DHR Communications

Dermot Ryan, Director of DHR Communications, has been appointed to the Lord Mayor’s Commission on Employment.

The Lord Mayor, Cllr. Emer Costello, established the Commission on Employment to examine how Dublin City Council and other public, private and NGO agencies can help promote economic renewal and employment growth in Dublin.

The Commission will identify and make recommendations for actions in the key areas of:

1. Unemployment and employment.
2. Business, entrepreneurship and finance.
3. Education, skills and training.
4. Volunteering and the social economy.

The Commission is currently inviting individuals and organisations to propose ideas and actions in relation to these key areas.  Submissions (ideally no more than five pages in length) should be made to the Lord Mayor’s Office, Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 or by email to lmce@dublincity.ie. Further information is available on www.dublincity.ie or by telephoning 01-2225233. The deadline for receipt of submissions is Friday, 4th December 2009.

In addition to his work with DHR Communications, Dermot Ryan is Chairperson of SWIC LEC – the South West Inner City Local Employment Centre – placing him in an ideal position to contribute to the work of the Commission on Employment.

Full details of the work of the Commission on Employment are available here.

DHR Communications was delighted to be appointed by Active Retirement Ireland recently for an ongoing PR contract.

One of our first services to ARI will be a media training roadshow: we’re going to be travelling around Ireland in the coming weeks to meet Active Retirement Associations throughout the country and give them training in media skills and accessing policymakers.

Our first stop on the ARI roadshow will be Westport in Co. Mayo – we’ll be delivering training there tomorrow (18.09.09) to the Western Region representatives of Active Retirement Ireland.

Further information about ARI is available here. 

DHR Director Dermot Ryan has been appointed to the Economic Development, Planning and European Affairs Strategic Policy Committee of Dublin City Council. This committee prepares and debates policy alternatives for economic and development affairs for the City Council.  Dermot will represent the South West Inner City Local Employment Centre (SWIC LEC) on the Committee.  He is the Chairperson of SWIC LEC in a voluntary capacity.

Further info on Dublin City Council’s Strategic Policy Committee is available here.