Days before I interviewed European Commissioner Mairead McGuinness, on the same central Dublin street, I met entrepreneur Shane Kiernan who had just raised €1 million for his new start-up, Recruitroo. The round took six months to close and took place after his previous business had gone into liquidation for lack of funds.  “Things are still taking a long time to close,” Kiernan said. “It’s hard for founders, always, in raising that cap[ital].” McGuinness’s full title is Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union and the last item is what we start with – you can listen to…

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