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Dragons Den star challenges region

SEAN Gallagher of the Dragon’s Den will challenge business people of the Mid West to put their money where their mouth is during Mid West Regional Business Week 2009.

Following on from the huge success of Bill Cullen’s guest speaker appearance at a similar event in April, straight-talking entrepreneur and Dragon, Seán Gallagher will talk at the event with “Put your Money Where your Mouth is – Making Successful Decisions in Tough Times”,

For more information on this event taking place in the Radisson Hotel Limerick on Wednesday October 7 and other events taking place during Mid-West Regional Business Week 2009 go to www.regionalbusinessweek.com.

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Business gurus gather for regional business week

Minister for Trade and Commerce, Mr. Billy Kelleher TD will perform the official opening of inaugural Mid West Regional Business Week this coming Monday October 5 at 2 p.m. at the Westpark Business Campus, Shannon, Co. Clare.

Following on from the official opening, Vincent Browne of TV3’s nightly current affairs programme and columnist with both the Irish Times and the Sunday Business Post will chair a discussion panel on the topic “Doing business in the Mid West” – the issues facing this region and how these may be addressed.

This discussion panel will include Minister Billy Kelleher T.D, Brian O’Connell MD of Westpark Shannon Ltd and member of the Government-appointed Mid West Task Force., Dr Maria Hinfelaar President of Limerick Institute of Technology, Brendan Kenny CEO of the Limerick Regeneration Project and Rory O’Connor former CEO of Hewlwett Packard. With his many years in the media and his confrontational questioning style, Browne will ensure to deliver a very focused and thorough discussion with the panel.

The inaugural Mid-West Regional Business Week will take place from Monday 5th – Friday 9th October 2009 with an extensive programme of seminars, workshops, networking events and expos addressing relevant business topics.

For further details contact Limerick County Enterprise Board on 061 496520 or log onto www.lcoeb.ie

Speakers set for Network Limerick

NETWORK Limerick monthly meeting is participating in the Mid West Regional Enterprise Week and on Tuesday October 6 between 8.00pm – 9.30pm at The Strand Hotel, they will host two speakers as they share their thoughst and experiences.

Jon Kenny will entitle his talk on “Embracing change, overcoming adversity and starting over again”.

Anne Hession, vice president of Network Ireland will discuss, “Why Network?”

All visitors are welcome to attend the event and you can look on www.networklimerick.com for more details.

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