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LEADING BUSINESSES HONOURED AT CORK EVENT
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t this year’s Cork Chamber Annual Dinner, Cork’s leading businesses were presented with the prestigious Cork Company of the Year (CCOY) Award. Winners were revealed amongst an audience of over 1,000 people, including leading industry and political figures. Pictured at the event on February 1st were Daniel Mackey, Teamwork.com, winner of CCOY Award - Large Category; Barbara O’Gorman, Boston Scientific, winner of CCOY - Corporate Category; Peter Coppinger, Teamwork.com; Conor Healy, CEO, Cork Chamber; Leo O’Leary, Vodafone Ireland; Bill O’Connell, President, Cork Chamber; Sean Gayer, Boston Scientific; Pat Lynch, EviView, winner of CCOY - Emerging Category; Debbie O’Leary, Vodafone; and Kevin Buckley, Spearline, winner of CCOY - SME Category.
SHANNON CHAMBER RETURNS TO SCHOOL
Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber; Fiona Donlan, Atlantic Aviation Group; Michael Collins, Molex; Sandra Gunning, Zimmer Biomet; Joe Leddin, Mid-West Regional Skills Forum; Stephen Linnane, Element Six; Emer Brohpy, Limerick and Clare Education & Training Board; Alan O’Brien, Modular Automation; Morgan Heaphy, Principal, St Patrick’s Comprehensive School
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In a break from its norm, Shannon Chamber went back to school recently to host its first apprenticeships evening at St Patrick’s Comprehensive School in Shannon. The purpose of the evening was to encourage students and their parents to embrace apprenticeships as a career route and to show that there is a way into work that suits students of all aptitudes. At the event, students could find out more about apprenticeship schemes run by Molex, Modular Automation, Element Six, Lufthansa Technik Shannon and Atlantic Aviation Group.
Ian Talbot, Secretary General of ICC Ireland, accompanied representatives from the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) to the International Chamber of Commerce’s Court of Arbitration in Paris in January. Pictured are member of the Court Colm Ó hOisín SC, David O’Brien, OGP, Jim Deane, OGP, Ian Talbot, ICC Ireland and Paul Quinn, Government Chief Procurement Officer.
CHAMBER COMMENT “Any EU actions to depart from international tax norms could not only undermine Ireland’s competitiveness, but the EU’s as a whole.” Chambers Ireland Chief Executive Ian Talbot commenting on the European Commission’s legislative proposals on digital taxation published on March 21st.
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