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…
23 September 2016 Minister for Jobs urges young entrepreneurs to apply for Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) Previous young entrepreneur winners highlight the benefits of IBYE to Minister Mitchell O’Connor and urge young entrepreneurs to get involved Four previous IBYE winners met up with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’ Connor…
Joanna Lumley with Shannon Duty Free employee Jackie Connolly at Shannon Airport. Shannon Airport staff member Jackie Connolly had another dream day at the office this week as she got to meet one of her movie icons, the classy British actress Joanna Lumley, on Sunday. Lumley, an OBE, burst onto TV screens in…
Choice Hotel Group has announced that Sean and Elaine Lally are joining the partnership as co-owners and operators of The 4 star Hotel Woodstock on Shanaway Road in Ennis. Sean and Elaine are very familiar with Ennis as Sean has worked at The Old Ground Hotel in the early 90s as Deputy Manger when it…
Indigenous industries in the Shannon Region worried about their export prospects following the recent Brexit vote will have an opportunity to get expert advice on how to react next Thursday, Sept. 22 at a Shannon Chamber seminar. The fall-out from the Brexit vote will be addressed by Trevor Charsley of FX Risk Management…
Press Statement 15 September 2016 Chambers Ireland today (15/09/2016) welcomed the commitment to addressing skills needs and further education and training in the publication of the Department of Education and Skills (DES) Strategy Statement. Commenting on the Action Plan for Education, Ian Talbot, Chief Executive Chambers Ireland said, “We support the ambition of the Minister…
Shannon Chamber invites members and local businesses to complete a Chambers Ireland survey on the ‘Economic Outlook for 2017’. The survey is designed to assess the outlook and expectations of Irish business for 2017. This is part of the 24th edition of this annual assessment of the European business community’s expectations for the year ahead,…
The Shannon Group plc wants to develop a close partnership with key stakeholders in the Shannon Region and West of Ireland in order to create a real economic counter-balance to Dublin, according to the newly appointed Group Chief Executive, Matthew Thomas. Speaking at a Shannon Chamber luncheon, his first official public function since taking up…
Female entrepreneurs in the area are being urged to consider applying to participate in a special national funded programme aimed at early stage enterprises. The ACORNS (Accelerating the Creation of Rural Nascent Start-ups) programme is designed to unleash the potential of female entrepreneurs who have recently started a business or who have taken concrete steps…
High tech new system could halve security screening time at airports by combining EU and US into one check-point Monday 12 September 2016: A new checkpoint concept, which could halve the time spent in security by millions of passengers at airports around the world, is being trialled at Shannon Airport. Shannon is the first airport…
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