Modular Automation, a leading supplier of automation solutions for Medical Device and Technology multinationals opened a €3m expansion at its Shannon, Co Clare headquarters on Monday.

The establishment of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in 2015 heralded the single largest change to the industrial relations state machinery in decades resulting in HR practitioners being continually challenged to keep up to date with employment law developments and the impact of new legislation on their businesses.

The latest search to find Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) is getting underway in County Clare this week, through Local Enterprise Office Clare.

The financial worth of a stay-at-home parent is undervalued at €20,000 - €30,000

Workers at Shannon based Element Six have voted in favour of taking industrial action over work practices.

In their first year of operation the Skillnet network, Shannon Chamber have received national funding to continue the programme until the end of 2016.

A new collaboration is to provide start-up businesses and small enterprises with access to world class research.

Workers are to be given the option to work beyond retirement age are to implemented by the Government based on the recommendations of an inter-departmental group.