The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Mr Shane Ross TD, has announced the signing of new regulations which will make it easier for returning emigrants and others to obtain an Irish driving licence. People taking up residence in Ireland, including returning emigrants, who have a driving licence from another EU jurisdiction, or from a…
Tuesday, 13 November 2018: The awards keep coming for Shannon Group companies – fresh after Shannon Airport claimed the Airport of the Year Award from the European Regions Airline Association, its sister company Shannon Commercial Properties has landed major recognition itself. The company claimed the Regional Excellence Award at the Property Industry Excellence Awards announced…
Chambers Ireland will be preparing a submission in relation to Revenue’s proposals to modernise the PAYE system, as announced by Minister Noonan in his Budget statement. The consultation paper is available here and calls for the views of employers, employees, payroll providers, tax practitioners, bookkeepers etc on PAYE modernisation. At its core, PAYE Modernisation means…
Reformed workplace dispute resolution bodies of the state now under one roof – Dublin, 21st of November 2016: Minister of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Mary Mitchell-O’Connor T.D., today (Monday), officially opened the new offices of the WRC and Labour Court. Today the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation officially opened the new Headquarters of the…
Congratulations to Billy Murphy, General Manager, European Operations, Maidenform Brands International Shannon, and his team on their recent celebration of thirty years operating from Shannon. Maidenform International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Maidenform Inc., founded in the USA in the 1920s by the Rosenthal family, was established at Shannon in late 1985, opening its Distribution…
Helen Downes, chief executive, Shannon Chamber pictured at the personal branding event in GECAS Shannon with (from left: Denise Mangan-Fahy, GECAS; Anne Sheehan, enterprise director, Vodafone Ireland; and Gillian Horan, the Pudding Brand Company. Photo: Eamon Ward. With so many communication channels now available to individuals, particularly at an online level, developing a personal…
Shannon Chamber announced today that Julie Dickerson, managing director of Shannon Engine Support (SES) is to join its Board of Directors. Welcoming Ms Dickerson to the board, chief executive Helen Downes said that her appointment brings a wealth of management experience in the aviation sector to an existing strong Chamber board. “Her appointment will add…
The annual LEAN event at Zimmer has grown to become one of the most sought-after events in Shannon Chamber’s annual calendar and this year is no exception. With attendance capped at 70, and bookings filling up fast for the forthcoming half-day seminar, which takes place in the Zimmer facility in Shannon on Tuesday, 25 November,…
With Ireland’s international tax regime and multinational companies’ tax liabilities very much under scrutiny, and the coming years set to be a period of uncertainty and change across the world, Shannon Chamber has invited its corporate sponsor Grant Thornton to put the entire debate in context at a breakfast seminar on Thursday, 20 November in…
“The Celtic Tiger economy ground to a halt because of its dependence on credit-financed domestic consumption and residential property development but it is now clearly understood that the key to sustainable economic growth is the development of enterprise, exports and innovation,” said Shannon Chamber president Kevin Thompstone addressing an audience of business executives in Dromoland…
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