There has never been a better time for starting a business, CIT entrepreneur in residence Kieran Moynihan tells Claire O’Sullivan

MUCH more needs to be done to help young innovators develop their business ideas if Ireland is to compete strongly for global investment funds.

STUDENTS at Cork Institute of Technology are to have access to a leading entrepreneur for advice on starting up their own companies.

Vallent Technologies, the telecommunications software provider, is to create 20 new hi-tech jobs at its Cork and Galway plants.