Here is a selection of eight people who have recently begun interesting new roles with companies based in Ireland.

The managing director of one of the largest family-owned businesses in the country, the Gowan Group, said yesterday that the scarcity of new housing has held back the performance of its appliance and consumer electronics business.

One of the largest family- owned businesses in the country, the Gowan Group, last year returned to profit to record pre-tax profits of €6.3m.

Losses at one of the largest family-owned businesses in the country, the Gowan Group continued to mount in 2010, new figures show.

THE Gowan Group, one of the largest family-owned businesses in Ireland, reported pre-tax losses of more than €50 million in 2008 compared with a profit of €2.6m in the previous year.

THE owners of Wexford-based Senator Windows are in line for a multimillion euro windfall after selling the company to the Gowan Group.

NEW television station Channel 6 is planning to spend €4 million on an advertising and marketing campaign this year.

A CONSORTIUM of investors has pumped e14 million into a television station due to launch this year.

Ireland’s newest national television station has secured €14m in funding from investors, it was claimed today.

Kitchen and electrical distributor KAL and subsidiary of Gowan Group today opened its €15m showrooms, warehouse and offices at Citywest in Dublin.