CATEGORY INDUSTRY: The Irish Timesis profiling the 24 finalists in the 2008 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year competition, now in its 11th year.
Eight companies have been chosen in each of the three categories - international, industry and emerging.
The first four finalists in the industry category are featured this week. They will be followed next week by the remaining four.
The winner in each category and the overall winner will be announced at a televised ceremony on October 23rd.
The competition is run in association with The Irish Times, RTÉ, Enterprise Ireland, InterTradeIreland, Invest Northern Ireland, Trinity Business School and Digicel.