Politics

Simon Coveney running out of time to leave a lasting legacy with the nation

With only 15 months at most to go until a general election the enterprise minister shares his plan to support indigenous businesses to grow into multinationals

Minister Simon Coveney is aiming to create an environment where more Irish companies can grow into multinationals

Simon Coveney has set his stall out as enterprise minister by firmly stating he wants to create an environment where more Irish firms grow into multinationals.

He has said he wants to help grow the number of Irish owned multinationals and large businesses by 50 per cent by the end of the decade, saying “we want more Kerry Groups. We want more stories like Stripe”.

But there is the issue of the ailing Dublin stock ...