Midlands region
Midlands region
About the region
Our network provides a focal point for engineers of all grades and disciplines, and proactively encourages their continuous professional development through delivery of a varied programme of lectures, seminars and networking events.
We have developed close ties with Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT). Members of our network committee include staff from AIT, and the institution plays host each year to a number of our evening lectures and seminars.
Who can join?
- Engineers and engineering technicians working in the region
- Engineering consultancies and support servicing companies
- Local government and semi-state organisation workers involved in engineering
- Academic researchers, lecturers and students
How to join
If you are already a member of Engineers Ireland, and gave a correspondence address in Offaly, Laois, Westmeath or Longford when you joined, you have automatically been affiliated with this network.
If your correspondence address is outside these 3 counties, you can still join our network through the Members Area.
It is free to join and once you area registered with our network, you can:
- receive email updates on all events being run by the Midlands Region network
- use our network's discussion forum
- post comments on articles written by other network members
- comment on our network blog
- send messages to other members of our network
Events
Midlands Region network members receive invitations to a wide variety of educational and social events throughout the year, including:
- CPD-approved evening seminars and lectures delivered by experts across a broad range of engineering topics
- information evenings on achieving a registered title
- golf outings in clubs all around the region
- an annual general meeting for the Midlands Region network
Contacts
Chairman
- Michael McMahon
- Chartered Engineer
- Department of Civil, Construction & Mineral Engineering
- Athlone Institute of Technology
- Dublin Road
- Athlone
- Co. Westmeath
- Tel: 091 776789
- Mob: 087 2905767
- Email: mmcmahon@ait.ie
Vice-Chairman
- John Jordan
- Wirtgen Ireland Ltd
- Enfield Industrial Estate
- Trim Road
- Enfield
- Co. Meath
- Tel:046 9549421
- Mob: 087 6994479
- Email: john.jordan@wirtgen.ie
Secretary
- Damien Grennan
- Kippinduff
- Castletown
- Geoghegan
- Co. Westmeath
- Tel: 044 26819
- Mob: 086 8068688
- Email: dgrennan@offalycoco.ie
Treasurer
- Alan Slattery
- Great Water StLongford
- Co. Longford
- Mob: 086 8137470
- Email: aslattery@longfordcoco.ie
PR Officer
- Pat Pilkington
- Chartered Engineer
- Elmville
- Syngefield Road
- Birr
- Co. Offaly
- Tel:090 6454306
- Mob: 087 2500820
- Email: ppilkington@offalycoco.ie
Liaison Committee Rep
- Paul Riordan
- Chartered Engineer
- Rathcolman
- Ballymahon Road
- Mullingar
- Co. Westmeath
- Tel: 044 22450
- Mob: 086 2520348
- Email: paul.riordan@bnm.ie
Events
Details of our autumn and winter programme of events will be posted here in September.