Three Cork companies have been announced as finalists in this year\u2019s EY Entrepreneur Of The Year (EOY) programme.<\/p>\n
Now in its 29th year, the theme of this year\u2019s EOY programme, \u2018The Entrepreneurs\u2019, aims to recognise those who pair imagination with action.<\/p>\n
Each year, 24 finalists are selected by a dedicated judging panel, spread in groups of eight candidates across the three categories of emerging, established, and international.<\/p>\n
The three Cork entrepreneurs shortlisted are Danny Buckley of ADHDNow, who was shortlisted in the emerging category; Trevor Casey of EPH Controls, shortlisted in the established category, and Chris Horgan of Dexgreen, shortlisted in the international category.<\/p>\n
The 24 finalists will participate in a nine-month strategic growth programme that includes executive education, networking forums, tailored media profiling, and the annual CEO Retreat, which this year will take place in Toronto, Canada.<\/p>\n
Head of the EY EOY Ireland programme, Roger Wallace, said entrepreneurship in 2026 \u201clooks very different to even a few years ago\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are operating in a world shaped by geopolitical instability, rapid advances in AI, and a level of economic uncertainty that demands creativity as much as resilience,\u201d said Mr Wallace.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur finalists this year have not only adapted to this environment, but are shaping it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 2026 cohort brings together entrepreneurs who are rethinking the possibilities of technology \u2014 they are creating jobs, solving complex challenges, and opening doors to opportunities that did not exist before,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe ingenuity and ambition we see across these 24 finalists reminds us why backing entrepreneurs matters now more than ever.\n <\/p>\n
EOY judging panel chairperson Harry Hughes said this year\u2019s judging process \u201creminded us just how rapidly the world is changing for entrepreneurs\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cSelecting just 24 finalists was an exceptionally difficult task,\u201d Mr Hughes said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe entrepreneurs we met represent both long established sectors and fast emerging fields, but all of them are reshaping their industries with new ideas and new ways of working, and are turning challenges into opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three Cork companies have been announced as finalists in this year\u2019s EY Entrepreneur Of The Year (EOY) programme.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[21101,45,49,48,134724,137],"class_list":{"0":"post-581909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-cork-news","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-cork-business","13":"tag-entrepreneurship"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}