About our title sponsor and supporters

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  permanent tsb, part of the Irish Life & Permanent Group is one of Ireland’s leading providers of personal financial products and services, with a commitment to delivering the highest standards of Customer Service. permanent tsb offers a full suite of personal banking products including current accounts, savings, credit cards, residential mortgages, personal loans and auto finance.

  permanent tsb has a reputation for bringing new and innovative products to the Irish marketplace, having been the first to introduce fee free current accounts. In 2007 permanent tsb launched a unique ATM card personalisation service. In October 2008, text banking was launched allowing customers to bank through their mobile phone.

  For more information log on to www.permanenttsb.ie

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  NEWSTALK

  106-108 fm launched in 2002 as Dublin’s talk-radio station. In September 2006 the station went nationwide, delivering a range of quality topical programmes including ‘Down To Business’ – Ireland’s premier business radio show covering all enterprise-related topics including personal finance, business news and consumer affairs.

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  COMMUNICORP GROUP

  Founded by Denis O’Brien, Communicorp Group owns and operates various media channels with a strong focus on radio broadcasting. The Company is the leading Irish commercial radio broadcaster and operates one of the largest independent radio groups in Central and Eastern Europe. Communicorp is now the fastest growing radio network in Europe with 42 radio stations in 8 European countries.

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  TULLOW OIL PLC

  is quoted on the London and Irish Stock Exchanges and is one of the largest independent exploration and production companies in Europe. The Group is headquartered in London and employs over 540 people worldwide. Tullow has a diverse portfolio of 86 licences in three core areas across 22 countries in North Western Europe, South America, Africa and South Asia. Founder Aidan Heavey is its Chief Executive.

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  THE IRISH TIMES

  150 years ago The Irish Times was founded in Dublin by Major Lawrence Knox. Since the first edition was published on March 29th, 1859, it has been at the centre of Irish public life, reporting and commenting on the major national and world events and providing diversity of debate in its opinion columns. With a readership of 317,000 (JNRS 2008) The Irish Times prides itself on changing with its audience and being available where, when and how our audience want to read it, both at home and abroad.

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  METRO ÉIREANN

  is Ireland’s only multicultural newspaper, founded in 2000 by two Nigerian journalists, Chinedu Onyejelem and Abel Uugba. In October 2006 the paper adapted into a weekly publication under the editorship of Chinedu Onyejelem. The paper provides exclusive news on Ireland’s fast-growing ethnic minority communities. It also carries a dedicated business section, focused heavily on providing advice for budding ethnic minority business people.

For further information, please contact: Programme Director,
permanent tsb Ethnic Entrepreneur of the Year Awards,
C/O Metro Éireann, 34 North Federick Street, Dublin 1