Shannon Group has divided a handsome €72,000 cheque between two local charities after staff took to the bicycle, ran on roads and the airport runway, sold raffle tickets and even baked cakes for their fund-raising programme in 2017.
The Clare Garda Divisional Awards can be hugely formative for the lives of recipients, Shannon Group Chairman Rose Hynes said at last weekend’s third annual event.
In the twenty-one years since it first opened its doors, Shannon Chamber has become an intrinsic part of the business community in the greater Shannon area and has expanded both its membership base and its staff complement.
Short of Christmas Eve itself, Santa’s busiest day in the run up to December 25th is set again for Shannon Airport as the big man jets in for his fifth successive annual Santa Flights on December 2nd and 3rd.