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Business & Start Ups Supports

The sustainability, vibrancy and future of our rural areas is directly linked to the existence of a range of different indigenous businesses within rural communities.

The Kinsale Bay Food Company team, including General Manager Tommy Doyle, stand in a food production kitchen holding packaged seafood products.
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Supporting Women in Business

WREN is a training and mentoring programme for women who wish to become self-employed or who are already in the early stages of business development.  The online, interactive workshops, are…

Barry Cogan, Cllr Seamus McGrath, Michael McGrath TD, Cllr Jack White, Cllr Frank O’Flynn, Eamonn O’Brien, Cllr Audrey Buckley, Aidan Winters, An Tánaiste Micheál Martin TD, Cllr Ben Dalton O’Sullivan and Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD with his son Fiadh cutting the ribbon at the official opening of Carrigaline Men’s Shed on 8 July 2023.

Social Enterprise

A ‘social enterprise’ differs from a ‘private enterprise’ in that it is established to meet a social challenge or need and generally, will reinvest profits back into expanding its socially…

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Rural Tourism & Ring of Cork

Rural Tourism is critical to the economy of County Cork. Tourism is boosted by the region’s close proximity to traditionally strong tourism routes and a ready market of over one million people,…

Start your own business support

Are you thinking about setting up your own business? Through group workshops and working with a dedicated enterprise advisor we can help you to:

Business & Start Ups Supports Case Studies