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Irish startups need to 'get better at talking and thinking big'

But our tech entrepreneurs are already punching well above their weight, according to Dublin’s first commissioner for startups.

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Sep 14th 2014, 9:15 AM

My "track record of delivering" won me EU role, says Hogan

Phil Hogan’s been named as Agriculture Commisioner. His record of “being able to deliver in difficult circumstances” swung the job for him, he says.

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Sep 10th 2014, 12:20 PM