Chamber has a new President

CONOR McCarthy is the new President of Sligo Chamber, taking over from Fiona Candon.

A member of the executive of Sligo Chamber since 2009, Conor takes up the role as President Pr having served on the management committee for the past year.

From Lifford in County Donegal, Do he attended Summerhill me College before graduating ati in Civil Engineering fro from NUIG. Conor has ha worked for over ov 36 years in consulting in engineering ne in Ireland lan and the U.S.

A DirecDi tor to and Partner Pa at Jennings O’Donovan,

Conor is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of Engineers Ireland and a Registered Fellow of the Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland where he is an executive board member.

He said his goals for 2019 are as follows:

* Facilitate the work of our Industry Group, so ably led by David Kiely, to meet the needs of our existing businesses and to attract additional industry into Sligo and the region.

* To continue our lobbying role to protect and secure funding for the major infrastructure projects.

* To promote our Skillnet Programme and provide relevant, high quality training for our member firms and to provide that training here in Sligo.

* And, specifically to work towards understanding how additional new housing can be delivered in Sligo and to encourage developers that the time is right for housing planning and development. Why, because our own business partners and the IDA have clearly identified that provision of appropriate housing and apartments is the next biggest need to service the jobs that have been announced and those that will be announced in the future.