ERNST & YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR

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Broadcast Details: Tuesday 30th September, 10.45pm

RTÉ FACTUAL: The first programme features new young businesses who are competing for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards

David McWilliams will host the annual Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards on Thursday 23rd October. In the run up to the awards ceremony, each competing entrepreneur will be profiled.

The first programme features new, young businesses. In this increasingly gloomy economy, these people provide some much needed inspiration.

Young gun Eric Mosley explains why his company encourages bosses to thank their employees a hundred, thousand times. Eugene Greene buys and sells military clothing.

Patricia O’Hagan is exploiting technology for security reasons – using eye and fingerprint mapping to identify people. Trad fans and good friends Tom Brennan and Patsy Carney have an expanding business in the pharmaceutical industry.

Mark Heffernan, from Australia, has established a business with friends from Trinity College. While family man Tom Marren, is focusing on providing new, environmentally friendly energy.

Cathal Power of Zumo juice bars, casts his expert eye on fruit picking in north county Dublin. While we grab lunch with Sean Rowland of Hibernia College.

Programme 2 of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards (9th October) will feature the industry category. Programme 3 (16th October) will focus on the international category.