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How a furniture store helped inspire the birth of a Galway software firm with 16 staff

With offices in Ireland, Britain and Australia, Ordorite is a leading software provider for furniture and bedding retailers

Dublin firm's solar-powered billboards used at bus and Luas stops

Solar AdTek provides partially or wholly solar powered advertising billboards in over 100 locations

Johnson Hana eases heavy burden of routine legal services

The legal services firm has a ‘marketplace’ of lawyers to reduce costs and increase efficiencies for businesses

Blanchardstown software firm tells builders in real time if they are losing money

LiveCosts previously ran a construction company and were frustrated with the lack of technology available to assess costs

Ginger beer on tap helps the profits to start flowing

Zingibeer, an alcoholic ginger beer produced by father and daughter team Rachel and Kevin Byrne, is now on sale in 300 retailers and should soon have its own production facility

How a grain of an idea became the main ingredient in a thriving food business

Starting with spent grain from breweries, Biasol upcycles food that would normally go to waste to create nutritious and delicious ingredients for products such as scone and pancake mixes

Vegan foods entrepreneur who started business cooking for husband now selling to SuperValu

Thanks Plants vegan products are sold in 300 stores across Ireland and has started exporting to Britain, Iceland and Spain

Mesh seeks funding to develop sales and marketing operation

The Sandyford-based company aims to become the go-to security provider for managed services providers

Love of coffee and empty kiosk perfect blend for new business

Hannah Murphy stumbled upon the vacant kiosk on Leeson Street and instantly knew it would be a great location for her coffee business

How a Meath soap company went from 'two pots in a kitchen' to 25 staff

The Handmade Soap Company, which manufactures natural body and home care products, puts a lot of emphasis on the green agenda for future growth

Family-run Wicklow fragrance company Max Benjamin targets US expansion

The business, founded by Orla Van den Bergh in Co Wicklow in the 1990s, is looking to move into the States this year with products that include natural wax candles, diffusers and hand creams

Menopause Hub to open Cork clinic as it looks to keep women in the workplace

As the support service for women going through the menopause opens its first clinic in Cork, its founder says there are 140,000 women who consider leaving their jobs because of their symptoms

The Dublin firm aiming to solve a problem more lethal than breast and colon cancer

Firm that can make clinical diagnoses faster has raised €7.4 million to date and plans to scale up production of infection testing platform for worldwide use

From anvils into the modern age – how a Louth sheet metal firm evolved

Clients of Eliteform Manufacturing include the Aviva Stadium and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and now the Castlebellingham company is looking to get into making brackets for solar panels

My Name is Ted aims to become the ‘Mulberry of Ireland’ for luxury bags

A row of Georgian houses inspired the signature design for the handcrafted leather accessories firm whose name is a tribute to the original founder

Easydry compostable towel offers a sustainable solution for towel-hungry industries

The Dundalk-based business is targeting the beauty, fitness and healthcare sectors with its environmentally friendly alternative to cotton towels and traditional laundry

Soltec looks to future-proof with €6m investment in recycling of hazardous waste

The Mullingar-based business saves around 4,500 tons of carbon every year by turning solvents, aerosols and corrosive materials into other products in a sustainable way

Wild Atlantic Health seeks to expand into Britain, South Africa and UAE

Jonathan Amm’s leukaemia diagnosis in 2017 motivated him to move from working with start-ups to setting up his own preventative health business

Honest x Torpey sportswear keeps the focus on performance and sustainability

Seán Torpey’s father John began making hurleys as a sideline and now his son has expanded the successful family business into apparel aimed at the eco-conscious consumer

Design company Hide offers high-quality garden rooms as an alternative to home extensions

Hide, a sister company to craft window specialist Lambstongue, is aiming to provide ‘something that people will look out of their house at and think is beautiful’