From creating socks that grip, to using coffee grounds in beauty products, Ireland’s youngest trailblazers are not short of ideas
Back row, facing camera right to left – Seamus Cummins (Aerobeam), Darragh Scanlon (HerdFinder), Sam McCay (Induct), Samir Bioud (Induct), Isabella Hughes (Simple Probate), Joel Olympio (The Focus Co), Will Donnelly (Induct), Dale Chen (Future Direct) and Elvis Seporaitis (Volta Robotics)
Next row facing camera right to left – Shauna Burke (Croía Jewellery), Andrew Moore (Evogen), Oran O’Reilly (designer), Lucy Byrne (SportElle), Shannen O’Reilly (TrustDish), Pierce Lonergan (Aerobeam) and Nicky Dwyer (Drobey)
Next row facing camera right to left – Lorcan Healy (Eos Elite), Ryan Ormonde (Saor Water), Aaron Devitt (MARC), Liam Fuller (CartShare), Sadhbh Wood (Bean Around) and Ella Dwyer (Drobey)
Front row facing camera right to left – Vlada Shevchenko (Co-Swipe) and Meg Brennan (Polliknow). All photographs were taken in the CHQ Building in Dublin’s Docklands by Gerry Mooney
The struggle to send meaningful gifts to friends and family back home provided former Google product manager Darragh Meaney with the inspiration for his business OnMe.com.
The company builds digital gifts set around people’s passions, with gift cards designed to work across multiple trusted brands in a single category – like a tennis gift card that can be used at Wilson for rackets, Nike for apparel, and Asics for shoes.
