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Dining in Dunmore, New Frontiers, credit unions, and Remax Awards - it's The Hot Desk

Dining in Dunmore, New Frontiers, credit unions, and Remax Awards - it's The Hot Desk
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Dunmore East is one of the top spots for tourism in the country

David Harris runs The Bay Cafe, which is situated in the heart of Dunmore East. He tells me that it's been a year of ups and downs, but that people in the  hospitality sector are resilient, and can handle anything that comes their way.

David gave me his thoughts on how he prepared for outdoor dining, the prospect of indoor dining under current rules, and his hopes for the winter season..

WIT and IT Carlow have jointly secured €3m from Enterprise Ireland to operate the New Frontiers entrepreneur development programme in the south east over the next five years. The programme is for people who have an innovative business idea or a technology concept that has the potential to be developed into a viable start-up company.

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I found out more about the upcoming programme from New Frontiers manager, Eugene Crehan...

It's been a rocky time on the Irish financial landscape, with the Pandemic, and the news that Ulster Bank and KBC are exiting the markets. In addition to this, more and more people are conducting their banking entirely online.

So where does your local credit union fit into this story? Patrick Lawlor, CEO of St Dominic's Credit Union in Waterford City, spoke to me..

There was great news locally at the RE/MAX Ireland annual awards, held virtually recently. Local agent Margaret Fogarty won “Office of the year 2020." This is the first time the award has been won outside Dublin and Kildare.  Margaret also featured in the top 10 in Europe out of 30,000 agents.
I spoke to Margaret, just ahead of her opening new offices at Ardkeen..
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