Shannon Chamber Secures Funding from Skillnet Ireland to Deliver a Suite of Training Webinars to Help Companies in all aspects of re-opening their Businesses

Shannon Chamber is delighted to announce that it has been allocated funding by Skillnet Ireland, under its ReBound programme, to deliver a suite of training webinars to assist companies in the manufacturing and aviation sectors with all aspects of re-opening their businesses. The ReBound programme was introduced to enable small and medium-sized companies and managers…

  The three-legged stool of management used to be forecast, plan and execute; however, these days, the very best forecasters don’t think they can see accurately more than 400 days out and for most people, the horizon is just 150 days. That’s the view of world-renowned TED presenter, author and academic, Dr Margaret Heffernan who…

The board of Shannon Chamber welcomes the recent announcement that its ex officio president and current board director Mary Considine, CEO of Shannon Group plc has been appointed to the recently established Aviaiton Taskforce.   “Aviation is such a critical sector for this region’s economy, not only at an airport level but for the entire aviation…

Shannon Chamber has linked up with one of Ireland’s leading human resource and employment law providers, Adare Human Resource Management, to offer members complimentary access to an online hub where all relevant information required by the human resources function in a company is contained to support organisations during COVID-19. The HR COVID-19 Hub has been…

Irelands’ largest consignment of PPE in a single flight lands at Shannon Wednesday 10th June 2020:  The world’s largest aircraft, the Antonov AN-225 touched down at Shannon Airport today from China carrying the single largest consignment of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to be flown into Ireland on a single flight. The Antonov AN-225 contained almost…

The team at the training department at Ennis-based TTM Healthcare has developed an online ‘Covid-19 Officer’ course for the return to workplace that will be of  interest and benefit members as they prepare to re-open on June 8th.   For details please follow this link for full details. https://www.ttmtraining.com/product/covid-19-compliance-officer-general-workplace/  https://www.ttmtraining.com/product/infection-prevention-control-2/

“The recent announcement that Bunratty Castle & Folk Park and King John’s Castle will temporarily close at the end of the summer season until 2021 was a difficult decision for Shannon Group,” said  Shannon Chamber CEO Helen Downes, reacting to the news. “COVID-19 has forced businesses throughout Ireland to make so many difficult decisions in…

Shannon Group Chairman calls for the lifting of  the 14-day Quarantine and the recommendation against non-essential travel   The CEO of Shannon Group Mary Considine has described the first meeting with members of the newly formed all-party Shannon Airport Oireachtas Group today as “positive”. “With Shannon Airport passenger traffic expected to be down circa 70%…

Irish Water has confirmed that a National Water Conservation Order commonly referred to as a hosepipe ban will be in place from Tuesday 9 June until Tuesday 21 July. Four weeks ago, Irish Water urged the public to choose handwashing over power washing as domestic water usage increased as people stayed at home in response…