Irish businesses invited to join National Climate Competition

Irish businesses invited to join National Climate Competition

Nationwide Competition is starting the search for the staff team that reduces its carbon footprint the most   Companies from all over Ireland are being invited to enter staff teams in a groundbreaking climate competition for businesses. Organised by the environmental NGO Global Action Plan, the nationwide Climate Competition / Comórtas na hAeráide will see…

Maintaining Lean Momentum theme of Shannon Chamber’s Mid-West Lean Network Conference

Maintaining Lean Momentum theme of Shannon Chamber’s Mid-West Lean Network Conference

Call issued for entries to novel ‘Street Event’ element of Conference     With an impressive track record of hosting 42 workshops, 4 conferences and facilitating 2 visits to Toyota’s Lean Manufacturing Centre in the UK since it set up the Mid-West Lean Network in 2016, Shannon Chamber is the envy of many regions in…

Shannon-based company wins at National Fintech Awards

Shannon-based company wins at National Fintech Awards

Photo caption – Members of the CalQRisk team being presented with their award CalQRisk, a Shannon-based provider of Governance, Risk & Compliance solutions has won the ‘Best Regtech Solution Award’ at the recent National Fintech Awards. The National Fintech Awards took place on September 14th at the Mansion House, Dublin. The awards were established to…

Clare Pride 2023  Stand Up, Stand Out, Stand Proud Uniting Communities in Celebration of Diversity

Clare Pride 2023 Stand Up, Stand Out, Stand Proud Uniting Communities in Celebration of Diversity

QuareClare, Clare’s LGBTQIA+ advocacy organisation, is delighted to announce Clare Pride 2023, a week-long celebration of unity, inclusivity, and love taking place from September 18th to September 24th, 2023, in the vibrant town of Ennis Co. Clare. This year’s theme, “Stand Up, Stand Out, Stand Proud,” emphasises the importance of coming together and celebrating our…

Uisce Éireann working to lift Boil Water Notice issued for customers supplied by O’Brien’s Bridge Public Water Supply

Uisce Éireann working to lift Boil Water Notice issued for customers supplied by O’Brien’s Bridge Public Water Supply

Friday, 8 September, 2023: Uisce Éireann, in partnership with Clare County Council, is progressing with works to lift the Boil Water Notice in place for customers supplied by O’Brien’s Bridge Public Water Supply.  The notice, issued on 25 August to protect public health, remains in place due to an issue with disinfection at the plant….

Employee engagement an essential consideration in talent retention

Employee engagement an essential consideration in talent retention

Pictured at Shannon Chamber HR Forum meeting (from left): Erin Hooban, Group HR manager, Enva and Forum chair; Sarah Fagan, managing director, Adare Human Resource Management; Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber; John Kennedy, head of HR organisational development, Iarnród Éireann; Amanda Finnegan, head of retained services, Adare Human Resource Management; and Maria Frost, vice president…

UISCE ÉIREANN REMINDS CLARE PUBLIC TO CONSERVE WATER

UISCE ÉIREANN REMINDS CLARE PUBLIC TO CONSERVE WATER

Uisce Éireann today renewed its appeal to the public to ‘Think Water Conservation’ as warm weather returns and demand increases. This comes as over half of Irish households (54%)* still admit to wasting water. As part of its annual campaign, Uisce Éireann is calling on households across the country to assess water usage habits and…

Probationary Periods and the Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions Regulations

It has been eight months since the have the commencement of the Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions and with that has come a requirement to approach the application and management of probation in a fully compliant way. Probationary periods were previously not subject to statute and were exclusively governed by the terms laid out in…

ESB and Shannon Foynes Port announce support for floating offshore wind research at UCC

ESB and Shannon Foynes Port announce support for floating offshore wind research at UCC

Pictured (left to right) at the launch on Thursday, 31st August at Lir, the National Ocean Test Facility, is Helen O’Keefe, ESB Planning & Strategy Manager, John Carlton, Engineering & Port Services Manager at Shannon Foynes Port Company, Ronan O’Flynn, ESB Programme Director for Green Atlantic @ Moneypoint, and Dr Jimmy Murphy, Funded Investigator in…

Free Community and Family Festival in Newmarket on Fergus on 2nd-3rd September

Free Community and Family Festival in Newmarket on Fergus on 2nd-3rd September

Clare County Council, through Shannon Municipal District, is delighted to announce the ‘19th Hole Community and Family Fun Festival’ which takes place in Newmarket on Fergus on 2nd and 3rd September, 2023. This festival is being hosted by the Council and in conjunction with the prestigious Women’s Irish Open 18-hole golf event in Dromoland Castle,…