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Shannon & China links have potential for further growth

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*Mr Chen Jinshan, member of the Standing Committee of CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and director of Lin-gang Special Area Administration (centre) pictured with members of the delegation, Shannon Chamber president Eoin Gavin, CEO Helen Downes and director Kevin Thompstone, and Shannon Chamber member companies, FMCI, Tekelek and AGC Instruments during his visit to Shannon Chamber. …

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Building Shannon’s reputation as forceful business hub a key focus of Chamber’s first strategy

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Shannon Chamber president Eoin Gavin and CEO Helen Downes (centre) pictured with Chamber board directors at the launch of the Chamber’s Strategic Plan 2023 -2026 in Dromoland Castle (from left): Ray O’Driscoll, The Shannon Airport Group; David Brown; Stephen Keogh, MHP Sellors; Siobhan Roche, PTG (Precision Tool Group); Mark Nolan, Dromoland Castle Hotel; Kevin Thompstone, …

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Technology links between Shannon & Slovenia explored at briefing

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*The Slovenian Ambassador to Ireland, Stanislav Vidovič (second from right) is pictured with (from left): Ray O’Driscoll, chief operating officer, Shannon Airport Group; Liam Maloney, Honorary Consul in Ireland for the Republic of Slovenia; Helen Downes, chief executive, and Eoin Gavin, president, Shannon Chamber. Photo Eamon Ward. OPPORTUNITIES for the Slovenian automotive industries to avail …

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US Executive MBA Students visit Shannon

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Pictured at Future Mobility Campus Ireland (FMCI) – from left: Helen Downes CEO and Eoin Gavin, president, Shannon Chamber; Dr Wassim Derguech, FMCI; Claire McInerney Brown, director, Kilkenny Chamber; Professor Luda Leontieva, Dan Dzina, Scott Kennedy, Robert Hogan, Patricia Colucci, Jeremy Davis, Nate Harper and Maggie Stryffeler, Kent State University, Ohio. Photo Eamon Ward. Executive …

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Eoin Gavin appointed new Shannon Chamber President

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Eoin Gavin (right), managing director of Eoin Gavin Transport and president of Shannon Chamber pictured with outgoing Chamber president Stephen Keogh, managing partner of Sellors LLP, and Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber. Photograph by Eamon Ward SIXMILEBRIDGE HAULIER, Eoin Gavin has been appointed as the new President of Shannon Chamber.

Margaret O'Brien

THE SUNDAY READ: ‘Covid anxiety has been replaced by inflation anxiety’

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*Margaret O’Brien, Ennis Chamber of Commerce. Photograph: Arthur Ellis The Clare Echo’s Sunday Read series continues with a report on inflation: which Clare industries are being squeezed the hardest?  RISING prices is the headline story of 2022 and it’s here to stay.  Increasing energy costs and a perfect storm of supply chain issues and a global pandemic …

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