EY Entrepreneur of the Year

‘Stay hungry and humble’

Martin Group founders and brothers Paul, Gary and Mike Martin: ‘We were fortunate to grow up in an entrepreneurial family’

Laura McCarthy: ‘I stayed home instead of travelling to Thailand with friends that summer and launched Drink Botanicals Ireland’

Drink Botanicals Ireland founder has been nominated in the emerging category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

How can tech offer solutions for weight management and obesity?

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Astera Labs co-founders take home big prize at World EOY Awards

2025 Irish EOY winner Edward McCloskey represented Ireland at the global stage

Rents and evictions soar as house price inflation slows

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Canada’s ‘doors are open’ for Irish and European businesses, entrepreneurs told

Irish entrepreneurs visit Toronto at pivotal moment, as part of EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards programme

Village Vets injects €6m into group, including new advanced surgery clinic in Dundrum

Investment will create 15 new jobs in group that operates 35 clinics across the State, says chief executive Charles Cosgrave

Mark Carney tells Irish business leaders of Canada’s desire for closer trade links

Mark Carney met with some 150 Irish business leaders in Ottawa

Irish entrepreneurs travel to Toronto for week of executive education

Group will sample Canada’s business environment as part of EY Entrepreneur of the Year retreat

Shortlist for 2026 EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards revealed

The 24 finalists will take part in the Big Four firm’s nine-month-long programme

With the price of an ounce now more than $5,000, why is everyone going for gold?

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

EY opens up nominations for its Entrepreneur of the Year awards

Edward McCloskey, founder of Louth-based WaterWipes, won the top prize at last year’s awards in November

Grid Finance chief executive Derek Foley Butler chosen as EY Established Entrepreneur of the Year

The company was founded in 2013 and received funding from the European Investment Fund last year

WaterWipes founder Edward McCloskey chosen as EY Entrepreneur of the Year

Founder of Co Louth-based WaterWipes founder also took the International award on the night

Denis O’Brien given special recognition at EY Entrepreneur Of The Year awards

Businessman said he was ‘flummoxed’ by the award

Smooth Company founder Áine Kennedy wins EY Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year award

Founded from her attic, the beauty company now has sales in more than 70 countries globally

Cork packaging group Zeus buys UK paper sack and packaging firm for £25m

Simpac Ltd has facilities in Hull and Glasgow with 130 employees, and annual revenues of about £30m

Space technology firm Mbryonics to create 125 jobs in Galway in ‘landmark’ for Irish sector

The roles are being created at their new Galway production facility

EY Entrepreneur of the Year profiles: From engineering to online learning and waste disposal

We profile another four finalists chosen in the international category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

Presidential hopeful Gareth Sheridan withdraws from EY Entrepreneur of the Year programme

Candidate had already stepped aside from CEO role

Edward McCloskey of Irish firm WaterWipes: The target is becoming a ‘billion-dollar brand’

WaterWipes has employees in Europe, the US and Australia as well as nearly 400 employees in Ireland

EY Entrepreneur of the Year profiles: From baby wipes to catheters and mechanical engineering

We profile four of the finalists chosen in the international category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

Larry Bass: ‘We’re building Hollywood in Ireland’

Shinawil founder on his journey from pirate radio to producing Dancing with the Stars

Gareth Sheridan: Nutriband ‘will help a lot of people who are dealing with addiction and people who are dealing with pain’

Nutriband founder has been nominated in the established category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

EY Entrepreneur of the Year profiles: From online teaching and Dancing with the Stars to pharma and SMEs

We profile four of the finalists chosen in the established category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

Bakery owner on Ukraine war impact: ‘Commodity prices went skyward, and we made the first loss in the company’s history. And it was a big loss’

Co-owner of McColgan Quality Foods has been shortlisted in the established category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year award

‘Don’t underestimate this guy’: Who is Gareth Sheridan, the pharma millionaire running for president?

Businessman founded Nutriband while studying for a degree – now it’s listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange

Bread 41 founder: ‘Slow, deliberate, values-led growth is what has sustained us’

Former accountant became artisan baker and honed his craft in bakeries across Europe before launching bakery in 2018

VitHit founder Gary Lavin: from insolvency in 2007 to selling 45m bottles in 18 markets, including New York

Gary Lavin has been on a rollercoaster ride with his vitamin drink brand, from making all sales staff redundant to taking on Trump’s tariffs in the US

EY Entrepreneur of the Year profiles: From savoury pastries and vitamin drinks to managing US visas and passports

We profile four of the finalists chosen in the established category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

EY Entrepreneur of the Year profiles: From wellness and hair taming to organic bread baking

We profile four of the finalists chosen in the emerging category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

EY Entrepreneur of the Year profiles: From aviation finance software to changing private dermatology

We profile four of the finalists chosen in the emerging category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

Smooth Company’s Áine Kennedy: ‘My screen time is outrageous. I don’t have a work-life balance at the moment’

Dublin-based entrepreneur on the bootstrapping of her TikTok sensation company and learning to back yourself against bigger fish

Co-founder of Swedish internet security company named EY World Entrepreneur of the Year

Sharon Cunningham and Orlaith Ryan of Shorla Oncology represented Ireland at the event in Monaco

Cork packaging group Zeus acquires two businesses and sees path to €1bn in annual revenues

Wholly owned by Brian O’Sullivan, Zeus has acquired packaging companies in the UK and Spain

EI’s new CEO must think big to help domestic businesses scale to create next ‘Kerry Group or Smurfit’

State agency wants businesses to help spread the risk to the economy of any decline in FDI

‘The Japanese want to see you have the attention to detail, customer service and quality they expect. You have to deliver’

Irish entrepreneurs visit Japan to scope out potential trading opportunities and learn from the country’s biggest companies

Freshly Chopped founder Brian Lee to launch Irish fitness racing brand

The business, Tryka, will run a fitness league across four events at the RDS, culminating in a finale in Portugal

Some 140 Irish business leaders head to Japan as part of Entrepreneur of the Year retreat

Irish group will meet local business leaders, academics and Irish agencies operating in Japan during the week-long trip

Shortlist for 2025 EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards revealed

Group of 27 Irish entrepreneurs, representing 24 companies with revenues in excess of €1bn and 4,000 staff, make the cut this year

Irish cardiac imaging medtech Luma Vision wins US regulatory clearance

Technology is designed to provide better, more detailed images of the heart for doctors treating cardiac irregularities like atrial fibrillation

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