<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Limerick Chamber of Commerce Events</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/</link><description>Get all the latest local and national news from Limerick Chamber of Commerce.</description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Broadband in Limerick?</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=44</link><description>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Supply and Demand Key to Driving Broadband &lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Take Up&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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33 % of SME&amp;rsquo;s in this country still do not have a broadband connection.&amp;nbsp; Many owner-managers are not aware of how broadband can benefit their business and are confused by the information that is out there.&amp;nbsp;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tanaiste pressed on new economic corridor to counter Dublin imbalance</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=46</link><description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tanaiste pressed on new economic corridor to counter Dublin imbalance&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Limerick Chamber has pressed Tanaiste Michael McDowell to give serious consideration to the formal creation of an economic corridor from the Mid-West capital to Galway in an effort to counter the east-west imbalance.&lt;/div&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Limerick Chamber launches campaign for Regional Conference Centre for the City</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=45</link><description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Limerick Chamber launches campaign for Regional Conference Centre for the City&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Limerick Chamber has initiated a campaign into Government in a bid to attract a major Regional Conference Centre to the City.&lt;/div&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Limerick Chamber calls for curb in rates to protect jobs and business </title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=48</link><description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Limerick Chamber calls for curb in rates to protect jobs and business&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Limerick Chamber called on Limerick City Council today (Wednesday) to cut the commercial rates and charges in 2007 in a bid to protect local jobs and attract major investment.&lt;/div&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Limerick Chamber Local Rates Campaign</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=37</link><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Limerick Chamber calls for local authorities to curb rates and charges to protect business and jobs&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Limerick Chamber has urged Limerick City and County Councils to exercise restraint in contemplating charges/rates rises for 2007 and to ensure any increases do not threaten competitiveness or pose a risk to jobs.&lt;/div&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Directors Elected to Limerick Chamber Board</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=65</link><description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;New Directors Elected to Limerick Chamber Board&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Three new Directors were elected to the board of Limerick Chamber at last nights Annual General Meeting held in the Pery Hotel, Glentworth Street.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Thelma Wijngaard, General Manager Quality Hotel and Leisure Centre&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Declan O&amp;rsquo; Grady, Newcastle West Chamber of Commerce and &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Eamon Dillon, QED Marketing and Training Solutions were proposed by the President and passed by the member&amp;rsquo;s at the AGM.&lt;/div&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Limerick Chamber and Kemmy Business School Address the Current Financial Picture for Business</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=87</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Limerick Chamber and Kemmy Business School Address the Current Financial Picture for Business&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Limerick Chamber in association with the Kemmy Business School at the University of Limerick presented a well-attended finance seminar &amp;ldquo;The financial picture of big companies: Insights and Lessons for Irish SMEs&amp;rdquo; which was held at the University on Thursday evening of last week. &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Limerick Chamber President</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=64</link><description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reg Freake Elected President of Limerick Chamber&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Limerick Chamber has announced the election of Reg Freake as its new president.&amp;nbsp;Mr Freake formally took over the reins from outgoing Limerick Chamber President John Walsh at its Board Meeting on Tuesday, March 20&lt;sup&gt;th.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Limerick Chamber Welcomes Approval of Restructuring Deal at Shannon Airport</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=74</link><description>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Limerick&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt; Chamber Welcomes Approval of Restructuring Deal &lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;at Shannon Airport&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Limerick Chamber today welcomed the very positive and successful outcome of negotiations between staff and management at Shannon Airport on the restructuring package aimed at cutting &amp;euro;10 million from the Airport&amp;rsquo;s cost base. &lt;/div&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Limerick Chamber welcomes Announcement of New High Technology Positions for Limerick</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=80</link><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Limerick&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt; Chamber welcomes Announcement of &lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;New High Technology Positions for Limerick&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chamber and Cerdian host breakfast morning</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=92</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Limerick Chamber are set to give a mouth watering breakfast in association with Ceridian in the Aboslute Hotel on Thursday 10th May&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Limerick Chamber Launches Eve of Election Appeal</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=106</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Limerick Chamber Launches Eve of Election Appeal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Limerick Chamber welcomes Election Results</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=111</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Limerick Chamber welcomes Election Results&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>We are Looking for you!</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=133</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Call to Members!! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chamber Submission to City Centre Strategy </title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=141</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;Chambers Submission on Vision for the City&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Limerick Chamber Concerned about Economic Fallout from Aer Lingus Transfer of Heathrow Services from Shannon to Belfast</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=146</link><description>&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE"&gt;Limerick Chamber Concerned about Economic Fallout from Aer Lingus Transfer of Heathrow Services from Shannon to &lt;city w:st="on"&gt;&lt;/city&gt;
