Filling in for John Purcell on The Bottom Line this week was Deirdre Dromey, and to chat through some of the business news from the week she was joined by Brian O’Farrell, CEO of County Carlow Chamber of Commerce. Brian also chatted through their “Member’s Green Initiative” and their upcoming events.
"Twenty Questions" our feature which gives you the chance to get the know the individuals behind the businesses and organisations within our communities across Carlow & Kilkenny was back this week, and our latest guest was Róisín McQuillan, Administrator & Business Development Officer at Kilkenny Chamber of Commerce.
On Thursday, Minister Neale Richmond, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment met a range of local businesspeople in Kilkenny and our Edwina Grace spoke with the Minister to hear more about the visit.
Announced during the Ministers visit to Kilkenny was Taxback International’s strategic partnership with WTS Global and Edwina spoke to Terry Clune, CEO of CluneTech and founder of Taxback International, Joe Healy, Chief Commercial Officer with Taxback International and Jurgen Scholz, of WTS.
Melissa Doyle, Business Advisor at Local Enterprise Office Carlow & Co-ordinator of Powerhouse – Women in Business Network, and Norah Ryan, Owner & Managing Director of Barrow Consultancy & Training spoke with Deirdre about the Powerhouse Women in Business Network and the upcoming Powerhouse – Digital Marketing Event to mark Women’s International Day. Norah who will be one of the speakers at upcoming Powerhouse event spoke about her organisation and the work they do as well as speaking about the importance of having a network for people in business.
With thanks to Carlow & Kilkenny Local Enterprise Offices
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