Dec 7, 2017 | News, Opinion
From our friends in BNest via us in Socent.ie! http://bnest.ie/guest-post-askadvise-evening/ On the 5th December in the BOIWorkbench Limerick, we in the Socent.ie hosted a BNest Ask&Advise night. As ever in Limerick, the audience gathered were positive and...
Sep 16, 2016 | News, Opinion
Irish Social Enterprise Network calls for an immediate support for Ireland’s social enterprise sector after report ranks Ireland’s legacy at 43rd of 45 of world’s largest economies for social entrepreneurship and social enterprise development. A compelling...
May 19, 2016 | News, Opinion
Lack of a Minister leaves Social Enterprise and Social Economy without accountability With a new government comes opportunities to make a difference. With the largest capital project in Ireland including social benefit clauses, social economy programmes across Europe...
Mar 21, 2015 | News, Opinion
SXSW is one of those events can change you. The festival, which started as a music festival which later became a film festival and later still became the interactive festival, is one of the most eclectic festivals in the world. It’s art, meets tech, meets music,...
Mar 1, 2015 | News, Opinion
Socent.ie is Changing We set up the Irish Social Enterprise Network to help people get their new ideas off the ground or take their existing organisations to the next level. As part of that we developed a website, but we are drastically updating this as part of our...
Aug 28, 2014 | Events, Opinion, Start-ups, Support
“There’s something refreshing about young social enterprises in Ireland”. Guest blogger Danielle Byrne reflects on our recent ISEN event….. I have greatly enjoyed attending the “Story Exchange” open mic events this year at the Irish Social...