Changes to hearings at the Workplace Relations Commission

Shannon Chamber HR is a dedicated HR and Employment Law Support Service for members of Shannon Chamber provided in partnership with Adare Human Resource Management, experts in Employment Law, Industrial Relations, Human Resources and Health & Safety at preferential rates. What has been described as a “landmark ruling” by the Supreme Court earlier in the month…

Shannon Technical Services announces 80 additional jobs

Pictured L- R: Don Salmon, COO at Shannon Technical Services; Catherine Hogan, Senior Regional Development Executive at Enterprise Ireland; Philip Bartlett, Head of CAMO at STS; Louise Tully, CFO at STS; Gary Dillon, CCO at STS; Ben Whelan, CEO at STS; Lucia Hyde, CPO at STS.   22 April 2021: Shannon Technical Services, an Irish-owned aviation company based in…

Shannon Chamber helping Shannon’s second-level students to plan their personal strategies

Shannon Chamber is helping students and their parents, and teachers in St Caimin’s and St Patrick’s Comprehensive School in Shannon to plan their personal strategies by offering them the opportunity to attend a ‘Kickstart Your Personal Strategy’ webinar, free of charge. The inspiration for this offer was the hosting of a similar webinar for chamber…

Bunratty Folk Park to Reopen to the Public

Tuesday 20th April 2021:  Shannon Group has announced the reopening of Bunratty Folk Park in Co. Clare from Friday 30th April. The announcement follows the lifting of Government restrictions for outdoor heritage sites. The Folk Park will open four days a week initially for residents of Co. Clare and Limerick people living within 20 kilometres of…

Ministers Harris and Collins launch five-year Action Plan for Apprenticeship

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD and Minister of State for Skills and Further Education, Niall Collins TD, have today (Monday) launched the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025. The Action Plan sets out a five year strategy to deliver on the programme for Government commitment of reaching 10,000…

Invitation to Participate in Public Consultation on the right to request remote work

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is conducting a public consultation on the introduction of a statutory right to request remote work. This consultation will inform new legislation for the right to request remote work, which is a key action under the National Remote Working Strategy, launched in January 2021. The objective of the…

Minimum notice – employer & employee obligations

Shannon Chamber HR is a dedicated HR and Employment Law Support Service for members of Shannon Chamber provided in partnership with Adare Human Resource Management, experts in Employment Law, Industrial Relations, Human Resources and Health & Safety at preferential rates. Most employers and employees are familiar with the term “giving notice” but what are the obligations…

The ESB-Equinor joint venture announcement confirms that offshore wind speed on the western seaboard puts Ireland at the centre of Europe rather than at the periphery… Atlantic Economic Corridor Business Forum states

Plans by the ESB-Equinor partnership to develop an offshore wind farm off the west coast of Clare and Kerry are most welcome and replicate the innovative approach taken in the 1920s to tap into the hydro power at Ardnacrusha to create the energy for a new and emerging Ireland, and the development of Moneypoint in…

One year on, Shannon’s First Virtual Foreign Direct Investment sign-up, exida, is making strides in the European market

Browsing through exida’s corporate profile, it is easy to see why this company has become one of the world’s leading product certification and knowledge companies, specialising in automation system safety, alarm management and cybersecurity. It has such interesting origins. Founded in 2000 by Bill Goble and Rainer Faller as a result of an existing link…

Shannon Foynes Port Company says ESB-Equinor Moneypoint announcement will trigger era of unprecedented opportunity and growth

Friday, April 9th 2021:  Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC) has today welcomed the ESB-Equinor joint-venture for Ireland’s largest land or sea based wind-farm and an associated hydrogen plant at Moneypoint as the start of an unprecedented and transformative opportunity for the region and nation. Responding to today’s announcement of the multi-billion investment, SFPC Chief Executive…