Ronan and Conor Burke: ‘Suddenly, every financial institution needed a solution to a problem we had spent years preparing to solve’
Inscribe aims to eliminate document fraud from financial services with its AI-powered detection platform
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David Brennan: ‘We grew from €0 to €60 million per annum in nine years’
Eastgate Engineering is a specialist electrical and instrumentation engineering business
Brian Moloney: ‘I bought a car with my last few hundred pounds and had to sleep in it for two weeks’
StormHarvester is a Belfast-headquartered AI company tackling pollution and flooding across wastewater networks
Sanjay Abraham and Ian Morgan: ‘We’ve rebuilt how workforce management works using automation and AI’
Xpress Health helps healthcare providers manage qualified professionals through a single digital platform
Dr Harriet Treacy: ‘Entrepreneurship is a craft, much like surgery’
BeyondBMI was founded as Ireland’s first fully comprehensive, technology-enabled obesity clinic
Aoife Matthews, Jennifer O’Connell and Louise O’Riordan: ‘This is for our mothers, sisters, friends, and ourselves – so only the best will do’
Sisterly aims to give female health the attention it deserves and simplify women’s wellness at every stage of life.
Danny Buckley: ‘Her last words to me were a plea to please get help for my ADHD’
ADHD Now is Ireland’s largest private ADHD assessment and treatment provider
Manna’s Bobby Healy: ‘We’ve worked through real challenges along the way’
Manna Air Delivery’s mission is to make lightning-fast suburban deliveries affordable, green and safe
Robin Jones: ‘The company tagline is “Bakeable Happiness”’
Golden Bake supplies increasingly discerning retail and foodservice customers across multiple markets
Irish tech co-founder John Corley: ‘Our first attempt to build product was a spectacular failure’
Spanish Point Technologies provides software solutions to medium and large businesses based on emerging Microsoft technologies
Glanua’s Karl Zimmerer: ‘The creation of Uisce Éireann in 2014 was transformational’
Glanua delivers water, wastewater and environmental engineering solutions
Clare Walsh and Paul Vallely: ‘We have a brand that’s on trend, affordable and fun in a category most people find boring’
Kukoon, based in Newry, is an an online-first rugs and homewares brand with a strong in-store retail presence
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T-Pro founders’ investment firms report profits of more than €20m each
Health tech company Jonathan Larbey and Mark Gilmartin set up in 2012 has expanded to Britain, the US, Australia and New Zealand
Dexgreen director Chris Horgan: ‘It’s difficult to scale purely within Ireland’
Dexgreen says maintaining financial discipline is more important than ever as market trends can change rapidly
Maire Claire Reid: ‘I would never ask someone to do something I haven’t done myself’
Logistics group TST Group built its business by creating value backed by service, not by being the cheapest
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Martin Group founders and brothers Paul, Gary and Mike Martin: ‘We were fortunate to grow up in an entrepreneurial family’
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Dermot O’Shea, Taoglas: ‘Our ambition is bold: we’re targeting over $1bn in annual revenues by 2035’
Established in 2004 in Ireland, Taoglas is a global provider of antennas, and advanced IoT components
VitHit acquired by Vimto maker Nichols in €75m deal
The company was founded in 2001 by former rugby player Gary Lavin
John Lunn: ‘My true passion for our industry came during my year with Cartier in Madrid’
Lunn’s managing director has been nominated in the Established Business Category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards
EY Entrepreneur of the Year profiles: From push notes to balconies and diamond rings
We profile four of the finalists chosen in the established category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards
Oltian Dervishi: ‘Our goal is to manufacture one balcony every 18 minutes’
Forte Pespa founder has been nominated in the Established Business Category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards
Trevor Casey: ‘From an early age I wanted to build something of my own’
EPH Controls founder has been nominated in the Established Business Category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards
Tommy Kearns: ‘We’re not adapting to the AI era. We’re defining what it looks like in regulated industries’
Xtremepush cofounder has been nominated in the Established Business Category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards
Liam Kearney, Revive: ‘We deliberately chose not to enter the US market’
Revive cofounder has been nominated in the emerging category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards
Jennifer Rock: ‘My journey began with my own teenage skin concerns’
