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Enterprise Ireland-backed food and drink firms exported €15 billion worth of goods last year

Food and drink firms invested €166m in R&D in 2024

Enterprise Ireland-backed food and drinks companies invested €166m in research and development last year, according to the semi-State body.

Business • 18 Jun

Mr Carey is co-founder and Executive Chairman of biscuit producer 'East Coast Bakehouse'.

Chair of Enterprise Ireland and Housing Agency resigns

Businessman Michael Carey has resigned as Chair of Enterprise Ireland and Chair of the Housing Agency.

Business • 13 Jun

Jenny Melia is Enterprise Ireland's new CEO (designate)

Enterprise Ireland names Jenny Melia as new CEO

Enterprise Ireland has appointed Jenny Melia as its new chief executive officer (designate).

Business • 30 May

Jack Cannon, Clonkeen College in Dun Laoghaire

Upcycling PC entrepreneur wins Student Enterprise Award

A student entrepreneur who saved 1,000kg of e-waste every year building his own gaming PCs is the winner of the Student Enterprise of the Year.

Business • 09 May

Joe Fernandez (Early Intervention Tools), Aideen Bodkin (StyleAI) and Aisling Browne (GlitchAds) at Enterprise Ireland's annual Start-Up Day Conference in Dublin

Enterprise Ireland invested €27.6m in 157 start-ups

Enterprise Ireland invested €27.6m in start-ups last year, up 15% compared to the amount invested in 2023.

Business • 07 May

Ed Murphy founder of GreenTechHQ, Minister James Browne, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and Kevin Sherry, the interim CEO of Enterprise Ireland (Photo: Mary Browne)

€1m EI investment to create 300 jobs in the South East

Enterprise Ireland is investing €1m in a new business accelerator programme which is set to deliver 300 new jobs in the South East.

Business • 11 Apr

Bobby Healy, the founder and CEO of Manna Air

Manna Air closes new funding round of $30m

Dublin drone delivery service Manna Air has announced a new $30m funding round, bringing its total equity funding to over $60m to scale its operations.

Business • 27 Mar

Aerlytix, which was founded in 2020, has also announced that it plans to create 23 new jobs by 2027.

Aerlytix secures Enterprise Ireland grant of €455,000

Dublin based aviation analytics solutions company Aerlytix has secured a grant of €455,000 through Enterprise Ireland's Research, Development & Innovation (RD&I) fund.

Business • 21 Mar

Enterprise Ireland is holding 60 international events this week to mark the impact of Irish companies abroad

Enterprise Ireland expands footprint with 3 new offices

Enterprise Ireland is marking the international impact of Irish companies with a series of over 60 international events across 52 cities this week.

Business • 14 Mar

Enterprise Ireland today announced its seventh office in the US - in Atlanta

Enterprise Ireland opens in seventh office in the US

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has launched Enterprise Ireland's St Patrick's Day programme of more than 30 business events across the US, as part of Ireland's mission to the US.

Business • 10 Mar

Jenny Melia, Executive Director of Enterprise Ireland, Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke and Karen May, CFO of XOCEAN

VC investment in women-led startups hit €200m in 2024

Venture capital firms invested €200m in Irish, women-led start-ups last year, according to Pitchbook's 'Europe All In' analysis.

Business • 07 Mar

MinisterJack Chambers said tariffs would impose a 'serious risk to the Irish economy'

Govt 'scenario planning' for effects of US tariffs on EU

The Government is scenario planning for effects of tariffs being imposed on goods from Ireland by the Trump administration, according to the Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers.

Business • 05 Mar

Record employment levels in state agency supported firms

New figures show that jobs in client companies of Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta, are now at their highest ever level, at over 546,763 jobs, which is a 1.3% increase on 2023 figures.

Business • 18 Feb

Aerogen specialises in the development and production of aerosol drug delivery

Galway medical tech company Aerogen to create 725 jobs

A Galway-based medical technology company is to increase its workforce by over 700 people as part of a multi-million euro expansion programme.

Connacht • 15 Jan

In total, 11 start-ups were approved investment as part of the HPSU programme and seven were approved for receipt of the PSSF.

