Mark Cahill is a 16-year-old entrepreneur with an idea that manages to balance fashion sense with cost-cutting cuteness.

An informal group helping children and teens develop their skills as computer coders started in Cork last year — and it’s just about to go global, writes Tommy Barker

Kerry-based design solutions company Tweak.com has secured a multimillion euro deal with a German publisher.

THE start-up business programme, Endeavour, has announced the 14 companies that have been selected to complete its 2011 start-up programme.

TRALEE came to a standstill yesterday for the funeral of photographer, television cameraman, photo-journalist and founder of Kerry’s Eye newspaper, Padraig Kennelly.

PÁDRAIG KENNELLY, the photographer, television cameraman and founder of the Kerry’s Eye newspaper, has died at his home in Tralee at the age of 82.

THEY came into the big room, some of them dry-mouthed with terror, some of them sunny with positive expectations.

A TRANSITION-YEAR student with an inventor’s flair has scooped a top prize for her business idea.

Dublin: More than 100 business professionals attending a William Fry breakfast briefing yesterday heard guest speaker Jerry Kennelly — founder and chief executive of Tweak.com — declare Ireland’s appetite for entrepreneurship is at an all-time high.

THE founders of Startup bootcamp used yesterday’s Dublin Web Summit to announce the addition of Ireland to its growing list of locations. The venture by the technology entrepreneurship mentoring programme, which started in Copenhagen, acts as a high level incubation centre for technology start-ups.

ENTREPRENEUR Jerry Kennelly is investing close to €20 million of his own money in a online e-commerce design and print venture which he hopes will have a million customers this time next year.

START-UP businesses have until January 26, to apply for entry to Endeavour, the funding programme run by entrepreneur Jerry Kennelly, Kernel Capital and Kerry Group.

AFTER receiving his honorary doctorate at UL, Dr Jerry Kennelly spoke of his hopes that a global company he has established will follow the success of Stockbyte which he sold for €110 million four years ago.

UP and coming business visionaries, whose projects may create jobs for themselves and for others, were honoured in Killarney last night.

A BUSINESS Boot Camp will see 600 students from Kerry and Limerick put their ideas to the test in front of a panel of leading Irish entrepreneurs and business people, as part of the annual Young Entrepreneur Programme and Awards.

LIMERICK-based radio station Spin South-West remains on course to break even by the end of 2011 despite its latest set of accounts showing a loss of nearly €1 million.

A PROGRAMME offering budding entrepreneurs the chance to bring their concept to life has received an overwhelming response, according to organisers.

A KERRY teenager could be on her way to fame and fortune as her invention to help babies and toddlers crawl safely could be launched in shops soon.

THE founder of Aer Arann and Kerry businessman Jerry Kennelly are among the names who have joined forces to launch a Dragons Den-style project to assist aspiring entrepreneurs.

TRIBUTES poured in across the country for businessman Joe Gantly yesterday, who was described as a positive, energetic and talented personality.

IT’S a long time since I had my appendix removed at the age of nine, but I had prepared myself for a war zone situation when I found that I would be spending a week as an inmate of an Irish hospital.

There’s no doubt Ireland cares deeply about Africa. We give aid, deploy peacemakers and welcome migrants.

SEVERAL of the country’s most successful businessmen and women will share their tips and secrets with the next generation of budding movers and shakers, testing their mettle and checking if they have the entrepreneurial skill or E-Factor, to succeed.

“STOP laughing at me,” implored 16-year-old Hugh Nash as he stood before 600 of his peers in a cavernous Brandon Hotel conference room in Tralee yesterday.

YOUNG radio listeners in Munster will have a new choice from Monday when Limerick-based SPIN South West goes on air.

THE Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) will today announce the winner of the licence to operate a youth-focused radio station across the south-west.

THE sale of Kerry-based images company, Stockbyte, last week for €110m could inspire other success stories from a hi-tech centre in Tralee.

A KERRY company, started modestly 10 years ago, was purchased yesterday for a massive €110 million by the world’s leading creator and distributor of images for use in the mass media.

Ernst & Young has announced the Irish shortlist for the 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year Programme.

Stockbyte, the Irish owned, global stock photography leader, today announced that it has bought out the 30% stake held by its venture capital partner, ACT Venture Capital, for an undisclosed sum.

TRALEE-BASED Stockbyte has completed the multi-million buyout of the 30% stake held in the company by ACT Venture Capital.

A BLEND of cutting edge technology and native cunning enabled Kerry company Stockbyte to snatch the title of DHL Exporter of the Year, managing director Jerry Kennelly said yesterday.