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Belfast .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chambers Joint Letter to the Government</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=154</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Chambers Joint Letter to the Government&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Joint Chamber Statement</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=156</link><description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Regional Infrastructure must be delivered to ensure future viability of Shannon Airport &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Limerick Chamber welcomes Government Report but seriously concerned about delays in delivery of key infrastructural projects for the Region</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=174</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Limerick Chamber cautiously welcomes Government Report &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rates Campaign and City Centre Strategy go hand-in-hand </title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=200</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;City Council needs to send strong Pro-Business message to ensure Delivery of City Centre Strategy&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chambers welcome City Jet's Annoucement</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=217</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Chambers welcome City Jet's Announcement &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AGM Notice</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=231</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursday 21st February 2008 @ Clarion Hotel, Steamboat Quay, Limerick&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Limerick Chamber Supports Vision of Regeneration Agencies</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=233</link><description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Limerick Chamber Supports Vision of Regeneration Agencies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Annual Presidents Dinner</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=240</link><description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;ANNUAL PRESIDENTS DINNER &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Deemed a great success &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Limerick Chamber Skillnet Launch 2008 &amp; Networking Evening</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=241</link><description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;LImerick Chamber Launch 2008 &amp;amp; Networking Evening&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Chamber President</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=377</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A positive outlook for Limerick is key message from new Chamber President &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Project Management in SME's: a Process for Innovation &amp; Growth</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=316</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Project Management in SME's: a Process for Innovation &amp;amp; Growth&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chamber Urges 'Yes' Vote </title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=336</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Limerick Chamber calls on its business members to support the Lisbon Treaty&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chamber's Ireland call at the Local Economic and Social Development Conference held in Limerick </title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=338</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Investing in Communities Key to Ireland's Future Competitiveness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Have your say on Local Government Reform </title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=370</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Local Government Reform seminar being held in Limerick on 7th July&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chamber reiterates its call for 'YES' vote</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=372</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Limerick Chamber has today re-issued its call for businesses in the region to support the 'yes' vote in the Lisbon Treaty&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Limerick Local Authorities </title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=433</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Limerick City Council and Limerick County Council have been shortlisted for Chamber's Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Minister Dempsey holds meeting with Limerick Chamber</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=453</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey T.D. visited the offices of Limerick Chamber where frank discussions on the future growth of the city took place. Also with the Minsiter were Minister Willie O'Dea T.D and Minister Peter Power T.D. &lt;/p&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Limerick Chamber calls on it's members to lead the way for future direction and growth </title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=496</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Chamber Launches Survey of Members&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cook Ireland Announce the Creation of an additional 200 jobs</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=504</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Chamber Welcome's Cook Ireland's job announcement &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chamber gives cautious welcome to budget</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=516</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;A Tough Budget but Detail is the Key&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Survey Findings</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=529</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Broadband, investment into region and costs of doing business are key concerns for Limerick Firms&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Welcome to Pre-Clearance at Shannon Airport</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=546</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Limerick Chamber Welcomes Announcement of Pre-Clearance for US at Shannon Airport&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chamber City Centre Group</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=558</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Future Limerick Action Group (FLAG) Bling the Streets for Christmas Campaign&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>City Rates</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=557</link><description>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;
&lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;/place&gt;
&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoBodyText2" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;
&lt;place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;/place&gt;
