#129: The Bottom Line – Business News of the Week, Tabletop Gaming Accessories Company, Chamber Update & New Frontiers Programme.

To chat through some of the business news stories from the week, John was joined by Morwenna Coniam, Dublin Bureau Chief at Bloomberg News.  Dakota Irish, a company founded by North Dakota native Luke McIntosh, grew out of a passion for the fantasy game Dungeons and Dragons. The company which began in Graiguenamanagh, export their products all over the world and have recently expanded. Founder, Luke McIntosh joined John to tell him more about the business and how it began.Brian O’Farrell, CEO of County Carlow Chamber of Commerce chatted to John about his recent trade trip to Liverpool along with six local companies and the Local Enterprise Office in Carlow.The New Frontiers Programme is an enterprise support programme aimed at entrepreneurs with high potential and scalable business ideas or technology. The programme being run out of the Enterprise and Research Centre (ERIC) in South East Technological University Carlow Campus is recruiting for phase 2. To discuss the programme in more detail John was joined by Gemma Purcell, Enterprise Development Manager at South East Technological University and  Ann-Marie McSorley, Founder and CEO of Veri Connect who speaks about her experience of being part of the programme.With thanks to O’Neill Foley, Produced by Deirdre Dromey.To contact the show, email: [email protected]