Speech
Keynote address by Minister Donohoe to Central Bank, ESRI & EIB Webinar Enterprise financing and investment in Ireland - tackling the challenges of COVID-19, digitalisation and climate change
INTRODUCTION
Thank you to Stephen for your introduction, and to the joint hosts of this webinar, the Central Bank, ESRI and EIB.
Thanks to the Kemmy Business School at the University of Limerick for their support of the event.
Today I would like to talk to you about the financing of our domestic enterprises and how this links to the Government’s economic response to the pandemic, plans for the medium term post-pandemic period, and the structural changes our society and economy must make to achieve the necessary climate and digital transitions.
Killorglin is a hub of enterprise for south-west start-ups The RDI Hub is taking its place among the Kerry organisations that are creating global business success stories Sponsored Article 31st January, 2021
The RDI Hub in Killorglin is taking centre stage in Kerry’s start-up scene as part of the national consortium recently awarded the government contract to manage the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) service for start-ups.
The €17 million contract will see the RDI Hub (Rdihub.com) work alongside Dogpatch Labs in Dublin, the Republic of Work in Cork and Portershed Galway to manage the rollout of NDRC accelerator programmes regionally.
Business angel investing grew in 2020, despite pandemic
Updated / Thursday, 28 Jan 2021
07:25
Business Journalist
Business angels invested over €14m in start-ups across the island of Ireland in 2020, despite the pandemic induced restrictions throughout the year.
This is according to the latest figures from HBAN, the Halo Business Angel Network.
HBAN is the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of business angel investment, and is a joint initiative of Enterprise Ireland, InterTradeIreland and Invest Northern Ireland.
Business angels are typically former entrepreneurs and other high net worth individuals who have experience and networks available to assist start-ups to grow and accelerate their business development.