Taste of Dublin: Mama Nagi
Mindi Keane, one of the winners of our Taste of Dublin competition and the owner and creative force behind Mama Nagi’s Indian chilli pastes, was born in…
Weddings: The dance of romance
For ten years, Sara helped organise hundreds of wedding receptions. But when it came to her own wedding she and fiance Eoin wanted something different.
BizWorld: Meet the 11-year-old start-up upstarts
Mrs Morgan (School Principal & BizWorld Dragon for the day): Overall, what do you think it’s worth? Geko Games: We need about 30. Frank (Financial Expert & also a Dragon): 30…
Business Loans: 7 steps to total business fitness
Dave Mulqueen, from Marino, and James Swan, originally from Santry, opened ‘The Edge’ personal fitness studio in Clontarf, Dublin 3, in 2009. They now employ seven staff, have launched…
The couple who got a mortgage in 11 days
The couple who got a mortgage in 11 days
We all know that getting a mortgage means paperwork. Banks have duty to make sure that prospective homebuyers can reasonably afford the repayments and that can take a…
Workbench: The strength of the bench
Workbench: The strength of the bench
Come in, sit down, launch a business… In 2015, we started inviting entrepreneurs to come into our branches, take a seat, and get to work on their business ideas. We provided the desk, the chair, free…
Junk Kouture: The seanchaí of stitches
Junk Kouture: The seanchaí of stitches
Every stitch tells a story At Colaiste Ris in Dundalk, teacher Mardeen McCaughey encourages her students to think of the story first before creating their outfits. Four Colaiste Ris outfits made…
‘I became a comedienne at 77’
‘I became a comedienne at 77’
Julie Kertesz at Montrose Workbench Bank of Ireland. Photo: Neil Cubley. You’re never too old to be too old Julie Kertesz believes everyone has a story to tell and…
CoderDojo: Building coders one block at a time
CoderDojo: Building coders one block at a time
I can see a bear and a cat on the laptop screen. What’s going on here? I’m trying to make the bear move more slowly than the cat. Is the…
Enterprise Towns: The chair, the shed, the barber & his son
Enterprise Towns: The chair, the shed, the barber & his son
The chair reunited with Ged Miley courtesy of Tullow Mens Shed. It starts with a chair found in a skip… Ten years ago, workmen were refurbishing an old business on a…
Enterprise Towns: Sealed with a fish
Enterprise Towns: Sealed with a fish
Alan Hegarty had a bait business… In fact, he invented a new type of bait to place in nets to catch lobsters. His enterprise was going…
Our smallest branch
Our smallest branch
Photo: Naoise Culhane. Our smallest branch is on the island of Inis Mór (permanent population approximately 850) That’s about 30 miles out from Galway city over the Atlantic in…
A crash course in starting a business
A crash course in starting a business
Photo: Neil Cubley. Adrian Murphy has had a love of Irish since he was five years old when he began learning a few words from the locals on Inis…