Despite having to postpone its annual Golf Classic until the autumn rather than hold it on its normal mid-summer date, Shannon Chamber welcomed 38 teams, involving 152 players, to the fairways of Shannon Golf Club and despite the recently heavy downpours, the skies remained blue for most of the day.

Following a recent board meeting and discussion with Shannon Group plc., Shannon Chamber has sought a meeting with Minister Catherine Martin to assess what can be done to keep Shannon Heritage visitor sites open year round.

Shannon Airport is set to receive over €6 million in emergency funding in a welcome boost as it prepares to reopen on a full-time basis on July 1st.

Shannon Chamber has confirmed 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.

Since its establishment in the early 1960s, the Shannon Free Zone has gained global recognition for being instrumental in delivering many innovations, from the world’s first duty free zone, the birthplace of aviation leasing, and the spawning of a dynamic sub-supply base to respond to the needs of Ireland’s first influx of foreign direct investment.

Having committed to address Shannon Chamber members at a luncheon sponsored by Fine Grain Property in Dromoland Castle Hotel, in pre-COVID-19 times, Enterprise Ireland’s CEO Julie Sinnamon is skipping lunch but honouring this commitment to Shannon Chamber by partaking in a Webinar on Wednesday, 3 June for a live interview with Chamber CEO Helen Downes.

Shannon Free Zone based Gentian Services will be involved in one of the 16 ground-breaking projects that have been successfully awarded funding under the second round of the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) administered by Enterprise Ireland.

Shannon Business Watch, first introduced in 2015, has been relaunched by Shannon Chamber in conjunction with An Garda Siochána.

Shannon Group, in conjunction with Shannon Chamber, has raised more than €8,000 from an inaugural 5K event through the Shannon Free Zone last Thursday for this year’s Shannon Group designated charities, the Irish Cancer Society and Limerick Suicide Watch