2018 Press Releases - Enterprise Ireland

20 years of winners to be celebrated at 2018 National Enterprise Awards

Figures released this week show that previous winners of Local Enterprise Office-run competition together employ 832 people, generate €131 million in turnover annually and export to 52 countries.

Minister Humphreys, Minister Breen and Minister O'Donovan lead fifth national Trade and I...

Minister Heather Humphreys TD, Minister Pat Breen TD and Minister Patrick O’Donovan TD begin a two-day Trade and Investment Mission to Dublin, Limerick and Sligo today

Minister Humphreys presents €3000 prize to Martina Woods, Harry's Dog Bakery at Co. Monag...

Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD presented Martina Woods, the winner of an Elevator Pitch competition, with a prize worth €3,000 in Co. Monaghan last night

Three Irish companies win €7m in the latest round of Horizon 2020 SME Instrument

Three grants amounting to €7 million have been successfully secured by three Irish companies in the most recent round of Horizon 2020 SME Instrument funding which received 1280 applications from all over Europe

€230,000 innovation funding to optimise deliveries in Belfast and Dublin

For the first time, Belfast and Dublin City Councils are partnering with Enterprise Ireland to launch a joint Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) challenge based competition that’s offering €230,000 to businesses to develop low cost, innovative ...

Minister D'Arcy leads Enterprise Ireland fintech trade mission to Frankfurt Germany

Michael D’Arcy T.D. Minister of State at the Department of Finance is leading a delegation of 13 Enterprise Ireland client companies on a one-day trade mission to Frankfurt, Germany

Minister Halligan announces €26.75m in funding for the Enterprise Ireland Technology Gate...

John Halligan TD, Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development, announced the Government of Ireland is providing funding of €26.75m for the Enterprise Ireland Technology Gateway Network over the five year period from 2 ...

Enterprise Ireland Launches Fintech Sector Census to Map Ecosystem

Enterprise Ireland today launched the first Fintech Census which aims to accurately map Ireland’s Fintech sector for the first time. The Fintech Census initiative is a key action of the Department of Finance’s IFS 2020 Action Plan for 2018, launched ...

Smart Dublin launches five new innovation challenges with 800k in funding

Smart Dublin, in partnership with Enterprise Ireland, launched today five Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) competitions with €800k in funding. The announcement was made today at the LexIcon, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown’s smart library

Regional shortlist announced for National Startup Awards 2018 powered by Bank of Ireland ...

The regional shortlist for the National Startup Awards, powered by Bank of Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, has today been announced, with 109 companies shortlisted across 14 categories