Shannon based diamond manufacturer, Element Six, has announced the creation of a further 100 jobs at its Clare facility as part of a €7million investment at the plant this year.
Three young Clare entrepreneurs are flying the flag for the County at the Regional Final of ‘Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur’ competition, which is offering an investment prize-fund of €1.5 million.
Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Minister for Jobs, Innovation and Enterprise has met with the Mid West Action Plan for Jobs Implementation Committee to discuss the future of the plan to deliver more jobs for the entire region.
An initiative supported by Limerick headquartered Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre, has been welcomed by Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD, Minister of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.
The search to find Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) is advancing to the Clare County Final stage, which Local Enterprise Office Clare will host on Thursday 15 December at the Buttermarket Building in Ennis.
Participants being inducted onto Enterprise Ireland’s New Frontiers programme at LIT on Monday were told that they are joining the home of enterprise in the Mid-West.
Start-ups and budding entrepreneurs throughout the County have been boosted by the Government’s decision to allocate an additional €245,000 to Local Enterprise Office Clare to assist micro-enterprises in creating local jobs.
