Munster emigrants urged to return home to start a business

The increase in interest this year is due to the twin issues of Brexit and Covid-19

Past participants on the first three years of the programme have recorded increased sales, created new jobs, and won export contracts with the combined turnover of the 2020 group tripling during the programme.

There has been a threefold increase in those seeking applications for a free initiative to help returned emigrants start and develop businesses in Ireland.

The Back for Business developmental programme, which is funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs, is aimed at those who have lived abroad for at least a year and have returned home recently or are planning on returning home to Ireland in the near future.