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NEW Ennis Chamber President Niall Garvey has identified Cusack Park, Shannon Airport and pedestrianisa- tion as the key issues impacting on businesses in Ennis.
Mr Garvey, of accountancy firm Niall C Garvey Accountants and Co, was speaking after he was elected president at the recent Annual Gen- eral Meeting of Ennis Chamber, held at the Old Ground Hotel.
The meeting consisted of a review of the activities of Ennis Chamber during the past year by Outgoing- President Michael Evans and CEO Rita McInerney.
Michael Evans outlined the coor- dinated approach undertaken by the
Regional Chambers of Limerick, Shannon, Ennis and Galway in the wake of the announcement on Shan- non – Heathrow Services in August 2007.
He said he believes that this coop- eration 1S necessary in order to de- velop an economic counter pole to Dublin.
Mr. Evans went on to say that he had liaised with the Local Authori- ties over the past year and stressed the importance of the rapid comple- tion of the permanent Water Treat- ment System in order to ensure a reliability of the source.
The outgoing president also called for the fast-tracking of improved in- frastructure for the town including the road network and parking par-
ticularly in light of discussion around the pedestrianisation of O’Connell Street and Abbey Street.
The meeting then proceeded to elect the new officers and executive of the board with the following re- sults: President: Niall Garvey, Niall C. Garvey Chartered Accountants; Vice-President: Guy Flouch, New Idiom; Treasurer: Tony Barrett, AIB; Secretary: Margaret Neylon.
In his acceptance speech, incom- ing – president Niall Garvey said he looked forward to continuing the work of his predecessors in leading the chamber for the forthcoming year.
In particular, he would continue to co-operate with other bodies to pro- mote the greater good of Ennis, par-
ticularly as a place to do business.
He said the chamber must remain positive in promoting Ennis in an in- creasingly negative business climate, and he looked forward to dealing proactively with the known forth- coming issues, including the pro- posed development of Cusack Park, proposed pedestrianisation, and con- nectivity for Shannon Airport mov- ing to the future.
The additional members of the Ennis Chamber Executive for 2007 – 2008 are Michael Byrne, Wil- liam Cahir, Dervilla Evans, Mary Jo Duffy, Gerry Flynn, Paul Flynn, John Galvin, Grainne Hassett, Roger Leyden, John Madden, Diarmuid Mc Mahon, Oliver Moylan, Paul Mul- lane and Con O’Callaghan.