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IRISH BUSINESSES ON BREXIT PREPARATION IN THE IRISH TIMES
TPN Chairman, Owen Cooke, was interviewed recently by Simon Carswell for The Irish Times about Brexit preparation. Those interviewed for the piece include the Irish Exporters Association, the Irish International Freight Association, and ISME (Irish Small & Medium Enterprises Association). All have expressed alarm at the lack of appropriate warehousing capacity available with a no-deal Brexit seeming more and more…
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FLEET UPGRADE FOR TPN MEMBER INDEPENDENT EXPRESS
As the first part of a €500k fleet upgrade, Renault Trucks Ireland delivered a new tractor unit to Independent Express last month. The investment shows our Dublin member’s commitment to growing and improving despite the current business climate. 2019 may prove to be a challenging year for Irish transport, due to Brexit and the potential…
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FORMER TPN DRIVER EARNS COMMERCIAL PILOT’S LICENCE
Barry Mullen worked for TPN for 10 years as a driver in the Dublin area, and was one of the top drivers there. The customers loved him. We were well aware that he spent all his free cash on learning to fly. When Barry sold his camper van to raise money to get a commercial licence, we…
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MOYLAGH THROUGH TO JUNIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP COUNTY FINAL
Hearty congratulations to Moylagh’s Junior Football team who have made it to their first junior championship football final in eighteen years. They face Meath Hill at Páirc Tailteann, Navan, on October 8th 2017. Throw in is at 14:15. An Maolach Abú!
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Six months on, people still confounded by Eircode system
This is a recent article from The Irish Times, printed on Dec 24th 2015, about the mindblowingly useless Eircode postcode implemented in Ireland during the summer of 2015. http://www.irishtimes.com/news/consumer/six-months-on-people-still-confounded-by-eircode-system-1.2476492 The pattern has become all too familiar. An Irish government rolls out a system which has been very poorly designed despite having gone through an incredibly…
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TPN Goes Global
Our yellow vehicles might be best known in the Emerald Isle, but TPN is fast gaining a reputation as the company to go to for international transport. “Imports from the UK have increased massively over the last two years,” says John Donnelly, who with Matt Flint and Paul Massey run the International Department. “we used…
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IRHA Calls For Driver Apprentice Scheme
The IRHA is lobbyig the government to develop a driver apprentice scheme for HGV drivers. “The average age of a truck driver today is 48,” says Verona Murphy, president of the IRHA. “Young people are not coming into the industry: they see it as anti-social and governed by too much legislation. at the same time,…
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New Driver For IRHA As Eoin Steps Down
Verona Murphy has become only the second woman president of the Irish Road Haulage Association as Eoin Gavin of Eoin Gavin Transport, Depot 130, finished four years at the wheel of the industry’s guardian body. “I will still be involved in running the Irha,” says Eoin, who completed two, two-year terms, “but I wanted to…
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