Riverdeep tops Fast 50 awards

Riverdeep was the overall winner in the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 awards in Dublin last night.

Riverdeep, who provide e-learning solutions over the internet and on CD-Rom, have seen a growth of more than 14,000% in the past three years.

Conduit - a software company that develops and markets technologies for information services to fixed and mobile users - came second with a growth of 949%.

Northern Ireland company BizNet was third with a growth of over 900%.

In spite of the difficulties experienced by the industry in the past year overall growth for the 50 companies across three years was higher this year than last year.