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One Small Step

In the shower one day, DCU student Aoife O'Driscoll came up with the simple idea of a shower step. Now she's selling the product around the world

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Educogym

Looking to flatten the flab before you bare your midriff around the pool this summer? A few sessions in Jamie Myerscough's Educogym could be called for

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Nifty Software Pulls In Cash For Startup

A simple idea that necessitated not very complicated software development has attracted €600,000 in outside investment for Office Metrics

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New Media, No Money

Many young entrepreneurs naturally gravitate towards music and television. But developing a successful business model centred on youth culture can be difficult

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Kedco Aims In A New Direction

Cork company Kedco has racked up big losses with a Latvian sawmill and selling ‘green' boilers. Now the company wants to tap investors with a fresh idea

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Oy! Here’s Nicola

Nicola Byrne is taking on two telecom goliaths with her directory assistance venture 11890. It's a big spending, high-risk strategy

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Touch Of Pizzazz

Amanda Cahalan and her brother Patrick McDermott profited from UK property and now they've launched a new hotel, bar and club in their native Ashbourne

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Chairman Of The Boards

Internet discussion forum Boards.ie has meagre revenues but an investment by Daft values the site at €3.3m. Gerry Shanahan tells Business Plus about the site's commercial potential

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Ormonde Technologies

When Thomas Marry and Declan Lennon were made redundant by Siemens, they came up with the idea of making internet kiosks. Now they're all the rage in Irish airports

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Game For The Web

Online ventures that entertain young people can gain traction fast. For entrepreneurs such as Playza's Peter Lynch and Nimble.ie's Per Jacobsson, the challenge is to make them pay their way

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Expanding The Pantry

Convenience food retailer The Butler's Pantry is on the expansion trail, but the cost of new premises is proving to be a bugbear

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Collateral Benefit

The credit crunch may be bad for banks but it is good news for Luke Nestor and his software firm Rockall Technologies

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Aiming For €100m

Ivan Eustace and John McHugh used credit card finance to start their wholesale business. Now TNS Distribution has spread its tentacles across Europe

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Setting The Stage

As the property slump rolls on, Upstage's Sinéad Considine is hoping that more vendors will turn to her for home staging

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Lough Luxury

Developer Pat Doherty's gift to his native Donegal is Solis Lough Eske Hotel, which is putting it up to Harvey's Point

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Can MyCash Succeed?

Price comparison sites for financial products are big business elsewhere. Business Plus wonders if MyCash.ie can gain traction in Ireland

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Zoom!

Making fresh juice and smoothies has been a remarkable success story for Zumo Juice Bars founder Cathal Power

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High Street Smiles

Emmet O'Neill and partner Hugh Bradley have taken dental services to where consumers can see them

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Burgers & Beere

Abrakebabra is one of the country's most successful franchise businesses. Now founder Graeme Beere is going for growth by rolling out franchise concepts from the UK

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Tapping State Aids

Gene McMahon's baler company Mac-Fab Systems is expanding fast with assistance from Enterprise Ireland. Now the agency has launched a €60m fund to disburse to growth-minded SMEs

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Refills For Greens

Refilling print cartridges is a growing sector but Cartridge Green founders Niall McConnell and Nik Healy are determined to carve out a niche

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Women In Business December 2007

Why Can't Women Be More Like Men? Men are much more likely than women to become entrepreneurs. Forfás has some ideas as to how to address this gender gap but do they go far enough?

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Aran Candy

Father and son team Peter and Richard Cullen have a global business making jelly beans in Dublin

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Conor O'Brien - FitFone

Mobile services are finally moving beyond music and entertainment and into health, thanks to the efforts of a consultant at the Blackrock Clinic

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Bijou Bistro's Linda Smith

Linda Smith, proprietor of Bijou Restaurant, tells Business Plus that consumers now want a different type of night out

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Gambling On Macao

Tycoon Sheldon Adelson is betting over $9 billion that he can create a Las Vegas clone in Macao

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Major Players

Gerry Fagan's Oceanico Developments is betting big time that the golf can help sell hundreds of its properties on the Algarve

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Women In Business October 2007

Executive Coaching Solutions' Paula King; Ciara O'Brien of eTrip Services; Kudos for Orlagh Nevin; and more

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Domhnall Slattery: Come Fly With Me

Young go-getter Domhnall Slattery is planning a pan-European air taxi service, JetBird, using Very Light Jets

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Joe McBreen Cashes Out After Setbacks

Joe McBreen, one of Galway's most successful entrepreneurs, sold out recently to French firm Valeo. Business Plus profiles a remarkable success story

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Fresh In The City

Paddy Kelly, his son Simon and partners are trying to create a sort of upmarket Centra convenience store chain

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South Bar and Restaurant

Restaurateur Ronan Ryan hopes that dining out in an industrial estate will become chic in South County Dublin

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Women In Business August 2007

Suzanne Quinn's Holiday's Home Direct website venture; Ann-Marie O'Sullivan Expands The Family PR Firm

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Fruits Of The Vine

Eileen Buckley and Michael Cussen moved from Limerick to Dublin to open a small wine shop in Sandycove

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Niche Focus Rewards Botany Weaving Mill

How has a textile manufacturer based in the Liberties in Dublin, founded in 1934, morphed into a global player in its sector?

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Why Healy Shunned AIM For Private Equity

Computer integrator Calyx lasted just two years as a plc. Founder Maurice Healy tells Business Plus why he took his company private

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Renaissance

‘Slow and steady wins the race' could be the motto of IT security firm Renaissance. Business Plus finds out more about a 20-year low-growth success story

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Opportunity Knocks For Gar Holohan

Architect Gar Holohan has a growing sideline in managing municipal fitness and leisure centres

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Women In Business May 2007

Gervaise Slowey named as new Ogilvy & Mather boss; The changing face of secretaries and PAs; Network Ireland's play for women in business, the professions and arts; Mary McKenna's Tour America, from Vegas to Beijing; Networking with Irishbusinesswomen.co

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Coole Minnows Take On Might Of Baileys

David Phelan went up against the big boys with Boru Vodka. Now he's doing it all over again with Coole Swan

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Loyaltybuild Lives Up To Ennis Town Hype

Turning excess hotel inventory into consumer getaway promotions has proved to be a money-spinner for Dominic Considine

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Women In Business June-July 2007

Brenda Jordan's National Energy Assessors; Executive women like fast cars; Gabrielle O'Malley‘s Splash International offers overseas properties; Rhonda Byrne's The Secret

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Ethnic Businesses: Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Olga Gashi is one of Ireland's most successful immigrant entrepreneurs. But access to funding remains a key issue for others who want to emulate her success

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Sean Quinn

The Sunday Times and RTE say tycoon Sean Quinn is Ireland's wealthiest man. That may be the case - but he also owes €2 billion

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U Store It

Funded by National Irish Bank, U Store It is on the expansion trail as consumers and businesses become clued into the benefits of self-storage

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RTE

Did you know that 70% of Charlie Bird's salary in RTE is paid for by your licence fees?

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State Pensions

The pensions hole in Forfás highlights the growing gap between Them and Us

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Natonal Pensions Fund

Has Donal Geaney got the right investment strategy for the National Pensions Reserve Fund?

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Marrakech

There has been no magic carpet ride for investors in Dublin procurement software firm Marrakech

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John O'Connell

Probably the most successful Irish software entrepreneur you've never heard of


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