The National Enterprise Awards, honouring the best and brightest small businesses and enterpreneurs around Ireland, were held in Dublin last night.
The awards are organised throught the country's 31 Local Enterprise Offices, which support more than 24,000 companies with training, mentoring and financial assistance.
The main winner on the night was a Kilkenny-based life sciences company called MyBio, which supplies products to a number of sectors including labratories and pharmaceutical companies.
Overall Winner - MyBio, supported by the Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Design Award/ Irish Design 2015 - Áine Knitwear, supported by Local Enterprise Office Clare
Export - Vision Built Manufacturing, supported by Local Enterprise Office Galway
Start-Up - Property Button (Property Channel), supported by Local Enterprise Office Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
Innovation - Gannon Eco, supported by Local Enterprise Office Westmeath
All five winners were among the 24,000 small businesses supported by the network of 31 Local Enterprise Offices last year.
The National Enterprise Awards were set-up to celebrate the achievements of Ireland's micro-enterprise sector and previous winners have included Irish Yogurts from West Cork, Hot Irishman Irish Coffee (Walsh Whiskey Distillery) from Carlow and DesignPro from Limerick.
