Zimmer Biomet Announces Winners of The 2022 Annual STEAM Scholarship Award in Ireland

Zimmer Biomet Announces Winners of The 2022 Annual STEAM Scholarship Award in Ireland

Pictured at the awards ceremony – Back row left to right: David Keane (Site Director, Zimmer Biomet, Ireland & UK); Christine Watson (Senior HR Business Partner, Zimmer Biomet); Cian O’Reilly (Sixmilebridge, Co Clare); Jack Holloway (Sixmilebridge, Co Clare); Mladen Vujnovic (Ennis, Co Clare), Albert Wojcik (Shannon, Co Clare); Maeve McMcLoughlin (Programme Manager, Zimmer Biomet) and…

Shannon Chamber Seeks Clarity on Decision to Transfer Border Custom Post Controls for agri-food and related products from Shannon to Dublin Airport

Shannon Chamber is seeking clarity from the Department of Agriculture on why agri-food and related products arriving from non-EU countries into Dublin Airport but destined for Shannon must now undergo Border Custom Post (BCP) Controls at Dublin Airport rather than at Shannon Airport as had been the practice for decades. This change, which came into…

Irish Water branching out its Biodiversity Action Plan in time for Christmas

Irish Water branching out its Biodiversity Action Plan in time for Christmas

Over 5,500 native trees to be planted at Drumcliffe Water Treatment Plant Tuesday, 6 December 2022: Many hands make light work was the theme of the day as 4th class students from Ennis National School gave Irish Water a dig out with planting native trees at Drumcliffe Water Treatment Plant.   Members of Irish Water’s South…

Shannon Chamber inputs to formulation of 10-Year Road Haulage Strategy

As a Chamber of Commerce representing over 320 companies in Shannon and the wider Mid-West region, Shannon Chamber is cognisant of the vital role the road haulage sector plays in growing the region’s economy. We welcome the fact that the Department of Transport is working towards developing a ten-year strategy for this sector, driven by…

Shannon Chamber members encouraged to apply for positions on State boards

Shannon Chamber members encouraged to apply for positions on State boards

Pictured at the State Boards event in Shannon Airport House (from left): Frank Hayes, Aisling Meehan, Helen Downes and Michelle Noone. Photo by Eamon Ward.   In a drive to increase access to, widen the pool of potential appointees, and enhance the calibre and quality of appointments to State Boards, the centralised provider of recruitment,…

Core Optimisation ranked Number 10 in the Deloitte 2022 Technology Fast 50 Awards

Core Optimisation ranked Number 10 in the Deloitte 2022 Technology Fast 50 Awards

Core attributes its growth to bespoke strategic approach to client’s ever changing needs Shannon, Co Clare, December 6th— Core Optimisation today announced that it ranked number 10 in the 2022 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Ireland. Rankings are based on average percentage revenue growth over…

Shannon Heritage celebrates 20 years of magical Christmas event at Bunratty Castle and Folk Park

Shannon Heritage celebrates 20 years of magical Christmas event at Bunratty Castle and Folk Park

Over 31,000 visitors expected over the Christmas period  50 additional local staff hired for the festive season    Monday 5th December 2022: Christmas has been unwrapped at Bunratty Castle and Folk Park as one of the region’s top festive experiences gets underway. The annual Christmas event is celebrating 20 years of operation, with over 31,000 people expected to visit…

Reducing food waste is one of the most effective actions we can take to combat climate change…Shannon Chamber seminar hears

  With eight to ten per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions coming from food waste and twenty-five per cent of food produced wasted, reducing food-related waste is one of the most effective actions we can take to combat climate change. This was the clear message that emanated from a recent Shannon Chamber seminar at…

The Art of Place: People and Landscape of County Clare… exclusive offer for Chamber members

The Art of Place: People and Landscape of County Clare… exclusive offer for Chamber members

Shannon Chamber had a close association with the production of a remarkable book entitled, the Art of Place: People and Landscape of County Clare, edited by Clare natives Peadar King and Anne Jones. The book has been described in an The Irish Times Review as featuring “31 thought-provoking pieces in an immaculate anthology…. all have thoughtfully…