&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt;Limerick&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"&gt;Chamber calls for curb in rates to protect jobs and business &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>City Centre Street Cleaning Blitz</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=567</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Christmas Street Cleaning Blitz a great success!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Aer Lingus reinstate Heathrow Route</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=574</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Chamber welcomes return of Shannon - Heathrow connectivity&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>1,900 Job Losses Severe Blow to the Region </title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=577</link><description>&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;1,900 Job Losses Severe Blow to the Region &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>LImerick Chamber Referral Network</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=588</link><description>Limerick Chamber Referral Network</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chamber Announces Economic Priorities for 2009</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=606</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Chamber Launches Economic Priorities for 2009&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New President for Chamber</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=635</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Harry Fehily announced as&amp;nbsp;Chamber President for 2009&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>10 cent parking in Limerick City</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=641</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Be in with the&amp;nbsp;chance to win &amp;euro;10,000 worth of shopping vouchers in Limerick City! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Welcome Return of Heathrow Route</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=640</link><description /><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UPC is Chamber's communication Partner for 2009</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=651</link><description /><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chamber Survey Highlights Significant Gaps in Government Support of Business</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=663</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Chamber Survey Highlights Significant Gaps in Government Support of Business &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Street Ambassadors </title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=695</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Guides here to help visitors to our City&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RR DONNELLEY PRODUCT COMPLETION AND FULFILMENT FACILITY RECEIVES ISO 13485:2003 CERTIFICATION</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=696</link><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; mso-layout-grid-align: none"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pre-Clearance at Shannon Airport</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=697</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;CBP provides region with competitive advantage &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chamber welcomes Interim Report from Mid-West Task Force</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=708</link><description /><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chamber conducting survey on access to credit</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=713</link><description /><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Business for Europe </title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=721</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;Irish business groups unite in call for YES to the Lisbon Treaty&lt;br/&gt;
&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;Alliance of business and professional groups establish 'Business for Europe'&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lisbon Treaty Referendum</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=732</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Top 10 Reason's to vote Yes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Opportunity for Lasting Reform Must Be Taken</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=731</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Chamber welcomes publication of the Report of the Commission on Taxation&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chamber reiterates its call for 'YES' vote</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=743</link><description>&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #046591"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #046591"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-IE" style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #046591"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;euro;14.8 million Fund for Limerick Highlights Importance Yes Vote on 2nd October &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Limerick City Council receive Technology Award at Annual Excellence in Local Government Awards </title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=767</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;City Council recognised for Online Burial Records initiative&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Unions Wilfully Ignoring Depth of Hole in Government Finances</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=766</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Budget 2010 Must Underpin Confidence and Support Business&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Winterfest 2009!</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=778</link><description>&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;FREE parking, Christmas Markets, Shopping Specials and much more!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Countdown to Winterfest</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=787</link><description>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#0080bc" size="3"&gt;November 20th-22nd&lt;br/&gt;
-FREE parking, Christmas Markets, Shopping Specials and much more!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commercial Charges must be Reduced to protect local businesses and jobs</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=791</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Funding Model for Local Authorities needs complete Overhaul&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Christmas in Limerick</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=794</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Christmas in Limerick! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>On the Passing of Dr. Denis Leonard</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=806</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;The City Mourns for a Truly Civic Man&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Free parking in Limerick City for Christmas </title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=813</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Free Christmas Parking in Limerick City&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Change in weather conditions does not warrant blanket closure</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=828</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Decision to Shut All Schools Must Be Reviewed&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Introduce Domestic Water Charges as a Matter of Urgency</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=832</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Apply User Pays Principle Now&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Trade Union Plans for Industrial Action are Ill- Judged</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=833</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Trade Union Plans for Industrial Action are Ill- Judged&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chambers Ireland Calls for 100pc Rebate to Businesses Without Water Supply</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=836</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Chambers Ireland Calls for 100pc Rebate to Businesses Without Water Supply&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Limerick has Best Value City Centre Parking</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=845</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Limerick has best value city parking!&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Cork is 34% more expensive&lt;br/&gt;
