 million slice of the Business & Events Tourism pie!

  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…

New Mid-West Lean Network Kicks off with a Visual Start

New Mid-West Lean Network Kicks off with a Visual Start

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…

EIB Investment is a Welcome Support but Greater Levels of Capital Investment a Priority

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…