The Local Enterprise Office (LEO) Clare awarded business development grants totalling more than €375,000 and facilitated training courses and workshops for hundreds of people during 2014.

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The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton T.D. today met Paddy Finn from Castletroy-based Electricity Exchange, a national finalist in this year’s ‘Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur’ competition.

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Clare County Council says the zoning of more than 345 hectares of land along the Shannon Estuary will give ‘greater investor confidence’ for anyone considering large-scale marine related development proposals.

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Three young Limerick entrepreneurs are flying the flag for the county at the regional final of the inaugural ‘Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur’ competition, which is offering an investment prize-fund of €2 million.

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Pictured with her awards in Ennis Co Clare is Regina Tierney. Pic Arthur Ellis.

 

A County Clare fashion designer has won €20,000 after being named Clare's Best Young Entrepreneur at an awards ceremony hosted in The Rowan Tree, Ennis, County Clare, today (Thursday, 24 October 2014).

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The Cathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council has today (Wednesday, 01 October 2014) welcomed the announcement by Canadian firm Optel Vision of its decision to establish a Manufacturing and Operations Centre at the former ON Semiconductor facility at Raheen Business Park in Limerick.

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The naming of the winners in the Limerick Best Young Entrepreneur competition and a business networking workshop hosted by communications executive and broadcaster Anton Savage are among the highlights of Limerick Business Week 2014, which gets underway next Monday.

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back row from left:  Agnes Relihan, Business Advisor, Limerick Enterprise Office; finalist Michael Houghton (Web development services), finalist Aislinn O'Flynn (Sensomi Sensory discovery box), finalist Colm Moore (Micro home manufacturing); finalist finalist Garry Rohan (Rohan Engineering - farm equipment);  finalist Paddy Finn (Electricity Exchange - virtual powerplant);  Terry Harmer, NLC Communications, Padraig Considine, PAS Accountants

Seated from left are  finalist Jason Hennessy (Rugby Lad Sevens event); finalist Ciaran Hogan (Blu Store - customisable wearable art); finalist Barry O'Connell (Destination Motivation - gym); finalist Marie Curtin (Temple Dairy - chocolate milk for athletes);  finalist Aisling Maher, Milliner Adare; finalists Grainne & Brendan Kelly (Intern skills matching for micro business);  finalist Jack Cotter (Firewood & log trade centre) and finalist Klaudia Stawiarska (Bubble - tea shop). Missing from the photograph are finalists Kieran Normoyle (Personal Flotation System and Shane McCarthy (Blue Chief - software services). Picture Liam Burke/Press 22

 

The Local Enterprise Office (LEO) Limerick has moved one step closer to finding Limerick's Best Young Entrepreneur after it announced the 15 finalists in the competition.

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Bootcamp to help find Ireland's Best Young Entrepreneur in Co. Clare. Â Pictured at the Templegate Hotel Ennis were L-R Enda McGuane, Matt Smith, Theresa Mulvihill, Trainer and Mentor, Smart Marketing Ltd, Keith King,Camill Roelants, betty Devanny, Clare Local Enterprise Office, Timmy Crowe, Zsanett Lazar, Thomas Gleeson, Eric Gargiulo, Dean Costelloe and Tola Culliney.Pic Arthur Ellis.

15 county finalists in Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) competition, organised by Local Enterprise Office Clare, participated in a two day specialised Entrepreneur Bootcamp in Ennis at the weekend.

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Clare County Council today launched a newly produced publication detailing enterprise and industrial zoned sites across County Clare.

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The recently launched Local Enterprise Office (LEO) Clare has announced details of a new competition to find Clare’s Best Young Entrepreneur.

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A new Clare-based service merging national enterprise policy and local business supports to strengthen the local business culture and environment has become operational today (Tuesday, 15 April 2014).

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The Cathaoirleach of Limerick County Council has welcomed the announcement by American biopharmaceuticals firm Regeneron of its intention to develop a new facility at Raheen Business Park in Limerick.

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Jan O' Sullivan, TD, Minister for Planning, will be in Clare later this week to launch a major strategic plan for the future development and management of marine-related industry and tourism along Ireland’s largest estuary, the Shannon Estuary.

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Clare Senator Tony Mulcahy today welcomed the announcement by Shannon Airport headquartered Eirtech Aviation that it will shortly begin painting aircraft in the former Alitalia Paint hanger at Rome's Fiumicino Airport.

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Senator Tony Mulcahy has received confirmation from the National Council for Special Needs (NCSE) that 3 new classes for children with special needs are scheduled to open in County Clare during September.

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Shannon-based Fine Gael Senator Tony Mulcahy says this week's announcement by Ei Electronics of plans to increase its workforce to 500 by the end of 2013 is a significant boost to the indigenous manufacturing sector in the town and surrounding region.

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The contribution made by the Ennis Innovate Regional Innovation Centre to supporting emerging Clare businesses was recognised this week when the Centre received a Best Practice Certificate in the European Public Sector Awards (EPSA) 2013.

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Clare County Council has announced that the proposed new Clare Local Enterprise Office will be up and running at Áras Contae and Chláir in Ennis by the end of 2013.

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Clare County Council today published a Draft Development Contribution Scheme containing a number of provisions to incentivise and promote development in County Clare.

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