Enterprise
ILDN Awards: No new business can succeed without support
There are 6,500 people currently receiving support through two schemes set up to help unemployed people to start small businesses. At the ILDN National Enterprise Awards, Ray Lucey caught up with a few of them.
Enterprise
Struggling to read this? Social enterprise Dyslex.ie can help
Enactus DCU’s Dyslex.ie project aims to make it easier to read online content. But how does it work?
Enterprise
Notions: Margaret O’Connor wins big at ILDN Enterprise Awards
Following the 2019 ILDN National Enterprise Awards, Ray Lucey spoke to outright winner Margaret O’Connor about Notions, Lady Gaga and entrepreneurship
Community
Are pub hubs the answer to a lack of community spaces?
There’s no doubt that community facilities are immensely useful for many reasons, but what can you do if your community can’t afford a new building? With pub hubs, Pat Kennedy may have the answer.
Climate Justice
Dark clouds of climate crisis DO have a silver lining
Every dark cloud has a silver lining and the threat of climate change could see the rebirth of strong forces for community development.
Enterprise
Ceangal: Can social enterprises help asylum seekers integrate?
When it comes to supporting asylum seekers, there’s a sense that governments can only do much. That leaves it up to communities and social enterprises to close the gap.
Enterprise
Can social enterprise help combat workplace discrimination?
With unemployment levels among those with disabilities far higher than in the general population, could the solution lie in social enterprise?
Enterprise
‘Social enterprise solves the problems that otherwise go unsolved’
With levels of education and employment among people with disabilities significantly lower than they are among the rest of the population, one of the Enactus NUI Galway projects hopes social enterprise can make a difference.
