Historically Human Resource Management (HR) within a Company has been viewed as the department that looks after all aspects of an Employees career from hiring to termination and everything in between. For any Employer, it is an essential practice to maintain Human Resource records for all Employees to ensure compliance with employment legislation and to…
Shannon Chamber CEO Helen Downes (centre) pictured at the sustainability seminar with (from left): Conor Quin, Heraeus; Annie Duffy, Climeaction; Peter Murphy, Ei Electronics: Douglas Joy and Conal O’Brien, Heraeus; Elaine O’Connell, Analog Devices; Paul Murphy, Climeaction; and Barry Gavin, chair, Shannon Chamber Sustainability Forum. Photo by Eamon Ward The stark reality of working…
Public urged to continue to consider the environment and alternatives to pesticides when gardening, farming and maintaining sports grounds Monday, 8 May 2023 – There were no exceedances for pesticides in the public drinking water supplies in Co Clare in 2022, Uisce Éireann has confirmed. However, the utility is urging domestic gardeners, farmers, grounds keepers…
Free online training webinars with Autism Consultant, Dr Susan Crawford, will take place in May as part of the ‘Clare Autism Aware’ programme. In October 2021, the Minister of State with Responsibility for Disability, Anne Rabbitte TD, announced a new annual Disability Participation and Awareness Fund to support the participation of people with disabilities in local activities,…
The Department of Education can confirm that as of end April, 15,458 Ukrainian pupils had been enrolled in schools across Ireland. Out of that figure, 9,987 of these pupils had been accommodated in primary schools while 5,471 pupils had enrolled in post-primary schools. Current data indicates an enrolment rate of 89% among Ukrainian children…
Welcome to Adare Human Resource Management’s May 2023 edition of their monthly HR and Employment Law Newsletter. Please click the following link which will take you through to the newsletter: https://www.adarehrm.ie/newsletter/may-2023
Pictured at the sustainability event in Ei Electronics’ Centre of Excellence in Shannon (seated l-r): Helen Downes, chief executive, Shannon Chamber, Ali Donnellan, 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 When launching its strategic plan 2023…
Ireland needs a Taoiseach-chaired cabinet sub-committee and a dedicated delivery agency with assets and resources to drive a mission-led industrial strategy for offshore renewable energy (ORE). That’s the view of Shannon Chamber expressed in its submission to the public consultation process on the draft Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan (OREDP 11). The submission was made…
Shannon Chamber welcomes the announcement that the elected members of Clare County Council have sanctioned their approval for the transfer of Shannon Heritage visitor attractions in Co. Clare to the local authority. Congratulating all parties involved in finalising the transfer agreement, Chamber CEO Helen Downes said: “Shannon Chamber has continuously lobbied Government to enable…
Mr Chen Jinshan, member of the Standing Committee of CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and director of Lin-gang Special Area Administration (centre) pictured with members of the delegation, Shannon Chamber president Eoin Gavin, CEO Helen Downes and director Kevin Thompstone, and Shannon Chamber member companies, FMCI, Tekelek and AGC Instruments during his visit to Shannon…
Membership means belonging, feeling welcome and having a place in a group with a common purpose
Sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date with what’s going on with shannon chamber and its members.