Entrepreneur scholarships for transition year students

A new entrepreneurial programme for transition year students, backed by Irish entrepreneur Martin A Dunphy, begins in Waterford this week. The Poleberry Scholarship scheme is designed to help second-level students to fulfil their entrepreneurial potential.

Dunphy founded Marlin Financial Group, the debt-purchaser that sold to US firm Encore Capital for €355 million earlier this year. He has pledged €500,000 to the Poleberry Scholarships programme. All transition year students at De La Salle in ...