Whopping weekend for Shannon Airport as sizzling summer schedule for 2023 launches

Whopping weekend for Shannon Airport as sizzling summer schedule for 2023 launches

Monday 27th March 2023: Shannon Airport’s sizzling summer schedule to 33 destinations has officially launched as five new services took-off in just 24 hours.   Over the weekend, the very first Ryanair flights to Naples, Porto, Béziers, Newcastle and Liverpool took to the skies, as part of Shannon’s summer schedule which offers 33 services to…

Wide range of supports available for companies seeking to attain energy efficiency

Wide range of supports available for companies seeking to attain energy efficiency

Pictured at the event in Ei Electronics’ Centre of Excellence in Shannon (seated l-r): Helen Downes, chief executive, Shannon Chamber, Ali Doherty, SEAI, and Sharon Malone, the Falls Hotel. Back row (l-r): Robert McCarthy, SEAI, David Keating, Ei Electronics and Steve Gorvel, Element Six. Photograph by Eamon Ward   Chamber member companies demonstrate steps being…

Is Racism Rife in Irish Workplaces? What is your Business doing to combat discrimination?

Is Racism Rife in Irish Workplaces? What is your Business doing to combat discrimination?

The UN established the 21st of March 2022 as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and now in its second year it is a timely reminder for Irish Employers to consider the application of their Dignity at Work and anti-harassment policies as well as promoting equal opportunities in the workplace. Further steps…

Minister Foley announces details of a new scheme to eliminate the cost of schoolbooks in primary schools and special schools

Minister Foley announces details of a new scheme to eliminate the cost of schoolbooks in primary schools and special schools

Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has today (Wednesday 22 March 2023) announced details of a groundbreaking new scheme which provides free schoolbooks in primary schools and special schools.  More than 558,000 pupils enrolled in approximately 3,230 primary schools, including over 130 special schools, will benefit from the new scheme.   This initiative will provide not…

Minister Coveney welcomes appointment of new CEO of IDA Ireland, Michael Lohan

Minister Coveney welcomes appointment of new CEO of IDA Ireland, Michael Lohan

Tuesday, 21 March 2023   The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney T.D. today welcomed the appointment of Michael Lohan as CEO of IDA Ireland. The appointment was announced by the Board of IDA Ireland.   Speaking today, Minister Coveney said:   “I congratulate Michael on his appointment as CEO of IDA Ireland….

Shannon Chamber welcomes positive response to stakeholder inputs during public consultation on N19 Shannon Airport Access Road

Shannon Chamber chief executive Helen Downes has described the public consultation phase of the N19 Shannon Airport Access Road Improvement Scheme, which has led to the delivery of a revised design for this critical stretch of road in Shannon, as a good example of how infrastructural projects impacting communities should be undertaken. Ms Downes welcomed…

30,000 passengers expected through Shannon Airport over the St. Patrick’s Day period, up by 24 per cent on 2022

30,000 passengers expected through Shannon Airport over the St. Patrick’s Day period, up by 24 per cent on 2022

Friday 10th March 2023:  Shannon Airport is expecting a boost to its passenger traffic this St. Patrick’s Day period as 30,000 people are expected to travel through the airport, a 24 per cent increase on last year’s figure (21,000 passengers).   CEO of the Shannon Airport Group Mary Considine said, “Our passenger forecast over the St. Patrick’s period…

First of its kind event for Women In Aviation – Mid West Region Networking Event

First of its kind event for Women In Aviation – Mid West Region Networking Event

The inaugural event will take be sponsored by Shannon Airport Group place to mark International Women’s Day. The event will be held at the Shannon Aviation Museum Links Road Smithtown from 4pm to 6pm on Wednesday 8th March 2023. Women In Aviation – Mid West Region is an all-inclusive space for women across the aviation…

Ministers Harris and Foley announce more than €6 million for 40 projects to inspire public engagement with STEM

Ministers Harris and Foley announce more than €6 million for 40 projects to inspire public engagement with STEM

6th March, 2023 Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD and Minister for Education Norma Foley TD have today announced an investment of more than €6 million in 40 projects to empower diversity and inclusion in STEM.  SFI Discover Programme awardees will be encouraged to use the funding to…