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Minister Kathleen Lynch T.D (centre) at the launch of plans for National Women's Enterprise Day, with Alison Banton from Brooke & Shoals Fragrances (left) and Fiona Leahy, County and City Enterprise Boards Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland

Women are less likely to set up their own business than men

They are 2.5 times less likely to set up their own business than men because they lack confidence.

WOMEN ARE 2.5 times less likely to set up their own business than men because they lack confidence, it has been revealed, as a new initiative was launched today to get more women to start their own businesses.

Speaking at the launch of plans for ‘National Women’s Enterprise Day’ in Dublin, Minister Kathleen Lynch T.D said that it was critical that more women were encouraged to start or improve their own businesses.

“Female entrepreneurship has been identified as a key driver for economic growth and the achievement of gender equality in recent EU economic and gender equality policy documents.”

The conference takes places on October 17th and 18th in Portlaoise, where Lynch and four female entrepreneurs from around the country will address attendees. The entrepreneurs are Alison Banton from Brooke & Shoals Fragrances in Wicklow, Caroline McEnery from HR & Business Solutions in Kerry, Fleur Creed from Genesis Business College in Wexford and Sarah Nic Lochlainn from Aruna Sauces in Louth.

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    Dec 4th 2017, 8:03 PM

    Its good to see this happen. Serbia was most definitely a horrible monster is this war but to leave the other sides off without any accountability is in my view wrong. Its also important to recognise Europe’s impotence in dealing with this war & the fact that a European power was responsible for Srebrenica is something that should also be recognised & that it was the US intervention that protected the Muslim enclave in the former Yugoslavia & the US never got one bit of gratitude for it. The US has done many bad things but Muslims in this part of the world would not exist but for its actions.

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    Dec 4th 2017, 8:15 PM

    @Mjhint: Yes US airforce intervention from President Clinton saved the Muslims in Saravoja…..Croatia is in EU and soon in Euro but never gets blamed for expulsion of 600000 ethnic Serbs from Croatia to Serbia over a few weeks in 1992….

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    Dec 4th 2017, 8:43 PM

    @John003: It was operation Storm in 1995

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    Dec 4th 2017, 11:34 PM

    @Mjhint: other sides have not been let off – Bosnian Croat who killed himself in The Hague! Many people from all sides have been prosecuted by ICTY but will now be done on home ground as ICTY is finishing this year. After my time there I would question any real justice being done on home ground.

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    Dec 4th 2017, 11:36 PM

    @John003: Serbia is on its way, even when it does it’s best to mess with BiHs chances through its dealings in the RS

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    Dec 4th 2017, 8:38 PM

    That’s progress. Many people had called it all a one handed deal lately so any levelling is good.
    On the subject, they should keep this court busy with returning Jihadis from Syria and Iraq instead of giving them nice warm homes, flannel pyjamas, cocoa, bedtime story and hugs. The whole story of the Yazidis and others seems to be in the laundry.

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    Dec 4th 2017, 8:45 PM

    @Patrick J. O’Rourke: How about sending your DUP buddies there for crimes against humanity and fashion.

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    Dec 4th 2017, 8:47 PM

    @Patrick J. O’Rourke: Some details. If they ignore it then the credibility of the ICC should go down the pan.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_of_Yazidis_by_ISIL

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    Dec 4th 2017, 7:39 PM

    A dirty war with horrific atrocities perpetrated by all sides.
    Hopefully all those personally involved in war crimes will be held accountable.

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    Dec 4th 2017, 9:24 PM

    The nature of their crime should be branded on their foreheads.

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    Dec 5th 2017, 5:53 AM

    They will play the victim card giving to them by the liberal left, do gooders ´,SJW PC open border gang.

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    Dec 4th 2017, 11:42 PM

    Good to see

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