Carrick on Shannon Chamber of Commerce are hosting a special local preview evening for the trade community this Friday, September 16th to unveil plans for the launch of the €60,000 campaign for My Carrick, your Carrick on Shannon. The project, supported by Leitrim Development Company Rural Development Programme, brings together over 120 businesses sharing the message as to why Carrick on Shannon is such a great destination for group getaways, families, couples , weddings and business events.
Tourism businesses in Carrick on Shannon will preview the new website which will be a digitally savvy approach to marketing – it comprises a smart website bundling things to do and accommodation according to the visitor’s specific needs. Smartphones are the key target with a specially adapted mobile site for real-time info access, QR codes to scan while the visitor is on the move, Facebook application and competitions and more. On his recent visit to Carrick on Shannon, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton, T.D. reviewed plans for the campaign. Speaking at the event, Gerry Faughnan, President, Carrick on Shannon Chamber said ‘Now is the time to be brave, and we investing signifigant sums to enhance the economic prospects of the town and surrounding areas. We need to get the word out that Carrick on Shannon is a special place to visit and we are a positive community ambitious about our future’.
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Carrick on Shannon Chamber and the CEO of Chambers Ireland, Mr Ian Talbot has today (31/8/11) met with Minister Richard Bruton T.D., and with the CEO of the IDA, Mr Barry O’ Leary to discuss efforts to find a new buyer for Bank of America following their exit from the credit card business.
Chamber President, Gerry Faughnan, said “We are very pleased to have had an opportunity to meet with the Minister and the CEO of the IDA, Barry O’Leary.
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There will be lots going on around Carrick On Shannon this weekend (Friday 29th July – Monday 1st August) thanks to the Rowing Club. It’s the 175th annual regatta and the line up for this year looks terrific. A jam packed program filled with music, street performers and of course REGATTA RACES is available to delight young and old; just click the link to view the entire brochure:
https://acrobat.com/#d=j9gb8VXLNWUNlSMIO1g3Tg
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My Carrick – your Carrick on Shannon - a new high energy marketing campaign led and funded by Carrick on Shannon Chamber of Commerce to really sell Carrick on Shannon as a major tourism & business hub!
Announcing the project Gerry Faughnan, President of the Chamber explains ‘we are delighted to announce the commencement of a new marketing campaign worth almost €60,000 for Carrick on Shannon. mycarrick.ie (the project’s working title) aims to bring the businesses of Carrick on Shannon together to welcome new holiday, leisure or business visitors to our town. We are delighted that we have secured funding from Leitrim Development Company Rural Development Programme (LEADER) which is being matched by our own Chamber funds. It is probably the biggest contribution ever made by our Chamber to the economic wellbeing of our town. Best of all, it is completely free for businesses for the first year –in these tough times, this will be great boost to all concerned’
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Carrick Chamber has called on the local authority to introduce an initial free parking period to provide a boost for the town’s hard-pressed businesses. They claim this is in line with waivers granted by another local authority, Blackrock, in Dublin, where the first hour’s parking is free.
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My name’s Edwina Guckian from Drumsna, Co. Leitrim. I’m am writing to you about my Sean Nós dancing group in the All Ireland Talent Show. Here’s a quick bit of info about us.
We’re called Sean Nós ar an tSionann and we’re representing Daithí Ó Sé and the West in The All Ireland Talent Show.
The 10 of us come from Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Kerry and range from 8 – 26 years old. We are a sean nos dancing group based in Carrick on Shannon. We are all members of Comhaltas Eireann and between us we play fiddle, banjo, bodhran, box, drums, flute, concertina and whistle.
On New Year’s eve we took to the stage on the first of the live shows. We topped the Public vote putting us straight through to the semi finals in March.
On March 13th we take to the stage again to battle it out with 4 other contestants in a bid to win the All Ireland Talent Show.
If we win we want to give €10,000 of the prize money to Our Lady’s Hospital for sick children, Crumlin.
There are quite a few very special children who attend my sean nós classes every week that would not be dancing with us if it were not for Our Lady’s Hospital. We want to do it for those children and everyone who attends that hospital. They receive no Government funding so it’s a very worthy cause. Doing it for sean nós, for Daíthí, for our counties, for Our Lady’s Hospital and FOR THE WEST!
VOTE SEAN NÓS AR AN tSIONANN MARCH 13TH RTE 1, 6.30PM.
The public vote is what makes the difference so make your vote count
Here’s a link to a promo video i made including our performance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VddYKGMG_p0
There is great delight locally with the news that Carrick on Shannon has been designated as a ‘Fairtrade Town’. This red letter day for Carrick will be marked by a formal presentation ceremony at The Dock on Friday, March 4th, at 1pm. There will also be music and street entertainers at The Market Yard Centre, starting at 11.30 am. A special feature will be the Fairtrade ‘Divine Chocolate’ Wagon complete with a chocolate fountain! This is during Fairtrade Fortnight which runs from 28th February to the 13th March.
A dedicated few, including Sr. Nora Burke and Dermott McNabb did a lot of work over the past few years in raising awareness and involving local businesses and the local community in the campaign. The local parish achieved Fairtrade status in June 2008 and the goal was then to achieve official designation for the whole town. Carrick Chamber became involved in the campaign and a Fairtrade Steering Group, chaired by Ben Conlon, was set up with additional support from Leitrim County Council.
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US Ambasador, Gerry Faughnan and Mr John Blunnie
Carrick Chamber President, Gerry Faughnan, was delighted to be contacted by the US Embassy and requested to participate in a panel with the US Ambassador to Ireland, Mr Daniel M. Rooney. Also on the panel was Mr John Blunnie, CEO, Co. Leitrim VEC.
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This year Carrick on Shannon Rowing Club is celebrating its 175th year and will start their celebrations with the Head of the Shannon which will take place in Carrick on Shannon on Saturday the 26th of February 2011. They are delighted to host the National Four blades Head and they are expecting this event to bring a great number of people into Carrick for the weekend. There will be two races, at 11.30 am and 3.00 pm, over a course of 5,000m and the participants should be arriving in Carrick from roughly 12am onwards.
The Chamber would like to wish Carrick Rowing Club every success with this event.
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Ed Prendergast from The Business programme on RTE Radio 1 has been in touch, they want to hear from people with part time businesses, they are hoping to feature an item on this weekends programme. For example if you have set up a business in your spare time, maybe due to work hours cut, to make money from your passion… or even just to keep money coming in.
Contact Ed at 085 8444476 email at thebusiness@rte.ie
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