Full coverage: Enterprise Ireland

A briefing document obtained by The Currency reveals a plan that is big on ambition but with details still to emerge. This is what it says.

The agency backs hundreds of early-stage companies. Executive director Kevin Sherry says it is now ramping up investment in later-stage firms.

Trade turbulence has cast a shadow over doing business in the US. Irish firms are ploughing ahead with investments there but the playbook has got a little complicated.

The state agency’s incoming CEO Jenny Melia is pushing companies to centralise R&D at home and avoid reliance on a dominant export market. After Brexit, the diversification strategy now becomes a playbook for dealing with the US.

There are many more finance options for businesses now than in 1986, yet Kerry Group’s founding CEO has urged greater support for large Irish companies to become global champions.

Released departmental documents show that officials are more focused on finding someone to manage the current investment portfolio in over 250 companies than ensuring Ireland has a tech start-up accelerator come 2026.

The agency hit the ground running to prepare companies for a hard Brexit. There isn’t the same sense of urgency for companies exporting to the US under the shadow of Trump.

Budget 2025 broadened tax incentives to get more individuals to invest in early-stage companies. Yet what the sector really needs is a reduction in complexity.

Imelda Lambkin heads up the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund, tasked with backing cutting-edge tech projects in Ireland. She talks to The Currency about the fund’s mission and its future.

At the end of an extraordinary week, Ireland’s largest and longest-established angel syndicate has voted to dissolve itself. What this means for the Irish start-up ecosystem, and HBAN, remains unclear.