“Budget 2017 is being drawn up at a time when the UK government is assessing its post-Brexit future and the impact exiting the EU will have on its attractiveness as an investment location. Given that FDI is a global competition and Ireland is competing with cities with populations in excess of our national total, in…
‘Parky’ to be added to airport’s ‘Wall of Fame’ Friday 30th September 2016: Shannon Airport is about to add another famous name to its ‘Wall of Fame’ after one of the world’s most famous TV chat show hosts, Sir Michael Parkinson, touched down ahead of an appearance tonight at the Lime Tree Theatre in Limerick. …
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross TD, and Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Patrick O’Donovan TD, today welcomed the latest official data on overseas travel from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), which showed an increase of 12.3% in overseas visits to Ireland for the first eight months of 2016 compared to…
Shannon Chamber is delighted to note that the National Competitiveness Council Bulletin issued today (28 September 2016) reports Ireland’s improved ranking in the WEF Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017. “The improvement in Ireland’s international competitiveness ranking by one place to 23rd, largely due to our improved macroeconomic environment and stable fiscal performance, is a welcome move….
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D., announced today that €500,000 is being made available by her Department to the IDA to support the Agency’s global communications in the wake of the UK/EU referendum result. The Minister indicated that the resources will be used to help the IDA undertake additional promotional…
World Routes Marketing Awards win recognises hard work and innovation at Shannon Shannon Airport’s global standing as a leading international airport in its class has been reinforced with its selection as winner of the World Routes Marketing Awards 2016 for airports under 4 million passengers. For the second time in three years the airport claimed…
Celebrating Irish-German business connections at the Shannon Chamber seminar (front l-r): John Bowe, Mazars Ireland; Ronan Harbison, German-Irish Chamber of Industry; Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber; Gerry Vahey, Mazars Ireland. Back (l-r): Michael Guinee, Ei Electronics, Kevin Thompstone, the Thompstone Group; Conor McCarthy, Padraig Nolan and Trevor Charsley, Afex Global Payments and Risk Management Solutions;…
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross T.D. was delighted to meet a high level Chinese aviation delegation in Dublin today. The Chinese delegation was led by Mr. Feng Zhenglin, the Administrator of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). Minister Ross met with the delegation this morning and discussed a number of aviation…
Helen Downes, chief executive, Shannon Chamber and re-elected to the Chambers Ireland Board pictured with Alan Shine, CEO, North Kildare Chamber (left) and John Hurley, CEO, Kilkenny Chamber, both newly elected members of Chambers Ireland Board. Highlighting the Shannon Region’s role as a key driver of balanced regional development nationally is one of…
Monday 26 September 2016: Shannon Airport is delighted to announce that Kuwait Airways is to extend its Kuwait to New York JFK transit service through Shannon into the 2017 and double frequencies in the interim. The service began operating three times weekly from the end of June for a planned four month period but the…
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