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FEATURED NEWS
FatCheese Ireland's most useful website

Founded in 2009, cash-back site FatCheese.ie has been named the country’s most useful website at the Irish Web Awards.
Free 'Business Live' events on exporting

Ulster Bank is running a series of 14 free events for small and micro businesses called ‘Business Live’ from November to March.
Rainbusters goes European

This Wicklow business is launching a European distribution site to supply retailers with outdoor clothing for kids.

Christmas market at LIT

Students at Limerick Institute of Technology showed their entrepreneurial flair.

Food producers recognised by SuperValu

Oliver Carty has won the overall Irish Food Producer of the Year title.

DCU staff and students help to launch 12 companies

This is part of a new initiative with AIB.

First 100 members of ‘Generation Innovation’

100 students from a range of backgrounds have joined the NI network.

The Deca Ironman approach to success

Gerry Duffy says the same principles can be applied to goal setting when running a business as when running a marathon.

CPi Foam expects to grow due to cold snaps

Feargal Driver set up CPi Foam in 2009 following the downturn in the construction industry.

NEWS

Chiropractic clinic opens in Phibsboro

14.Dec.2011 A new chiropractic clinic, Spine Align Chiropratic, has opened in Phibsboro, Dublin 7, offering both a central and a mobile treatment service.
Galway Transition Year students get stuck into e-commerce

13.Dec.2011 NUI Galway has embarked on a new initiative with Transition Year students from the Presentation Secondary School in Galway City involving a new e-commerce module.
Jack Murphy store in Rathwood expects €100k turnover

13.Dec.2011 A new Jack Murphy concession shop in the Rathwood shopping and activity centre near Tullow, Co Carlow, is expected to reach turnover of €100k in its first year.
Agile Networks gets €80k grant from Fingal CEB

13.Dec.2011 A start-up company specialising in network integration, Agile Networks, has been approved for grant assistance of €80,000 from Fingal County Enterprise Board.
Von Bismark's 'virtual mirror' popular with Irish shoppers

13.Dec.2011 Irish start-up Von Bismark has developed a virtual mirror that allows consumers to try on digital clothes and accessories, which has gone down well in Liffey Valley Shopping Centre in its first three days there.
SMEs encouraged to win EU business

12.Dec.2011 A new system, Opportunity Tracker, has been launched by Consulting Ireland at a business seminar entitled ‘Winning Your First EC Contract’.
Irish start-ups lag behind Europe

12.Dec.2011 The number of new business startups in Ireland has decreased significantly over the last five years, according to UHY, the international accounting and consultancy network.
Good Food Ireland to feature on SKY TV

12.Dec.2011 Scrumptious food from around Ireland will feature on SKY TV and IRISHTV.ie this coming Thursday, 15 December 15th in a special one-hour programme showcasing all that is good about an Irish food experience.
New butcher’s shop opens at Avoca Monkstown

12.Dec.2011 Innovative butcher Pat Whelan from Clonmel has brought his specialist craft butcher business to Dublin with the opening of a meat emporium in the new Avoca Food Market in Monkstown.
€3m to support skills development in biotechnology sector

12.Dec.2011 There is good news today for those who see their future in the biotechnology sector, as University College Dublin and Elan Corporation announce a €3m initiative designed to create a leadership position in the global biotechnology industry.