Agribusiness and food leaders named as Enterprise Champs

When Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Jobs Minister Richard Bruton launched a €40m competitive regional jobs fund last week, 20 business-people selected to lead the way included Abbey Farm Machinery MD Clodagh Cavanagh; Burren Fish Products MD Birgitte Curtin; Bord Bia member Rachel Doyle, Arboretum, Carlow; Glanbia South West CEO Colin Gordon; Lakeland Dairies CEO Michael Hanley; and Dairymaster CEO Ed Harty.
They have been asked to come up with innovative job-creation proposals and to promote collaboration as part of eight regional jobs plans with a 220,000 extra jobs target.