Sean and I put our heads together to make a list of Irish people under forty who are leading the startup and technology scene. Watch these names closely. This post has been jointly published here and on Sean's blog at seanblanchfield.com. Sean Blanchfield is founder and CEO of Scale Front.
Who was Ireland's best chief executive in 2014? And who bitterly disappointed investors? Which deal was the biggest failure and which one got investors really excited. The Sunday Independent polled over 25 of the shrewdest and most influential UK and Irish fund managers, analysts and wealth managers to find out what they thought.
Caroline Keeling, CEO of Keelings. Photo by Kieran Harnett Embracing technology is key to growing business in the food sector, Caroline Keeling tells Claire O'Connell. Growing fruit can be back-breaking work. But Dublin-based Keelings is finding that smart use of technology can help cut down on the elbow grease and get fresh produce onto supermarket shelves in the right quantity and quality.
Internationalisation - Rising to the challenges. The CEO Forum, jointly hosted with Enterprise Ireland, is now regarded as one of Ireland's principal business conferences, attracting key audiences of up to 400 senior Irish business people and providing a forum for over 10 years for collaborative thinking, knowledge sharing and debate with political and business leaders.
Welcome to Focus Ireland. I trust that regardless of who you are - whether you are someone who is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless looking for advice, information and support; or a potential funder assessing how we use resources; or a member of the public wanting to make a difference to society in Ireland - you will find a wealth of information about homelessness in Ireland and what Focus Ireland is striving to achieve on this website.
Enda Kenny was elected Taoiseach in March 2011. He is Leader of Fine Gael since June 2002 and was Leader of the Opposition from June 2002 to March 2011. He is a member of Dáil Éireann since 1975 and has been re-elected in 12 successive general elections.
What are over 250 Irish CEOs saying about the outlook for the Irish economy in our CEO Pulse Survey 2014? It seems that confidence and growth are firmly back on agenda with 86% of CEOs feeling positive about Ireland's economic outlook. For the first time since pre-recession times have CEOs been confident about our economy.
What are over 250 Irish CEOs saying about the outlook for the Irish economy in our CEO Pulse Survey 2014? It seems that confidence and growth are firmly back on agenda with 86% of CEOs feeling positive about Ireland's economic outlook. For the first time since pre-recession times have CEOs been confident about our economy.
Paul Hugh O'Mahony
