Irish entrepreneurs still not competing internationally'

Irish start-up businesses are still struggling to scale up to compete internationally, according to John Hartnett, founder of the not-for-profit organisation, the Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG).

Craig Barrett, former chief executive of Intel, John Hartnett, founder of the Irish Technology Leadership Group, and President Michael D Higgins. Picture: Barry Cronin

Irish start-up businesses are still struggling to scale up to compete internationally, according to John Hartnett, founder of the not-for-profit organisation, the Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG).

''There are lots of start-ups, and there is lots of free capital around Ireland, but how do we scale it to create multi-billion-dollar companies? I think the Collison brothers are great examples of that, but they had to leave Ireland and go to the US to ...