Bruton changes judging process for €2m prize fund

Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton has cut the number of local judges involved in a €2 million prize fund for young entrepreneurs.

Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur programme is open to anybody between 18 and 30 with an idea for a start-up or existing business.There are prizes of €50,000 per county with a top national prize of €100,000.

But the use of locally-based business judges last year came under fire from some of the ...