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…

Shannon Chamber Welcomes Government Support for Rural Communities

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’…

Ministers host All-Island dialogues on Brexit and implications for Transport and Tourism

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…

Shannon Group records positive growth in 2016

Shannon Group records positive growth in 2016

Wednesday 18th January 2017: Shannon Group’s role as a key driver of regional economic growth has been underlined by increases in 2016 passenger and visitor numbers to Shannon Airport and Shannon Heritage, respectively. In another positive 12 months for Shannon Group, passenger numbers at Shannon Airport increased for the fourth consecutive year with over 1.74…