Skingredients founder has been nominated in the emerging category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards
Brian Shields: ‘I spent years watching patients struggle with conditions that had poor or no solutions’
Neurent Medical founder has been nominated in the emerging category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards
Laura McCarthy: ‘I stayed home instead of travelling to Thailand with friends that summer and launched Drink Botanicals Ireland’
Drink Botanicals Ireland founder has been nominated in the emerging category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards
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Astera Labs co-founders take home big prize at World EOY Awards
2025 Irish EOY winner Edward McCloskey represented Ireland at the global stage
Canada’s ‘doors are open’ for Irish and European businesses, entrepreneurs told
Irish entrepreneurs visit Toronto at pivotal moment, as part of EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards programme
Village Vets injects €6m into group, including new advanced surgery clinic in Dundrum
Investment will create 15 new jobs in group that operates 35 clinics across the State, says chief executive Charles Cosgrave
Mark Carney tells Irish business leaders of Canada’s desire for closer trade links
Mark Carney met with some 150 Irish business leaders in Ottawa
Irish entrepreneurs travel to Toronto for week of executive education
Group will sample Canada’s business environment as part of EY Entrepreneur of the Year retreat
Shortlist for 2026 EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards revealed
The 24 finalists will take part in the Big Four firm’s nine-month-long programme
With the price of an ounce now more than $5,000, why is everyone going for gold?
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EY opens up nominations for its Entrepreneur of the Year awards
Edward McCloskey, founder of Louth-based WaterWipes, won the top prize at last year’s awards in November
Grid Finance chief executive Derek Foley Butler chosen as EY Established Entrepreneur of the Year
The company was founded in 2013 and received funding from the European Investment Fund last year
WaterWipes founder Edward McCloskey chosen as EY Entrepreneur of the Year
Founder of Co Louth-based WaterWipes founder also took the International award on the night
Denis O’Brien given special recognition at EY Entrepreneur Of The Year awards
Businessman said he was ‘flummoxed’ by the award
Smooth Company founder Áine Kennedy wins EY Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year award
Founded from her attic, the beauty company now has sales in more than 70 countries globally
Cork packaging group Zeus buys UK paper sack and packaging firm for £25m
Simpac Ltd has facilities in Hull and Glasgow with 130 employees, and annual revenues of about £30m
Space technology firm Mbryonics to create 125 jobs in Galway in ‘landmark’ for Irish sector
The roles are being created at their new Galway production facility
EY Entrepreneur of the Year profiles: From engineering to online learning and waste disposal
We profile another four finalists chosen in the international category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards
Presidential hopeful Gareth Sheridan withdraws from EY Entrepreneur of the Year programme
Candidate had already stepped aside from CEO role
Edward McCloskey of Irish firm WaterWipes: The target is becoming a ‘billion-dollar brand’
WaterWipes has employees in Europe, the US and Australia as well as nearly 400 employees in Ireland
EY Entrepreneur of the Year profiles: From baby wipes to catheters and mechanical engineering
We profile four of the finalists chosen in the international category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards
Larry Bass: ‘We’re building Hollywood in Ireland’
Shinawil founder on his journey from pirate radio to producing Dancing with the Stars
Gareth Sheridan: Nutriband ‘will help a lot of people who are dealing with addiction and people who are dealing with pain’
Nutriband founder has been nominated in the established category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards
EY Entrepreneur of the Year profiles: From online teaching and Dancing with the Stars to pharma and SMEs
We profile four of the finalists chosen in the established category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards
Bakery owner on Ukraine war impact: ‘Commodity prices went skyward, and we made the first loss in the company’s history. And it was a big loss’
Co-owner of McColgan Quality Foods has been shortlisted in the established category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year award
‘Don’t underestimate this guy’: Who is Gareth Sheridan, the pharma millionaire running for president?
Businessman founded Nutriband while studying for a degree – now it’s listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange
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