Enterprise Ireland approved €3.5m for start-ups in Nov

Enterprise Ireland approved investment funding of €3.55m for 18 start-up companies in November.

Business • 19 Dec 24

Enterprise Ireland's CEO Leo Clancy to leave in March

Enterprise Ireland CEO Clancy to step down in March

Enterprise Ireland's chief executive Leo Clancy is to step down from the role next year to take up a new leadership role in the private sector.

Business • 12 Dec 24

Sandra Doran, Marketing Manager at Techrete,Tom Kelly, Divisional Manager for Industrial & Life Sciences at Enterprise Ireland and Marcus Sweeney, Non-Executive Chairman at Techrete

New Techrete concrete range cuts carbon emissions by 50%

Precast concrete façade specialist Techrete has launched a new range of sustainable concrete products, which target a 50% reduction in embodied carbon.

Business • 05 Nov 24

Orlaith Tynan, Head of Sustainability at Dairygold, Enterprise Ireland Chairman Michael Carey and Mark Kirwan, CEO & co-founder at Positive Carbon, at today's summit in Dublin

Enterprise Ireland's first Sustainable Enterprise Summit

Enterprise Ireland has approved over €55m in funding to support the decarbonisation of Irish businesses, with the funding benefitting more than 400 Irish companies since June 2022.

Business • 05 Nov 24

Paul Conneally, CEO and co-founder of Slick+, Minister Peter Burke, Linda Hegarty, CXO and co-founder of Slick+, Gianni Matera, CEO of Growing Capital, Marina Donohoe, Head of R&I at Enterprise Ireland

Slick+ secures €500,000 in new funding

Irish software start-up Slick has secured "milestone" funding of €500,000, with €150,000 secured from Enterprise Ireland through its High Potential Start-Up (HPSU) programme.

Business • 25 Oct 24

Ten entrepreneurs that took part in last year's bootcamp have already established businesses

Second Ukrainian business bootcamp opens in Dublin

The second Ukrainian Business Bootcamp is taking place in Dublin today.

Business • 21 Oct 24

Andrew Connolly, CEO and co-founder, Wrksense and Ruaidhrí McDonnell, CTO and co-founder, Wrksense.

Wrksense secures €825,000 to fuel global expansion

Wrksense, an AI-driven HR tech start-up has raised €825,000 in pre-seed funding to fuel its global expansion and product innovation.

Business • 16 Oct 24

Tadhg Crowley, CFO of Numeracy for Life, Minister Peter Burke, Neil Salvi, CEO of Numeracy for Life and Marina Donohoe, Head of Innovation and Research at Enterprise Ireland

Enterprise Ireland invests in Numeracy for Life

Numeracy for Life (N4L) has received a strategic investment from Enterprise Ireland as part of its High Potential Start-Up (HPSU) programme.

Business • 09 Oct 24

Equal1 and Irish delegation with Nvidia's Sam Stanwyck, Director of Quantum and Shilpa Kolhatkar, Global Head AI Nations

Nvidia signs collaboration deal with Ireland's Equal1

Irish quantum computing company Equal1 has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with chipmaker giant Nvidia to collaboratively work together on furthering Quantum Computing.

Business • 27 Sep 24

Joseph Stephens, National Cyber Security Centre; Minister Ossian Smyth; Anne Lanigan, Divisional Manager, Technology & Services, Enterprise Ireland; Minister Dara Calleary and Minister Emer Higgins

Grants launched to help businesses with cyber security

Grants of up to €3,000 have been launched to assist SMEs (small and medium enterprises) to review and update their online security measures to mitigate against the risk of cyberattacks.

Business • 25 Sep 24

Marama Labs develops spectroscopy technology that can rapidly analyse the chemistry of highly complex high-value liquids in industries such as life sciences and fermentation

Marama Labs secures €280,000 in EI funding

Marama Labs, a life-sciences instrumentation start-up, has secured €280,000 in funding from Enterprise Ireland to fund the expansion of the company's Irish operations.

Business • 24 Sep 24