Galway is 23% dearer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chamber Welcomes Establishment of Boundary Committee</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=860</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Members of committee and Denis Brosnan as Chair Is a very Positive Sign&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>If implented correctly could lead to reinstatement of routes </title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=885</link><description>&lt;span style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Shannon Airport Levy Proposals Could Result in Route Reinstatement &lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Chamber President </title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=897</link><description>&lt;span style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Kieran Mac Sweeney is new President of Limerick Chamber&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>“Love Limerick Spring Clean Your City Day”</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=910</link><description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;span style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Working Together for a Cleaner Safer City&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Limerick Chamber recommends an extended city within a unified authority</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=970</link><description>&lt;span class="Heading1Char"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Cambria" color="#365f91"&gt;&lt;font color="#0080bc" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Limerick Chamber recommends an extended city within a unified authority &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chamber welcomes announcement of new routes from Shannon Airport</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=926</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Local Chambers welcome restoration of regional UK connectivity for Shannon&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Business Organisations in Limerick jointly call for Extension of Limerick City Boundary</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=940</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Extra incentive Required to Rejuvenate City Centre Area&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MILK MARKET LIMERICK TO RE-OPEN AS ALL-WEATHER VENUE ON JUNE 19TH</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=941</link><description>&lt;span style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;New facilities and new events, new traders and a new website herald an exciting new chapter for the Milk Market&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Quality Bus Corridors Needed to Boost City Economy</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=964</link><description>&lt;span style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Strong Public Transport Links a Key Indicator of a Thriving City&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>City Centre Needs Urgent Action</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=971</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Chamber Calls for recommendations in Local Government Report to be implemented as soon as possible &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chamber Websites Go Mobile</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=205</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Local Chamber Websites Optimised for Easy Mobile Viewing&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>All Island Vision - Opportunities for business</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=306</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Opportunities in&amp;nbsp;Challneging All-Island Business Climate&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>dd</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=310</link><description>ddd</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>edfdf</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=311</link><description>fdfdf</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>test</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=309</link><description>www</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dublin Transport Authority</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=314</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Lack of Coordination in Transport Policy Remains Major Cause for Concern&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Credit Finance Survey March 09</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=607</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Chambers Survey on Business Access to Credit, &lt;strong&gt;click here&lt;/strong&gt; to record your experience.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Euro Investment Bank May 09</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=672</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Smarter Business Guide to the European Investment Bank Launched&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Innovation and Best Practice in Irish Local Government June 09</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=675</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Chambers Ireland and SIPTU Launch Innovation and Best Practice in Irish Local Government&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cost Effective Compliance Needed for Public Water Treatment Facilities</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=942</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Cost Effective Compliance Needed for Public Water Treatment Facilities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Anticipated UK VAT Rate Increase Good News for Irish Business</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=943</link><description>Anticipated UK VAT Rate Increase Good News for Irish Business</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CSR 2010 Shortlist</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=946</link><description>Shortlist for Chambers Ireland&amp;rsquo;s Corporate Social Responsibility Awards Announced</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Increased Spending Good News for Irish Retailers</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=948</link><description>&lt;p align="left"&gt;Further Economic Stabilisation Apparent&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>All deposit taking institutions must play their part in making credit available to SMEs</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=954</link><description>Chambers Ireland today (13/07/10) welcomed the publication of the first report of the Credit Review Office.</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>€12billion Transport investment Commitment Welcomed</title><link>http://www.limerickchamber.ie/news.aspx?id=958</link><description>&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #0080bc; FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Chambers Ireland welcomes&amp;nbsp;Government commitment&amp;nbsp;to invest&amp;nbsp;&amp;euro;12 billion in enhancing the transport network in Ireland.&lt;/span&gt;</description><category>0</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>