With just two days to go before The Underwriting Exchange Limited “Jumping In The City” begins at Limerick Greyhound Stadium, Paddy Power Bookmakers have released ante-post prices on the feature Underwriting Exchange Grand Prix. Former world champion Dermott Lennon has been installed as favourite with Loughview Lou-Lou at 11/4, while Captain Michael Kelly (Drumillier…
The Shannon Venue continues to make steady progress in its endeavours to deliver a Community Civic & Arts Centre in the heart of the town, and has recently received planning permission to develop the project. The Venue Team are delighted to announce that one of the major employer’s in the Shannon Industrial Estate, Molex…
Acts from across Europe to delight huge crowds with sky acrobatics and dare-devil feats Family fun day to also include wide array of free activities on the ground Shannon Airport will deliver an air display extravaganza on July 18th to mark a key milestone in Irish aviation history – the 70th anniversary of the first…
The promoters of The Venue project for Shannon have been making good progress since the presentation to the Shannon Chamber CEO Forum hosted by Shannon Airport in November 2014. Following finalisation of designs, led by Limerick based Hugh Kelly Architects, and engagement with the planning authority (Clare County Council), planning permission was received at…
Horse Sport Ireland’s Sophie Dalton and Shannon Chamber chief executive Helen Downes join local rider Joan Greene in testing out the ground at Limerick Greyhound Stadium in advance of the Jumping in the City event which takes place on Friday, June 5. The start lists for the first leg of the Underwriting Exchange Limited…
Kevin Thompstone, president, Shannon Chamber with Suzanne Boda, senior vice president, American Airlines and Niall Gibbons, chief executive, Tourism Ireland. Photo: Eamon Ward. In a week dominated by aviation-related headlines, Shannon Chamber hosted a luncheon seminar today (Thursday, 28 May 2015) where two key players in the tourism and travel sectors. Niall Gibbons, chief executive…
National Competition to find Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur launched by An Taoiseach and Minister Bruton 2015 competition to target in particular young Irish people overseas The Taoiseach and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation today launched the nationwide search to find Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE), with a total investment fund of €2million available…
In a statement issued today (Wednesday, 27 May 2015), the presidents of Ennis, Galway, Limerick and Shannon while welcoming the government’s decision to support IAG’s offer for Aer Lingus stated that a diminution in air connectivity to key European and transatlantic hubs, not ownership, was always the critical issue for the Chambers, which collectively have…
Seventy per cent of change management initiatives fail to achieve their targeted benefits with people the single largest contributing factor to change failure. This startling fact was imparted by Catherine Smith McKiernan, CSM Consulting when addressing HR practitioners at a Shannon Chamber HR Forum in Shannon last week. Addressing the forum McKiernan added: “Ireland’s economic…
A straw poll by Shannon Chamber among its member companies has pointed to a huge welcome for the additional capacity on the Shannon Heathrow route announced by Aer Lingus last week. “With Heathrow now one of the busiest routes in terms of passenger volumes for Shannon, the 180 extra seats being added every day,…
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