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Limerick Chamber President’s Dinner
Pictured at the Limerick Chamber President’s Dinner in November are: (l-r) Alan Ahearne, (Guest
Speaker and Special Advisor to Minister for Finance); Dave O’Hora, Southern Advertising, (MC); Maria
Galway Chamber Chief Executive, Kelly, Chief Executive, Limerick Chamber; Harry Fehily, President, Limerick Chamber; and Bruce Bullock,
Michael Coyle. UPC Ireland (Main Sponsor).
GALWAY CHAMBER
CALLS FOR PARKING
Six Shannon Chamber members
CHARGES TO BE CUT
initiate equality and diversity policies
GALWAY CHAMBER HAS called on Galway SIX SHANNON CHAMBER member Diversity programme,” said Damian Gleeson,
City Council and all private car park owners to companies have directly benefited from an Vice President of Shannon Chamber. “The
reduce car parking charges in the city in the run equality and diversity training programme equality training aspect of the project, which
up to Christmas. This follows similar cuts in organised by Shannon Chamber. In addition, all has been running since early September, has
other cities as the retail sector face into one of 194 now have template equal status and equal been an extremely beneficial exercise for the
its most difficult holiday periods ever. opportunities policies to implement within their participating companies. I believe that it will
President of Galway Chamber, Paul Shelly companies at their own pace. Funding for this considerably increase awareness of equality and
said that he considered it reasonable that City initiative was secured by the Chamber from the diversity in their workplaces and their
Hall should introduce half price parking in its Equality Authority via the European communities going forward.”
car parks until noon each weekday until the Commission DG Employment, Social Affairs Companies that could not participate for
New Year. He also said that he would urge the and Equal Opportunities PROGRESS corporate-specific reasons can now avail of two
private car parks in the city to follow suit. Programme. The three-month project template equality policies – Equal Status and
“The aim of this initiative is to attract concluded on November 10th. Equal Opportunities, prepared by Adare
shoppers back into the city centre in the run up This was the first EU-funded programme Human Resource Management. These can be
to Christmas. Shoppers are currently staying undertaken by Shannon Chamber. It involved downloaded from Shannon Chamber’s website:
away from the city centre because they consider the Chamber surveying member companies to
www.shannonchamber.ie.
parking to be too expensive. We want to get assess current equality and diversity practices,
these shoppers back, we need to get these organising a half-day introductory seminar and
shoppers back and this is one way to do it.” running a two-month training programme,
“We must protect jobs,” Shelley continued. delivered by Adare Human Resource
“That means encouraging people to shop local. Management for interested companies. While
Our slogan this season ties in with Galway the current economic climate and the necessity
Chamber’s shopping website ‘shopgalway.com’. to remain focused on day-to-day operational
We want people to think twice before they issues prevented many companies from
decide to go out of town. Each person’s spend allocating time to this training, the six
in Galway helps keep a job here and if car companies that did – Avocent International, Participants from Shannon Chamber's equality
parking charges are an issue for shoppers then eFlexes, Grant Thornton, Pacific Network training programme: (l-r) Sharon Waldron,
we must address that issue. We know that there Services (Europe) Ltd., Radisson Blu Hotel and Andrea O’Brien, John Lonergan, Deirdre Phelan,
is choice and value for shoppers in Galway. This Spa Limerick and Shannon Development were and Ailish Williams pictured with Damian
is a great place to shop and the atmosphere is fulsome in their praise for the initiative. Gleeson, Vice President, Shannon Chamber
second to none. By reducing car parking “We were delighted to avail of the and Derek McKay, Adare Human
charges in its car parks, Galway City Council is opportunity to host an EU-funded Equality and Resource Management.
making a real commitment to jobs in Galway.”
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