Guinness’s €100k award attracts bids

Dublin: Budding entrepreneurs are battling it out for a cash award of up to €100,000 in memory of Arthur Guinness.

Diageo Ireland has revealed 26 projects have been shortlisted for the Arthur Guinness Fund, which was set up to mark the 250th anniversary of the world famous St James’s Gate Brewery.

Managing director John Kennedy said the fund was the company’s way of ensuring Arthur’s social philanthropy was celebrated and continued.